RE: Bristol Fighter

[dubbs]

Good luck to them, hope they do it. Wonder how many SLR sales it'll take away?!?

[Stephen White]

This drawing looks like a blatant design rip of the original Merc SLR - is this a testimonial to Merc's initial "correctness", an exhibition of design cowardice, or a sad comment on the state of the top-end of the current market?

[zertec]

U-G-L-Y Clive Reed Zertec Limited [e-mail] www.zertec.co.uk

[sjm]

I think it looks pretty good in a reserved sort of way, and apart from the doors it doesn't look much like the old merc to me. If they have been able to stay in business for the last few decades producing the ugly, and ridiculously priced cars they currently produce then they should have little problem shifting these at 175k each

[danmangt40]

I like it, but it isn't original, and for that money, there are a dozen other cars I'd buy first, but I really like it

[gnomesmith]

A car for grown ups who love the build quality, strength and dynamic abilities of the Bristol but mourn the passing of the Zagato. This one will have my eyes pressed against the Kensington showroom again just like the sixties (yes I am a sad old git). Nice one Tony I must start doing the lottery, I suppose you'll need the reg number 200MPH now.

[Fatboy]

As far as I remember (Check out EVO magazine, september 2001 issue), the basic block comes from Chrysler, but Bristol make the pistons, head and all other components. Bristol is a truly wonderful car company, making very original cars, and selling them in a very original way I really hope this takes off.

[zertec]

quote:The engine is a modification of the Dodge Viper V8, but will it be actually manufactured by Chrtysler?

Modified as in chopping off 2 cylinders? I seem to recall that the Viper is a V10 Clive Reed Zertec Limited [e-mail] www.zertec.co.uk

[Fatboy]

The Fighter will have the V10 (a typo I missed earlier) from the Viper.

[Captain Chaos]

What a fantastic car. To those of you out there who don't appeciate it, I say fine. A Bristol is not a car for riff-raff. I shall therefore continue to lust after one. It does have shades of the 'Mid-Year' 1963-1967 Corvette in the rear window treatment however. But if a design looks good, then why not use it? I would rather have a Bristol Fighter in my garage than a McLaren F1, seriously. Might have to put up with a 412 for a while though until finances allow.............

[PetrolTed]

First pics of real car are at www.autoexpress.co.uk

[danmangt40]

thanks ted... thought for sure I'd be looking for ages....

[andrewdeacon]

It's a Bristol.
It's different.
That will be sufficient for Bristol buyers.

Can't wait to hear the V10.

[cjm]

I think it looks really good, I would much rather have one than a footballers/lottery winners Ferrari.

Does anyone know when they are going to start building/selling them? and do you think they will let the mags test it?

[cjm]

Some more pics

www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3300.asp?id=11047

[thom]

quote:Some more pics
www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3300.asp?id=11047

Hey! That looks much better than what I've seen in the papers uptil now!

[richb]

Ummm £205,625.00 that's a little more than I was considering spending on my next car!

[gnomesmith]

For me it is equally affordable as a 911.

I can't afford one of those either!

[gnomesmith]

Bristol now have a proper entry on their web site. I'm well known for my love of Bristols and I'm somewhat taken with the Fighter even if the front aspect, never the best on modern Bristols, looks a bit like an old Celica.

[paul]

certainly looks less like the bastard offspring of a Cortina and a Firenza than their other model.

I suspect that the pictures are not of anything other than a scale/full-size model (note black 'windows' & no door handles as well as amazingly small 'panel' gaps). The picture of it moving is almost certainly photoshop edited.

Still - must applaud any British car manufacturer that's having a go...