RareONES The reaction that appears the first time you see this car can be ascertained is 'What the car is this?' As we all know that the Dax Kamala was one of the most exciting (tends to weird) British kit cars of the 1990s and had caused quite a stir in the motoring press when it was unveiled at the Stoneleigh Kitcar Show back in the 1995. It produced by DAX Cars or DJ Sportscars was founded in 1968 by a British gentleman named Derek Johns, with their main focus being fibreglass moulding, and production of various kit-cars such as AC 427 Cobra and Lotus 7 replicas.
The DAX Kamala built by DAX Cars (DJ Sportscars) back in the 1995 and generally the Kamala in designing shape was a radical departure of their production standards, with the open designed front fenders. (Picture from: TheGarageMedia)
And generally the Kamala in designing shape was a radical departure from their production standards, known was the brainchild of the company development engineer named Peter Walker. His ultimate goal was to create a modern sports car, with the handling, ride quality and interior comfort of a production car rather than a kit car. The main structure of the Kamala was the fully triangulated steel spaceframe, with a floor and side bulkheads made of glued and riveted aluminium. The bodywork consisted of a one-piece fiberglass shell, which was also glued and riveted to the chassis for greater torsional rigidity.
The DAX Kamala's interior was well thought out and comfortable, using many controls and instrumentation also sourced from Ford. (Picture from: TheGarageMedia)
The front suspension used Ford Sierra-derived front hubs, mated to DAX's specially designed triangular unequal-length wishbones and Spax adjustable shock absorbers offered just the right final set-up. The rear used the hub carriers from the Ford Escort, with wishbones also made to measure and a micro linkage developed by Leda Suspensions. Also Ford-derived vented disc brakes were available on all four wheels.
The DAX Cars offered several option of drivetrains ranging from 1.8 and 2-litre naturally aspirated Zetec 4-cylinder options with 115hp to 150hp, as well as the 2.0-litre turbo version of the Sierra Cosworth. (Picture from: UniqueCarsForSale)
So if you pay attention to the DAX Kamala, this is a compact sports car that is similar in size to the Lotus Elise. Meanwhile, the engine/gearbox options always came from the Ford's world and included the naturally aspirated 1.8 and 2-litre Zetec 4-cylinder options from 115hp to 150hp, as well as the 2.0-litre turbo version of the Sierra Cosworth. You understand that with only 750kg of weight the performances were still and always electrifying.
The DAX Kamala's mid-engined setup, when combined with high-performance tires, provided prodigious road holding. (Picture from: UniqueCarsForSale)
With a plethora of performance enhancements available through engine tuning, a customer could build an even more powerful custom version of the Kamala for an overall reasonable investment. The demo model presented by DAX Cars powered by the Sierra Cosworth engine coupled with a gigantic turbo, which offered an impressive 340hp with a power-to-weight ratio of 500hp/tonne and also at the time, the automaker said that the customer could be had similar cars with cost of around €20,000. WOW!!!
The Kamala roadster version also built besides the coupe based on the Dax Kamala, and produced by Kamala Cars right after the company changed its name from DAX Cars back in the 2001 up to 2008. (Picture from: AllCarIndex)
The Kamala's mid-engined setup, when combined with high-performance tires, provided prodigious road holding and razor-sharp Ford-derived steering allowed for consistently precise cornering without the slightest body roll. Its handling was confidence inspiring but you still had to be very careful at all times especially on slippery roads like most similarly configured lightweight cars.
The Kamala Futuro was the second series of kitcar introduced by Kamala Cars, and during its production periods ranging from 2004 to 2008 only one unit ever built. (Picture from: AllCarIndex)
Although it presented a challenge getting in and out of the cockpit due to the lack of doors, accessed by opening the windows and climbing over, the Kamala's interior was well thought out and comfortable, using many controls and instrumentation also sourced from Ford. The seats mounted in the center of the passenger compartment due to the design of the chassis offered sufficient comfort and allowed to eliminate the typical effect of the offset pedals common in mid-engined cars, while the gear lever was placed on the driver's side.
