Spy Shots: 650 hp Noble M600
Noble is hard at work testing its first car since company founder Lee Noble retired, and considering the high esteem past models have enjoyed, the new boss, Peter Boutwood, has some big shoes to fill. So how does Boutwood and Noble plan to deliver the fun? More power, naturally.While past Nobles made do with a 3.0-liter Ford Duratec V6 engine, albeit turbocharged within an inch of its life, Noble's upcoming M600 visits another member of the Ford parts bin: Volvo. In fact, Volvo's V8 engine, which powers up market versions of the XC90 SUV and the S80 sedan, was originally used in the last Ford Taurus SHO, though it's been revised and enlarged for its latest duty.
The Yamaha-designed mill is again turbocharged by Noble and produces a stunning 650 horsepower in its new guise. Spy photographers have caught the new sportscar out testing its prodigious limits of an expected 200 mph top speed and genuine supercar acceleration of naught to sixty in around three seconds.
[Source: Autocar]
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Johnny 7:17PM (7/02/2008)
So is this the NSX or a Noble? Or was that un-NSX looking car of last week actually Noble?
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mk 8:04PM (7/02/2008)
Color me interested, even in just the engine itself...
Turbocharged Yamaha V8... wow.
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Ed 9:43PM (7/02/2008)
Do want.
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steve 11:09PM (7/02/2008)
turbocharged Yamaha V8 huh?
so its a Volvo with a nicer body?
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Marko 11:23PM (7/02/2008)
Audi R8 is that you?
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Johnnie 10:31AM (7/03/2008)
me 2
Marko 11:24PM (7/02/2008)
Audi R8 is that you?
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steve 12:44AM (7/03/2008)
hmmm good point.
nadnarb 8:45AM (7/03/2008)
My thought exactly.
12looklook.com 9:07AM (7/03/2008)
Wow. 650hp! damn powerfull
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Joe 11:16AM (7/03/2008)
The current Volvo V8 shares almost nothing with the 3.4L Yamaha V8 that was in the Gen III SHO. All they share is a manufacturer and cylinder layout.
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Mili 2:04PM (7/03/2008)
Wonder what it will do on the NurburgRing.
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Mili 2:08PM (7/03/2008)
I wonder what it will do on the Nurburgring with its 650 bhp?
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RLQ 4:39AM (7/04/2008)
Looks promising.
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