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A true dream car? Spartan track toy driven Autocar

A true dream car? Spartan track toy driven Autocar

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Rating: 4.5; Vote: 2
If you were given a clean sheet of paper, what would your dream car look like? For two Australian brothers, this is it. It s called the Spartan, and it s a Can-Am inspired track toy. With a full carbonfibre chassis, a manual gearbox and a Honda engine, it s like nothing else on the planet. Despite appearances, it s road legal, too. It weighs just 700kg, but has 454bhp in the supercharged form seen here, meaning that it s got a power-to-weight ratio of 657bhp per tonne. For comparison, the eye-wateringly fast Porsche 918 hypercar only has 523bhp per tonne. It s safe to say that this new contender is a proper monster. But is it as intimidating to drive as it sounds? Join Richard Lane as he heads to Anglesey Circuit to find out if the Spartan really is a dream come true.
Date: 2023-04-23

Comments and reviews: 8


The last time I saw this car I was at uni doing Transport Design, it was 2011 and the concept was to make a car under half a ton and was powered by a Ducati V-twin. This was at a time Radical were still making bike engine'd cars.
Then they released that the V-twin wasn't going to work and it would now have a Honda Jazz engine and I thought the project was dead.
It looks very alive to me! I'd love to see it in red again though.

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I dont see the market for such a car. They start from 135. 000 and from how loud is seems to be there are not many tracks in europe on which you can drive it. There are a lot of other cars like this for less money and with a dealer network to support you.
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Pretty foolish that a driver would talk about a lack of ABS, TC etc. when you wouldn't want those things in any case and they are completely inappropriate in this sort of car. And I don't need to stare at the driver, I need to see what the driver sees.
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Really want to enjoy this video but the audio is shocking for 2023. maybe if the driver had closed his visor we could hear what he was saying. come on autocar your better than this. you have enough experience under your belt to produce better quality.
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wow Aussies finally can buy it locally, at list price! but oh no. can only be trailered to a couple of (rapidly vanishing) tracks within driving distance. Meanwhile brits get to drive It anywhere any time the sun shines: (
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Clean your cameras guys! There was one camera with fibres all over sensor which you can clearly see on the footage, it s really doesn t take much to ensure that this doesn t happen.
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It doesn't seem to be doing anything new or revolutionary, but who cares when the recipe is so right. Well done guys and hope it's a huge success!
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Man with that sound you can t even enjoy the video, sorry, it s terrible, why would you have your visor even open, makes sound even worse
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