The Kamala Futuro's appearence is more like a normal sports car with the front wheel arches was made to one into body.(Picture from: CarBase)
DAX Cars produced its Kamala kit cars overall ranging from 1995 until 2000, selling only 35 kits, a truly very limited number which makes this car truly rare to find for sale but also to encounter on the road. Subsequently a new company named for the occasion Kamala Cars took over the project in 2001, it produced the Kamala Coupe based on the DAX Kamala, besides that they also designed an open variant as a Roadster. All of these models found about 15 buyers between 2001 and 2008.
The Kamala Futuro's interior looks so neat featured with not many controls and instrumentation on the dashboard. (Picture from: AllCarIndex)
Then the company also began to produce the second series of kit cars named Kamala Futuro which had a similar design to the previous kit cars production with a slightly different appearance on the front. Well, while in the previous Kamala production the front wheels were deliberately exposed with a separate cover, but in the Futuro the front wheel arches was made to one into body. Although this model was offered from 2004 to 2008, only about one example was made. And since 2017 the DAX autobrand has been acquired by JK Sports Cars Ltd.
Despite the accolades of the likes of Top Gear's hosts as one of the best cars they had ever driven at that point, this such Kamala's sports car has never been successful in sales. (Picture from: AllCarIndex)
Despite the accolades of the likes of Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson, who claimed that the Kamala was one of the best cars they had ever driven at that point, the strange English sports car has never been successful in sales. Perhaps its futuristic style was too extreme for some conservative
kitcar-loving customers and so it was too eccentric for a market dominated mainly by the usual and well-known replicas.
UniqueONES As the Ferrari flag increasingly flying in the automotive world, of course this cannot be separated from the reliability of these prancing horse logo cars that capable outperform their rivals on the racing tracks and roads. Related this, it could be said reasonable as a logical consequence of the emergence of many rivals whose at first inspired by Ferrari success stories, and then also produce similar sports cars that are projected as rivals to the prancing horse emblem sports cars, but unfortunately many of them were not last long.
1963 ATS 2500 GT previously known as the first Italian
mid-engined supercar and became inspiring sources of All-new ATS GT of
2017. (Picture from: Mad4Wheels)
One of them was ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport) which once produced a potential sports car called the ATS 2500 GT. Uniquely, this Bologna-based automotive company was founded back in the 1962 by a group of former Ferrari engineers and designers such as Carlo Chiti, Romolo Tavoni and Giotto Bizzarrini under financial support from Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, a Venetian wealthy nobleman whose initially known as Ferrari customer, and the owner of Scuderia Serenissima racing team as well.
1963 ATS 2500 GT is built with a steel body and is powered by a 2.5-liter V8 engine derived from F1 so that it can generate up to 220 ponies. (Picture from: ConceptCarz)
In 1963 ATS started its work in the world of racing by making two ATS Tipo 100 racing cars for Scuderia Serenissima raced in the Grand Prix of Belgium racing event, and piloted by reliable racers at that time such as Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti. Unfortunately both of them had to stop halfway due to transmission problems, and off course this is not the best achievement due to the lack of funds for the development of the car, but it is arguably the first step to its sporting glory for the years to come.
1963 ATS 2500 GT was born as an engineering result of Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini, then designed by Franco Scagliione, and built by coachbuilder company Allemano. (Picture from: Mad4Wheels)
Shortly after that in March of the same year, ATS unveiled its new road going car prototypes named ATS 2500 GT in two versions at the Geneva Motor Show. The car was born as an engineering result of Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini, then designed by Franco Scagliione, and built by coachbuilder company Allemano.
1963 ATS 2500 GT produced in limited numbers of only around 15 cars ever completed. (Picture from: Mad4Wheels)
And all these cars were built in a sporty coupe style, in which the 2500 GT is built with a steel body and is powered by a 2.5-liter V8 engine derived from F1 so that it can generate up to 220 ponies, while its sibling the 2500 GTS is a lighter version weighing around 750 kg because it has a body made of aluminum and is powered by a machine capable of spitting out more power up to 245 ponies. Both versions have a tubular steel frame and can be said to be the first sports car in the world to apply the rear middle positioned engines.
1963 ATS 2500 GTS is a lighter version weighing around 750 kg because it has a body made of aluminum, while on display at the Geneva Motor Show. (Picture from: Supercars.net)
Then the 2500 GT produced to be a rival to the prancing horse sports car emblem, which at that time still used only the front engine. Apart from its attractive design lines with a dynamic quality, while offering a unique futuristic layout to its mechanical heart. However, due to the limited supply of funds from Count Volpi at that time, production stagnated with only around 15 cars ever completed. This amount is still being disputed amongst car collectors all over the world.
