Montreal Auto Show: Locus Plethore supercar unveiled...almost
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The centerpiece of the 2007 Montreal auto show was supposed to be the Plethore, a supercar being developed in Quebec by HHT Locus Technologies. As we reported previously, the car nicknamed "the Quebec Bomb" employs carbon fiber construction and an 8.2-liter V8 to produce a high power-to-weight ratio driving from behind a three-passenger cabin with a center-line driving position, an innovative layout employed in the record-shattering McLaren F1 supercar (and in a 1966 Ferrari 365 P prototype), but not replicated since.
Unfortunately, as is often the case with such ambitious projects, the car was far from ready to be unveiled when the auto show opened. Instead, designer Luc Chartrand and company took the wraps off a non-functioning pre-production prototype, essentially a mock-up for display purposes. Next to the prototype they displayed the 8.2-liter GM-sourced V8 that is anticipated to propel the Plethore to mind-boggling speeds, if and when it finally gets rolling.
Locus Technologies anticipates its creation will be ready for delivery in the fall, when a limited annual run of no more than 400 will each sell for $330,000 CDN. They can call it the Plethore, the Quebec Bomb or whatever they'd like... we'll call it blind ambition.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
J Finz 3:20PM (1/19/2007)
a sports car with muscle, nice.
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Riker 3:29PM (1/19/2007)
Dodge viper meets Michael Keaton's batmobile. Thumbs up!
You just have to remember the horsepower conversion from Canadian to American - it's not gonna be as powerful when you drive it to the States.
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David 3:44PM (1/19/2007)
Yawn...hearing about yet another big bore, high priced 200mph+ limited edition supercar is kind of like hearing that the NBA is expanding from 32 to 40 teams. I mean I like cars and I like basketball but just as there are only a handful of NBA teams that are worth watching, there are only a handful of supercars, those made by major manufacuterers that are worth getting excited about. Why? Well, major car builders actually have the money to design, engineer and build a car that is more likely to work and continue working. They can service what they build when it breaks. They can stay in business long enough that you'll always be able to find spares when you need them and they can build follow on cars that will make your limited model more valuable when it's succeded by a newer car. Ferraris wouldn't be nearly as collectible as they are if Ferrari had only stayed in business for two or three years. How long does anybody expect Locus to be around?
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Dracos 3:39PM (1/19/2007)
This is one of the best looking supercars I've seen in a while--too many in recent years have been designed from a "hey, look at me" outlandindsh mindset. This is a subtle, respectable change of pace.
That said, there is a lot of recent Ferrari influence in the design. I see it in the front air intakes, but it's really obvious in the taillights.
I hope they do build it.
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Bill Maher is an Idiot 10:44PM (1/19/2007)
It looks good...but so do a lot of other cars.
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Car videos 4:55PM (1/19/2007)
Looks like a Ferrari 360 and McLaren F1 mated and this is their kid, looks nice though.
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Alex 5:09PM (1/19/2007)
The back looks a bit like the new Mitsu Eclipse.
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Chris 6:54PM (1/19/2007)
Still wonder where the windshield comes from as it's not likely they would have one custom made.
Chris.
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C'est Raoul 5:35PM (1/19/2007)
The ass (the back in case I am censured) is fantastic.
A bit 348GTOesque.
But the front... I see a pissed off Intrepid...
The interior is so far from finish. That's a bit deceptive....
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Milos 8:47PM (1/19/2007)
too much ascari-looking
http://automobile.2405.com/automobile_gallery/Ascari/KZ1/5_Ascari_KZ1_2405.jpg
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Roadster 1:06AM (1/20/2007)
Looks alot like a kit car. I like the center drive though.
I think #5 had it spot on, it's somewhere between a Mclaren F1 and a 360 Ferrari.
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JT 10:20AM (1/20/2007)
from the front it looks like the illegitmate lovechild of a Ferrari F430 and a '99 Dodge Intrepid
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Stefan 12:27PM (1/20/2007)
Locus ,nice Sportscar.If they want to sale this one in
Germany ,change the name.Locus is a nickname for toilet!!!
Stefan
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SammyG 11:18AM (1/20/2007)
That's a reworked K-1 Attack, its a kit car made in europe by audi designers and if I'm not mistaken you can buy them out of Va (or NC). It looks waaaay too close to the K-1.
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Racer XY 2:14AM (1/21/2007)
Anyone remember the Yamaha OX99-11? Single place supercar. Three made but thanks to the Japanese economy taking a dive in the early nineties, it got canned before going into production. It always looked like McLaren got their inspiration from it.
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Yih Liang 5:31PM (1/22/2007)
I have the same fuel door grafted onto my Golf, it's an Audi TT part. Not too inventive for a car of such limited status and supposed wealthy clientele. Then again the Spyker had sawtooth edges on its front grill that looked like a hacksaw was used.
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sunny g 6:28AM (2/10/2007)
Remember the last Canadian supercar the Bricklin SV1? NOt much success there, actually they ended up owing $50 million in debt to the government (THATS IN MID 70s!!!). This car has the front of a Ascari KZ1 with the side of a Lambo Gallardo and the back of a Ferrari Enzo mated with Ford Thunderbird lights all wrapped up in a package that looks like a Ferrai F430. YA IT LOOKS LIKE A KIT CAR!!! But reports say the car weighs in at only 2500lbs, with the 1300hp V8, thats the power to weight ratio of a F1 car! With that said it would be lucky if Locus sells 400 in its first year and not go broke in its secnd year.
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ERKman 3:40AM (2/25/2007)
I am one that would like to see this car produced. North America has no Exotic/Super Car representative except the Saleen S7 and the Mosler MT900 and who knows if either of those cars will ever be produced in enough quantity to truly represent themselves. I think this Canadian SuperCar looks better than anything realistically available today. ERKo
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