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Arash AF10 shown in London
This week at the British Motor Show, Arash Farboud unveiled a mockup of his company's future supercar, the AF10. Farboud says he'll have a running prototype of the £170,000 exotic early next year. The shape you see here, however, has already been wind tunnel tested, so what you see is likely very close to the AF10's final form. Of the shape Farboud says, "If you're at a set of traffic lights and an Enzo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg and McLaren SLR all pull up, the AF10 should not look out of place."
The carbon fiber sports car will be powered a 7.0-liter Corvette Z06 engine hooked up with a six-speed Graziano transmission and be capable of 200+ mph. The rest of the car's development will now be done out in the open, with Farboud releasing details and accepting feedback on his supercar along the way.
[Source: PistonHeads]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pa Kettle 5:46PM (7/19/2006)
That car looks whomperjawed.
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GDUB 5:47PM (7/19/2006)
can u say butt ugly. like the smooshed front end of a 360 modena.
my opinion.
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Tim UF 6:25PM (7/19/2006)
how often do all these: "Enzo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg and McLaren SLR" pull up at the same light? Seriously
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V 6:38PM (7/19/2006)
Tim UF,
I think he was making a point... nevermind.
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Tim UF 7:19PM (7/19/2006)
People don't understand sarcasm these days... you would've thought the "seriously" part of my above comment wouldve been enough... especially on top of that supercar laundry list. People need to lighten up.
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V 7:41PM (7/19/2006)
Well, guess it just wasn't very funny.
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carbuzzard 11:26PM (7/19/2006)
It's still a long, long way to genuine production, even limited. How many would be Enzo are out there? I'm not saying it won't happen, but many, many have come this far, or farther, before. I'll wait for the real thing, and Arash might do better by not tipping his hand too early.
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BOB 12:01AM (7/20/2006)
Of the shape Farboud says, "If you're at a set of traffic lights and an Enzo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg and McLaren SLR all pull up, the AF10 should not look out of place."
U KIDDING, MISTA??? IT LOOKS LIKE NEMO ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA LOOKING FOR HIS DADDYFISH
-- AND MAY I POINT OUT THAT A-RASH IS A BIT TOO CLOSE
TO KEE-RASH TO MAKE A GOOD CAR NAME
AND THAT LIGHT MUST BE IN BAHRAIN -- IN NEARBY BEV HILLS, I SEE A FEW ORDINARY MERCEDES MIXED IN
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BOB 12:04AM (7/20/2006)
WHY NOT CALL IT THE EGO-10 -- MORE ACCURATE?
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doglet 1:36AM (7/20/2006)
200+ mph with 505 hp? thing must me damn aerodynamic.
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Brian 2:32AM (7/20/2006)
Looks like a Pininfarina design knockoff...
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Tim C 4:56AM (7/20/2006)
Farboud's Dad made a lot of money selling pharmaceuticals. This is his third vanity project and doesn't look like it'll be any more successful than the first two. The first was stillborn, primarily because it was a total rip-off of a Porsche GT1 that would have ended up in the courts. The second was underdeveloped then sold on to Chris Marsh, scion of the Marcos clan. It still appears in the News sections of some magazines now and then with further delays to delivery.
If Arash really believes anyone would buy this under-engineered parody rather than an Enzo, Carrera GT, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg or McLaren SLR he must be nuts. Well, maybe instead of a Koenigsegg. Anyone read a test of the Koeniggs-dogs-egg which didn't result in the engineers having to be called in from Sweden?
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Mitz Auto Exports 1:05PM (7/20/2006)
Well, the car definitely looks futuristic. But the assymentrical design would definitely not be good at high speeds even if best aerodynamic principles are used.
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Will 10:41AM (7/31/2006)
I saw the artist's concept sketches for this car and they were brilliant- there was a continuity of line that blended the soft flowing lines and masculine planar surfaces cohesively into a well-formed package.
It's so typical these days that a car will look weak from one end or the other, for example the Enzo, which has a stunning front end but would look better with the back half of the Saleen grafted on.
However the sketches for the A-10 looked great. Unfortunately, this photo makes it look like a craptastic piece of junk.
Was anybody reading this in attendance to have seen it in the round? I'm wondering how it presents overall- the oblique photo angle shown here is obviously unflattering.
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