1963 ATS 2500 GTS is powered by a machine capable of spitting out more power up to 245 ponies. (Picture from: Wikipedia)
It's a shame that after only running for about two years, this company was forced to swallow a bitter pill after a disagreement between investors and technicians led to its closure in 1964. Although in historical records, ATS only a short-lived small automaker, it has contributed to help and change the history of Italian sports cars through several Italian automotive big names which born after it, ranging from Lamborghini to Autodelta, from Iso to Bizzarrini, from Alfa Romeo to the stables of the 80 F1.
And it seems that in the 2000s, a number of activists in the automotive world were still curious and at the same time harboring hope to revive the ATS brand through a gorgeous modern supercar called the ATS GT back in 2017. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | PRIMOTIPO | GTSUPREME ]
New BEAST After the discontinuation of production of the Lamborghini Aventador, recently the car manufacturer based in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, Lamborghini announced the engine specifications that will provide power to Aventador's successor codenamed Lamborghini LB744. Besides that it seems that the Italian supercar manufacturer seriously about electrification its car-made. Let's see in detail.
The rendering image of the Lamborghini LB744 supercar looks has smaller headlights with side air ducts, and different rear fenders of Aventador. (Picture from: Motor1)
As quoted from Carscoops, Lamborghini LB744 is said to carry the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) technology, by combining a new L545-coded 6.5-liter V12 conventional combustion engine combined with three electric motors, aka oil-cooled axial dynamos, in which two dynamos positioned on the front axle and the other one at the rear.
Lamborghini reveals LB744 hybrid technology for the Aventador successor supercar. (Picture from: Otomotif-Kompas)
Then from the power and torque side, the L545-coded conventional combustion V12 engine is also said to put out more power, namely 813 hp and 725 Nm which is then channeled to the rear wheels via the new 8-speed dual clutch automatic transmission.
The Lamborghini LB744 has a battery positioned in the central tunnel, an electric motor driving the front wheels and a V12 engine at the rear. (Picture from: Otomotif-Kompas)
Furthermore for each electric motor that is implanted in the car, it weighs 18.5 kg which is capable of producing a total power of 148 hp and 500 Nm of torque. So if the power generated by conventional combustion engines and electric motors are all combined, then the Lamborghini LB744 has bursts of power up to almost 1,000 ponies. It's fierce enough right?
This means that when that much power is accumulated, it is still supported by three electric motors, so when the V12 engine delivered power to the rear wheels, the electric motor turns it into an all-wheel drive supercar with sophisticated torque vectoring capabilities, which also drives all four wheels in EV-mode only.
This hybrid system from the Lamborghini LB744 has a conventional V12 engine capable of spitting out power up to 813 ponies. (Picture from: Otomotif-Kompas)
Meanwhile, the weight of the machine itself is claimed to be 17 kg lighter when compared to the Aventador SVJ, which weighs 218 kg. Besides that, this machine is also claimed to be more powerful when compared to the Aventador SVJ which has been recorded so far as the fastest Aventador edition.
Meanwhile, the weight of the machine itself is claimed to be 17 kg lighter when compared to the Aventador SVJ, which weighs 218 kg. (Picture from: Voi.id)
For the power supply used is an 8.8 kWh lithium-ion battery placed in the transmission tunnel between the driver and passengers, measuring 1,550 mm in length, 301 mm in height and 240 mm in width. Meanwhile, charging the battery only takes about 30 minutes (if you use a 7 kW plug). Besides that the battery can also be charged using energy from the regenerative braking system on the front wheels.
Unfortunately, the raging bull emblemed automaker company hasn't revealed the full electric mileage of the LB744 or even any other detailed technical specifications of cars will get this new hybrid system. So be patient until the Italian manufacturer launches the successor to the Aventador. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LAMBORGHINI | CARSCOOPS ]
GorgeousONES Ferrari as a well-known brand and has long experience in producing many of the best cars with the emblematic prancing horse. Especially in the 1950s which can be called the golden age or the years full of miracles, where Ferrari and coachbuilding overlapped to produce some of the most spectacular automotive creations of all time.
The Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale could be said as the finest, rarest and most amazing of the 1950s coachbuilding goodness. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
At that time, before Pinin Farina was crowned to become the default designer for Ferrari road cars, there was Vignale who had time to design and manufacture the bodies of around 150 cars with the prancing horse emblem in between 1950 to 1954. All of those were made individually by hand, and so for one Vignale design was almost never built in quantities greater than ten.
The Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale is featured with the inset headlights with pronounced ‘eyebrows’ as well as deeply recessed indicators in the front wings. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
And this following model, the Ferrari 250 Europa was only twenty-two examples ever built, with only four units bodied by Vignale, and known also the last Vignale-bodied Ferrari car creation could be said as the finest, rarest and most amazing of the 1950s coachbuilding goodness.
And related to the name, it seems that Ferrari was the first to pin the Europa name on its car model, long before Giotto Bizzarrini built the Bizzarrini 1900 GT Europa, and Collin Chapman with his Lotus Europa models.
The Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale featured with a long hood and short cabin as a sign for sporty and elegant two-door coupe style. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
As quoted from Autofun, the first Vignale-bodied cars were built based on the Ferrari 340 Mexico chassis, which later moved production to Pininfarina by building a 2-seater cabriolet version. Meanwhile, there are also clear styling cues related to the Ferrari 375 America, which seems to share the same chassis with it.
The cars were then produced with odd chassis numbers for road vehicles, while the racing versions featured even numbers. Not only that, usually the racing cars featured aluminum bodies, but later, some private owners also commissioned lighter bodyworks for road models.
The Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale's body bursting with design flourishes, such as the chrome-accented vents located just ahead of the doors and the chrome strip that wraps from the front arches towards the boot. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
As the characteristic of Vignale's work attached on the Ferrari 250 Europa are the inset headlights with pronounced ‘eyebrows’ as well as deeply recessed indicators in the front wings. Additionally, the body of the coupe bursting with design flourishes, such as the chrome-accented vents located just ahead of the doors and the chrome strip that wraps from the front arches towards the boot, emphasising this Ferrari’s length.
Even though the Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale was actually built as a 2+2 vehicle, most of the rear seat space can also function as padded shelf for luggage. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
The car was first introduced to the public at the Paris Motor Show1953, in which the Ferrari 250 Europa
was billed as a car designed for new European rules and preferences. As You've seen, the car featured with a long hood and short cabin as a sign for sporty and elegant two-door coupe style. Even though it's actually built as a 2+2 vehicle, most of the rear seat space can also function as padded shelf for luggage.
The Ferrari 250 Europa is powered by an iconic Aurelio Lampredi designed 3,000 cc naturally-aspirated long block V12 engine coupled with 4- speed manual transmission system. (Picture from: AutoFun)
Not only that, the mechanical part is no less special, where the Ferrari 250 Europa is powered by an iconic Aurelio Lampredi designed 3,000 cc engine featured with a long block specifically designed to have a large and powerful enough naturally-aspirated V12 drivetrain, so capable to make the Ferrari's racecars competitive run at the F1 arena back then. And it sounds nothing like other Ferrari V12s coupled with 4-speed manual transmission system.
The Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale applied an independent suspension system at the front, with double wishbones and transverse leaf springs which are then replaced with individual coil springs. (Picture from: ClassidDriver)
As for the legs, this Ferrari 250 Europa applies an independent suspension system at the front, with double wishbones and transverse leaf springs which are then replaced with individual coil springs. While the rear axle is rigid with leaf springs and hydraulic dampers. Furthermore, to reduce and stop the car's running speed, a hydraulically-operated drum brake system was installed and placed at the four corners of the car's feet.
Even though it was considered a fast car back then, it was more a GT vehicle than a sports car. In 1954, the Ferrari 250 Europa was renamed the 250 Europa GT, and in the end became known as the Ferrari 250 GT, which later one of them managed to set a record as one of the most expensive classic cars in the world. Meanwhile, specifically for the 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa by Vignale, the price tag touched figures of the US $ 4,800.000 (approx Rp. 73 billions) back in January 2023. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | FERRARI | CLASSICDRIVER | AUTOFUN ]
Legendary ONES It's a commonplace to comment on something unique and uncommon. As it happened when we've found the figure of a classic sports car which in our opinion has a unique shape, we've never seen before. And we could be sure, that's you had never seen it as well. Immediately, we became curious to dig more infos about the car, eventually we've managed to find it from several sites on the internet...
