Toniq now open for orders

Build your own Stuart Taylor chassis-based kit car

Toniq has revealed more details about its new car, available either as a kit or turnkey car, and has announced that it is now accepting orders. Toniq believes its show car will be running by the end of the September.

The brainchild of four Huddersfield University transport design students and first shownat the 2002 National Kit and Performance Car show at Donington, the first production car will now be finished in an original, pearlescent deep blue "to give the sophisticated yet macho look that we were aiming for". According to Toniaq, the blue is offset by the black aero-screen, black interior trim panels and 17-inch black alloys to give a stealth look to the car.

Black anodised aluminium details such as all the lights, the wings stays and the steering column helped complete the look of the car. The lights are exact replicas of the original concepts, albeit scaled up to house the three-inch lamp units that have Single Vehicle Approval-compliant working internals. The edges of the light now have a 5mm radius for the same reason.

The anodised aluminium rear lights are mounted on the rear arches; themselves mounted on anodised aluminium wing stays mounted to the chassis. The reflectors on the rear wings are taken from an Alfa Romeo 156 and have been bent to fit the curvature on the rear arches, as on the original concept.

The car is also fitted with a Stuart Talyor Motorsport developed paddle shift gear selector, which further minimises the centre section of the dashboard by removing the gear knob as well as increasing performance of the car. The Fireblade engine is compact, and allows the exhaust manifold to be run around the front of the engine, into the first silencer behind the radiator and then back through a second silencer, before exiting as a slash cut behind the front nearside wheel.

Prices announced for the kit at the show remain at £3995 plus VAT while turnkey cars start from £16,995. Delivery for the kits will be six to eight weeks, and the first factory built cars will be delivered in the spring.

The company recommends budgeting £10-12k for a reasonably specified Toniq-R to complete the kit, although prices vary depending on your choice of engine, wheels and trim. Toniq reckons its kit is comprehensive, including all the unique Toniq-R items so that "people don't try and save a few quid here by adding cheap lights, rollbar etc... ruining the overall design that we have spent so much time developing."

The price includes:

chassis
arms set IRS
12 piece body
light set
roll bar
paddle shift kit
engine cradle
aluminium set (includes floor)
aluminium wing stays
seats and runners
shocks and springs set
pedal box and master cylinders
brake pipe set as well as copper aeroquip hoses

For more information, call Ian Gray, a partner of Toniq Ltd and MD of Stuart Taylor Motorsport (STM), on 01159 447 644 to discuss specifications. STM will sell the Toniq-R alongside its existing range of Phoenix and LocoBlade sportscars.

STM will handle sales, supplies and technical aftersales service, which includes a six-days-a-week phone line. The Toniq-R is based on a Stuart Taylor chassis, of which over 300 examples have been sold, and 5 consecutive racing championships have been won from 1998-2003.

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