Filed under: Concept Cars, Euro, Supercars
Scotland gets in on the supercar game with 800 hp Falen
That brogue you hear pealing off the countryside? No, it's not a banshee (that's Ireland, anyway), it's a 5.5 liter Judd V10 mounted admidships in the forthcoming Falen Scots Supercar. At least it will be, once the vehicle gets off the computer screen and onto the road. Lending credibility is the presence of that Judd engine, the GV 5.5L V10 that's widely used in Le Mans Prototype class cars. Serious specifications go along with the gravity of 800 horsepower. The ultra-exclusive Falen – only four will be built – will be constructed of carbon fiber and feature a hinged greenhouse like a jet fighter. Four lucky rich folk will eventually wind up with a track-day weapon capable of more annihilation than William Wallace could muster if the Falen ever comes to fruition. A prototype is expected to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March of 2009, and development progress can be checked at Dowdeswell & Hardie's website once it goes live in June.
[Source: Evo]
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Mobius_1 10:31AM (5/29/2008)
Judd? I've only ever heard this name associated with Le Mans before, that is some serious power.
Will the seats have tartan patterns on them? :)
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Will 11:02AM (5/29/2008)
No, but they will be available in bright blue with a wide, off-center fleshtone stripe.
Toy Yoda 11:10AM (5/29/2008)
No, but the best thing about the car is that when you are stuck in traffic, it will have a horn that yells "FREEDOM!" instead of beeps.
Johnson 10:34AM (5/29/2008)
What are the chances of this car actually being built?
I'm gonna go with an extremely unlikely 10%
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Keith Griffin 10:54AM (5/29/2008)
Brogue is Irish. Burr is Scottish. Besides, doesn't burr sound more automotive anyway?
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The Doctor 10:55AM (5/29/2008)
Hoots mon.
More seriously, whenever a car has a production run as low as this one, even if the cost is astronomical they will either be making a loss or will have cut corners with a chainsaw. Since it's unlikely that they will intend to do the former...
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Soccer Mom 10:58AM (5/29/2008)
I never understood how a company can make 4 vehicles and be able to tour around showing them off at the auto shows. Even if you sell them for, I don't know, 3 mil, where is that cash coming from?
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svensson.gustaf 11:01AM (5/29/2008)
This looks like a box version of the Koenigsegg, the wrap around windshield and if i understand it right it has the doors/roof like the Saab aeroX.
That was my first impression...
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madgamer 11:10AM (5/29/2008)
I was about to post and say that this looks like an uglified Koenigsegg but you beat me to it.
Alex 11:02AM (5/29/2008)
*that* is a mean looking car. Is it planed to be street legal? If it is not i can't rank it in with supercar monsters like the MC12 or Veyron.
Hell, make 30 road cars and they can have it run in the GT races!
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broosewee 11:11AM (5/29/2008)
Sharp.
I could imagine it being introduced to a set of bagpipes blowing in the background, complimented by a few revs of the V10. Pretty sick.
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lamboman 11:36AM (5/29/2008)
Looks like the front of a Lamborghini Concept S, and the rest, a box version of the Koenigsegg cars.
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bill 11:42AM (5/29/2008)
I am wondering if we are missing an opportunity here. If every country is required to develop and build its very own supercar, we could have race-offs to determine world events instead of wars and failed diplomatic efforts.
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Chase 1:59PM (5/29/2008)
actually my friend, I very seriously envision a future where we have developed nothing but technology to fight for us, meaning there is no loss of life in war. Therefore, our power will solely be based on our technical prowess... so we may very well have these type of worldwide technological contests to settle disputes.
And then our robot overlords will figure out that they are dying and start killing us... and then Neo will appear. lol
tankd0g 12:03PM (5/29/2008)
Is the shopping trolley handle on the back for pushing it when it breaks down?
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mk 12:17PM (5/29/2008)
I'll take an Ecurie Ecosse D-type instead.
"If it's not scottish, it's crap!" but man, that thing is hard to look at.
British automotive design can do better than this, even if a scottish car would befit a bit more individualism than an english design.
This isn't individualist, it is disconcerting.
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MR2 FTW 12:40PM (5/29/2008)
Gallardo front + Koenigsegg body + Enzo/F430 taillights + ugly = this thing
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M 1:45PM (5/29/2008)
This car is weird. In a sorta' "industrial design" kind of way, it's good looking.
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Chase 1:56PM (5/29/2008)
Land, titles, men, power... nothing.
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Karan Shah 3:19PM (5/29/2008)
all of the obtuse angles remind me of spy hunter
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