No other “Special” of the 1950s captured the imagination of the public as the design, build and debut of Strother MacMinn and John Bond’s LeMans Coupe. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
Indeed, this uniquely shaped car made in the late 1950s has actually not existed for a long time, so it's no wonder that many classic car lovers today have never seen it before. Even some of them are trying to revive it for the sake of completing their curiosity. Latest news, some of the remaining car bodies are being tried to be revived by Dennis Kazmerowski since 2021 and have entered the completion stage, while another one is also being rebuilt by Geoff Hacker (founder of Undiscovered Classics and auto archaeologist) to follow soon.
The LeMans Coupe' illustration from Strother MacMinn book entitled of Sports Cars of the Future back in 1959. (Picture from: CustomRodderForumactif)
Well, the car mentioned above called LeMans Coupe was designed by Strother MacMinn, and the illustration had used as the cover of his book entitled 'Sports Cars of the Future' back in the 1959. Must admit if the car may have been beautifully designed and was emerged ahead of its time in styling, but unfortunately at that time the LeMans Coupe was nothing more than a study design on paper.
Strother MacMinn based the design of his LeMans Coupe on the 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C-22 by Figoni & Falaschi. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
So it takes someone who has more than just dreams, wishes, and technical capabilities, but strong financial integrities as well to make it come true. Then who is he? As quoted from Hemmings, that person is John Bond, the publisher of Road & Track magazine then. He was not only known as a publisher, also a designer and engineer.
Mockup for the plaster cast gives the appearance of a wingless aircraft fuselage or high speed boat. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
For many years he wrote for his own column called Sports Car Design in the magazine, in which he spoke about independent sports car development and production. It wasn't until the late 1950s that he challenged himself and his loyal readers to design and build a sports car projected to win the 24-Hours of Le Mans, something almost did by one of his fellow American entrepreneur and sportsman, Briggs Cunningham in the early 1950s.
Mockup for the plaster cast gives the appearance of a wingless aircraft fuselage or high speed boat. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
In a series of articles (approximately 4 articles), he gave a list of the specifications of the dream car, such as a wheelbase of about 88 inches, overall length 189 inches, tread 48 inches, height 46 inches. As for propulsion, it is projected to use Chevrolet's V8 engine, with the layout of the engine consisting of an engine mounted in the front/center and a transaxle mounted in the middle/rear.
Alton Johnson’s LeMans Coupe was the first car completed and appeared in the August, 1960 Issue of Road & Track Magazine. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
As for the frame itself, Strother MacMinn written in his book, Sports Cars of the Future, it was made very sturdy and simple, consisting of two straight parallel box beams, which kept costs down on this custom made piece. Furthermore the brake drum components come from Buick, and driven via modified Cord hubs. Even the wheels are made from other standard elements, and the entire assembly is kept as small as possible to keep head resistance and weight to a minimum.
Alton Johnson’s LeMans Coupe was the first car completed, and powered by a Chevrolet's V8 engine. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
So far the neither Bond nor MacMinn built their proposed Le Mans winner car, but released the idea to the public to attract interest among American auto enthusiasts to fulfill the car's destiny into real. As quoted from Hemmings, along with Strother MacMinn, Bond managed to get two teams interested in building it, though neither intended to actually take the car to LeMans. Each team is as follows; one team, led by Ed Tift, which produced only one car before calling it quits.
It
is also unknown whether the Walter Johnson's Witchcraft dragster from
the late sixties was one of the LeMans Coupe body associated with one of
the three automaker' names. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
While the other team consists of two aeronautical technicians, Marvin Horton and Ed Monegan, assisted by a fiberglass specialist, Alton Johnson. As it turned out, this team was preferred by Bond and MacMinn, because their work was more organized, at first they making a clay model, then a wood-and-plaster frame for a body mold. In short, all the process was published in a series of articles during 1957 and 1958.
