Beck LM800: No loser, baby
Though not known for its auto industry, Switzerland can boast at least two supercar builders: Rinspeed and now Beck Engineering and Composites. Beck showed off its LM800 this week at the Luxus Motor Show in Vienna. It's powered by a 4.2 liter, 650 hp, turbocharged, MTM V8, attached to a 7-speed semi-sequential gearbox. The car's description sounds more Formula 1 than street car: Kevlar, carbon fiber, pneumatic jacks. But it also has luxuries, including air conditioning, satellite navigation, keyless entry, and leather seats. The only options on the $600,500 car are power windows, an LCD screen, additional airbags and a higher output engine.
At just under 2,000 pounds including driver and a full tank of gas, Beck's claim of 0-60 in three seconds and top speed near 217 MPH is believable. Performance must be Veyron-like with the upgraded 1,000 hp engine.
More high-res photos and stats after the jump.
[Source: Gizmag]
The next three photos are identified as Series One on Beck's website...
| Price | from 750 000 CHF |
| Displacement | 4,2 l |
| KW/HP | 478 / 650 / variable |
| Torque | 900 Nm at 5,000 rpm |
| Weight | 900 kg width full tank and incl. driver ( 80 kg ) |
| Top speed | over 350 kph |
| 0 to 100 kph (60 mph) | 3.0 sec |
| 0 to 200 kph (120 mph) | 7.0 sec |
| Length | 3,960 mm |
| Width | 2,043 mm |
| Height | 951 mm |
| Fuel consumption Ø | 16 l |
| Engine model | Beck LM V8 powered by MTM |
| Gearbox | Semi-sequential, 7-speed |
| Tank capacity | 120 l |
The vehicle is available with different engines, from 550 HP up. Needless to say, with different engines, the performance figures will change.
The vehicle's unladen weight and drag coefficient may be increased when special equipment is added to the vehicle, whereby the effective load and maximum speed are reduced accordingly.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Billy 2:02PM (1/12/2007)
Wild!
What's with the sunken doors? How does that work aerodynamically?
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Supercar videos 1:58PM (1/12/2007)
I like it, the power to weight ratio on this car must be amazing.
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XMNR 10:56AM (1/17/2007)
I'll believe it when C&D reports it
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Jeff Banks 8:13PM (1/12/2007)
Sweet car, hope it doesn't evaporate into nothingness like most supercar makers featured on Autoblog. I went to the MTM website and it looks like they sell tuner parts, not engines.
I also wonder where and the hell they got the capability to produce and engineer such an uber-car with all amendities (hell TVR doesn't even get you most of that stuff), but whatever. Its just weird seeing Ferrari-like engineering appear from nowhere. Hell VW lost half their profits just developing the Veron and they already had hired thousands of engineers, designers, and whatnot.
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Tatieu 5:18PM (1/14/2007)
I like the concept of light car with more power but this isn't beautifull, I prefer a Leblanc Mirabeau legal too.
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Billy 9:39AM (1/25/2007)
Another Swiss car that no one will buy
Nice spec but it will never be considered a rival to the Bugatti Veyron or even a Koenigsegg CCX
Is it just me or does it remind anyone of a Ford GT90 crossed with a Zonda???
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