W3 Triposto: Summer Days Driftin' Away
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Living in Montreal, you spend most of the year indoors dreaming up what you're going to do with those few weeks of summer when the skiing is bad. Now that the Grand Prix isn't around anymore, Canadian gearheads are looking for other ways to get their kicks. And when a retired engineer and a racing driver are penned up together in a snowstorm, this is what you get: the W3 Triposto.
The brainchild of Clyde and Hugh Kwok, the W3 Triposto takes a Porsche 911 and turns it into a unique speedster. Its open-air cockpit features 1+2 seating, like the McLaren F1, wrapped in pseudo-retro bodywork reminiscent of the 1958 Porsche 718 RSK (albeit one realized in carbon-Kevlar and aluminum). The flat-six has been tuned to deliver 300 horsepower, which propels the W3 to a face-shredding claimed top speed in excess of 300 km/h (186 miles-per-hour). Kwok and Son prefer working with 90's-era Carreras, but will gladly perform the conversion on any 911 for a princely $250,000, or $300k for a turn-key model. You'll just have to wait until the snow melts to take it for a spin.
Gallery: W3 Triposto
[Source: W3 Triposto via Jalopnik]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
FRANK DUKES 1:03PM (1/08/2009)
ILL JUST STICK TO A REGULAR 911 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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firstplace 5:17PM (1/08/2009)
OMG there's a 911 underneath? This must be breaking some law.
Will 1:08PM (1/08/2009)
That guy looks like he built the car just to pose with it.
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Wally 1:09PM (1/08/2009)
Truly horrid. Why trash such a pretty car?
I like how it looks like the hood can't be opened without scraping the nose on the ground.
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Mike 1:21PM (1/08/2009)
And that's why French Canadian's aren't allowed to design cars.
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jcar302 1:27PM (1/08/2009)
lol, 300hp.
Who the hell would buy this?
It does nothing to suggest it's worth 250,000+your car.
Great, 186mph, you can damn near get to that in a corvette off the showroom floor.
Hell, they got the vortech mustang with just a supercharger to go 191mph. (no mirrors or back seat)
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Concerned Citizen 1:27PM (1/08/2009)
When great ideas meet horrible implementation...
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Serge K. 1:31PM (1/08/2009)
Is accelerator pedal on the left? You clutch with the right foot? What?
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Tom Winch 4:04PM (1/08/2009)
I thought the same thing until I looked closer at the picture of the cockpit. That gas pedal looking thing on the left must be the dead pedal. You can see the bracket it's mounted to and it is solidly mounted. Plus you can just see a bit of the other pedals. That was just one of many issues that have me ridiculing this car. What's that filler cap in the driver's seat between the driver's legs about? And to say this car is ugly and stupid looking is an insult to ugly and stupid people everywhere. From the front it looks like something from a '50's era 'B' sci-fi movie, but not in a cool way. Anyone who would subject a 911 to this kind of treatment should be shot!
Rob 1:54PM (1/08/2009)
It's different, and neat looking.... but $250 grand? Good freakin' luck. There are a lot of cars I'd rather have for that kinda change. If you guys started with some late 70s early 80s 911s, and charged around 50 grand, you'd have a better business model. As it is you are doomed for failure.
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dukeisduke 1:55PM (1/08/2009)
That thing is butt-ugly. Front *and* rear.
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bigfeller 1:59PM (1/08/2009)
Okay. Let me see... For $185K + Porsche donor, I can either have a Porsche 911, a new M3, a new Miata, AND a new Infiniti EX... or that.
Hmmm..... decisions decisions.
Let me think about it. I'll get back to you...
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FoneTap 1:59PM (1/08/2009)
Hah! Mike you total fool :) French canadians designed vehicles such as the new audi A8 and volvo C30 not to mention the T-Rex three wheeled roadster.
You're way off on that one, so do take your silly racism and shove it :)
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Pete 7:40PM (1/08/2009)
Second that. Don't forget about almost every Callaway ever made.
010111 10:30PM (1/10/2009)
specifically what race are french canadians?
kal326 2:00PM (1/08/2009)
They should burn the ugly stick that thing got hit with, its power is just to terrifying for this world!
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sam 2:08PM (1/08/2009)
Man, these French Canadians should stick to Hockey. Car design is not their thing.
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Gary Pighetti 2:11PM (1/08/2009)
So what's up with car photographers and airplanes?
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dsharp23 2:38PM (1/08/2009)
The guy looks about as silly as the guy who shows up for cars & coffee in the pink diablo.......wouldn't be what I'd chose, but hey, he's got more toys than me, so he must be doing something right!
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Ricky 2:51PM (1/08/2009)
I'm more interested in how much it would cost to convert that thing into a normal 911 thank you!
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