One of car bodies purchased by Hacker in Illinois back in 2008, which at one point had been dumped in the junkyard, come with a set of vellum drawings of the chassis by the team of engineers that Bond had come up with his specifications for the coupe. (Picture from: Hemmings)
Their first completed car, finished in red, appeared on the cover of the August 1960 issue of Road & Track magazine. At the time it was estimated the team had built at least six copies of the LeMans Coupe, based on research results from Geoff Hacker who had found five different bodies linked to Horton, Monegan, and Johnson. Because at that time usually small-scale fiberglass body manufacturers typically quit after a half dozen-built cars.
The unfinished LeMans Coupe of Dennis Kazmerowski is made its mid-restoration debut in the General Motors Design Dome at the 2022 “Eyes on Design” celebration of cars in Detroit, Michigan. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
Unfortunately, according to Hacker's search, this first car no longer exists because it was destroyed in an accident. So what's left probably can be counted on the fingers, no more than six units scattered throughout America. It is also unknown whether the Walter Johnson's Witchcraft dragster from the late sixties was one of the LeMans Coupe body associated with one of the three automaker' names above.
Though Kazmerowski’s LeMans Coupe isn’t fully finished, the decision was
made by Eyes On Design that the car and its history is too important to
not share with others as early as possible, just as the original LeMans
Coupe also made its public display in unfinished form.. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
As well as car bodies purchased by Hacker in Illinois back in 2008, it is not known with certainty who built the Horton, Monegan, and Johnson body. However, the car, which at one point had been dumped in the junkyard, come with a set of vellum drawings of the chassis by the team of engineers that Bond had come up with his specifications for the coupe.
This marks the first time in more than 60 years that the public has had an opportunity to see any of MacMinn's LeMans Coupes. (Picture from: UndiscoveredClassics)
Not only that, the car is still equipped with a conventionally placed Chevrolet 283 powertrain and an automatic transmission installed in a 1-inch square tube spaceframe. The condition is not completely finished, with some parts of the fiberglass being finished, while other parts are not. Then the gullwing door also hasn't been installed and replaced with a canopy cut in the body, but hadn't yet cut out the windshield or installed glass into it.
The Dennis Kazmerowski's LeMans Coupe restored in the way MacMinn and Bond intended as a purely LeMans racer and not as a sports car that featured with two seaters inside the cockpit. (Picture from: Hemmings)
Armed with Bond's original blueprints for the LeMans Coupe, Geoff Hacker decides that if he is going to complete his LeMans Coupe, he might as well complete it in the way MacMinn and Bond intended as a LeMans racer and not as a sports car.Well, to complete the LeMans Coupe, it will involve as many as three different shops (Craig
Johnson for the body, JR Speed Shop for the chassis, and Dave Koorey to put it all together) and a two-and-a-half-year timeline.
Dennis Kazmerowski posed along with his unfinished LeMans Coupe before its mid-restoration debut in the General Motors Design Dome at the 2022 “Eyes on Design” in Detroit. (Picture from: Hemmings)
Looking back in history, this makes the LeMans Coupe as one of the talked about and recognized special cars during the 1950s, which of course its designs has a visual impact to those who had seen it, would be automatically kept it in minds for almost 60 years of the rest of their lives.
And today we are very grateful, because one of the LeMans Coupes brought back to life by Dennis Kazmerowski has been seen by the classic car lovers at the 2022 “Eyes on Design” celebration of racing car designs in Detroit, Michigan. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | UNDISCOVEREDCLASSICS | VELOCETODAY | HEMMINGS | CUSTOMRODDER.FORUMACTIF.ORG ]
The front suspension used Ford Sierra-derived front hubs, mated to DAX's specially designed triangular unequal-length wishbones and Spax adjustable shock absorbers offered just the right final set-up. The rear used the hub carriers from the Ford Escort, with wishbones also made to measure and a micro linkage developed by Leda Suspensions. Also Ford-derived vented disc brakes were available on all four wheels.
Despite the accolades of the likes of Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson, who claimed that the Kamala was one of the best cars they had ever driven at that point, the strange English sports car has never been successful in sales. Perhaps its futuristic style was too extreme for some conservative
kitcar-loving customers and so it was too eccentric for a market dominated mainly by the usual and well-known replicas. 
