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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Another British fastest supercar

The majority of today's fastest supercar indeed produced some well-known manufacturers in the world. This is not surprising, because the competition is to create the fastest supercars increasingly attractive.

One is the Ascari A10 is designed and produced by Ascari Cars, a British company. The company has been bought by Dutch millionaire Klaas Zwart. And A10 itself short for "10th anniversary" to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the company.
Ascari A10. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1oFPRkv)
It was intended as third road car produced by the company, after the Ecosse and the KZ1 The prototype was first displayed in 2006 and On December 9, 2007 the Ascari A10 was featured in the UK show Top Gear and driven around the track by The Stig in 1:17.3, making it the fastest car at the time, and as of 2014, the sixth fastest.

Ascari A10 uses a BMW V8 engine with a capacity of 4,491 cc (302 cu in) which has been modified. This machine is capable of producing 625 hp through a six-speed sequential manual gearbox. Ability boom reached 220 mph, equivalent to 354 kph.
Left side view of Ascari A10. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1oFPRkv)
This car is built in Banbury, England and was an evolution of the KZ1-R GT race car is quite successful participation in Spanish GT Championship event. Like its predecessor the KZ1-R GT, this car is also the result of the work of Paul Brown, a former F1 engineer.

The entire body is made of A10 carbon fiber. It makes the A10 has a fairly light weight, which is only 1,280 kg (2,822 lbs). Unlike other types of supercars, supercar which A10 is legalized for speeding on the street.
Rear three quarter of Ascari A10. (Picture from: http://bit.ly/1oFPRkv)
Some luxury features of this car helped complete, among other the engine and suspension control panel, remote central locking, Thatcham Category and alarm systems. In the meantime, Ascari currently produced A10 about 50 units. However, according to reliable sources, the number will shrink up to 10 units.

Ascari claims A10 will be the fastest car on the highway and Chris Burton from Ascari says, "We are extremely excited by the prospect of launching the A10. This car's roots are in the racetrack making it a truly inspiring driving machine, yet refined enough by design to be driven every day as a supercar." *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SUPERCARS.NET]
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