Breaking News: Wildcat Same Price as Griffith
AJP8-powered Melling Wildcat reduced to same level as TVR Griffith in the nineties
Melling is happy to admit that the car is aimed at those who would have once bought a TVR and the Wildcat comes with an updated version of the AJP8. The Melling AJP8 packs 410bhp and the unit was developed in Tuscan racing over 20 years.
The base price of a Wildcat is now £30,000, a reduction of 30% off the car’s original price, and the company said the move was an ‘aggressive bid to kick-start sales’.
‘It’s no secret that times are tough,’ said company chief Al Melling.
'Maybe we’re crazy to launch a car at a time like this, people are certainly hesitant about buying high-performance cars right now. But we’ve had huge interest in the Wildcat, and lots of visitors to the factory.
'We believe that pricing the Wildcat to undercut cars like the Porsche Boxster – while offering a far more powerful V8 engine – should really get things moving.’
Who gives a s
t about the looks, it looks like a classic and not the usual Porsche that is as common as a bloody TT nowadays.
Mind you, I thought it was the Cerbera that had the Melling V8...
But then again it's another British car (which we have very little of these days) so let's act all British and talk it down and say it's rubbish like all the others. Well done
The AJP engine should be a pretty good match for the character of the Wildcat which IMO is much more aggressive in it's appearance and intent than the Griffith.
The Wildcat is not intended to be used in the same way as a Griffith and is more of a trackday/weekend car and that is how it should be viewed in my opinion.
£30k is a pretty good price IMO
If ANY of you guys on here criticising had actually seen the car and had the explainations of what the point of the scoop area on the bonnet is for or how the car was constructed you might be in a better position to pass an opinion.
Something needs doing with the rear end, regardless of the fact that it might handle well, it's just not sitting right (And I'm not the first and won't be the last to notice this). Maybe the rear suspension assembly needs re engineering higher into the chassis, this would give the same suspension travel, but make the car look asthetically more pleasing.
The Scoop................ Similar line of thought, it's obviously there for a very good reason, but it's shape, design, needs to be more pleasing to the eye.
With these to items changed, I think the car would look alot more like the thoroughbread it's meant to be.
Aerodynamically, it would be better off with some headlight covers......... Aka Griff.
Soft tops are always hard to get to fit properly and at the same time look good.......... You've only got to look at the Dodge Viper RT10, to see how a great looking car can be spoiled with the soft top up. So we'll let that one go. Maybe something for the new owners to make look a little better.
Really hoping this works out .......... We need another true british brute on the roads.
Me.......I'll stick with my Tuscan, and perfect the engine.
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