AC Propulsion Tzero

The AC Propulsion tzero is a high quality electric sports car composed and worked in extremely constrained numbers by the U.S. organization AC Propulsion. The tzero depended on the Piontek Sportech pack auto, which comprises of a fiberglass body worked over a fortified steel space outline with twofold wishbone autonomous suspension and rack and pinion controlling. Air conditioning Propulsion included the AC-150 drivetrain, a solitary rate electric framework with a general rigging proportion of 9:1. Dispatched in January 1997, just three models were assembled and plans for business creation were dropped in mid-2003. The name originates from t0, the scientific image for a beginning stage in time.

Because of high generation costs, AC Propulsion stopped to create the tzero. Starting 2009, just three still exist; one of which is claimed by the organization itself and the other two secretly. The drivetrain, in any case, was utilized as a part of numerous different vehicles. Since the auto revives its batteries when the throttle is discharged � abating forcefully as vitality is recovered � it can be driven hard utilizing just the quickening agent pedal. Additionally, if the auto distinguishes a turn with more than a large portion of a g-power (5 m/s�), it facilitates the back wheel regenerative braking to avoid slides.

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Westfield XI

The Westfield XI or Westfield Eleven is a British sports car and kit car based on the Lotus Eleven. In 1982 Westfield Sportscars, responding to the popularity of the original Lotus XI, started production of a replica with a fiberglass body available as either a finished car or kit car. Initially called the Westfield Sports, the factory-finished cars were usually fitted with an uprated 1,275 cc (77.8 cu in) BMC A-Series engine, although some factory cars were fitted with Ford Kents. The majority of Westfield XIs are sold as self-build kits without engines and designed to accept the 1275cc A-series from a donor MG Midget or Austin-Healey Sprite. Owners have fitted a variety of engines, including Coventry Climaxes, Lotus twin-cams and Alfa Romeo engines, although engine fitment is limited by the small size of the engine bay. The kit is designed to utilise other components from a donor Sprite or Midget: the rear axle (modified by Westfield), gearbox, driveshaft, front upright/brake assembl...

Lister Storm

The Lister Storm was a homologated racing car built by Lister Cars of the United Kingdom beginning in 1993. The Storm used the largest V12 engine fitted to a production road car since World War II, a 6,996 cc (6.996 L; 426.9 cu in) Jaguar unit based on the one used in the Jaguar XJR Sportscars that competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Due to the high US $350,000 price of the vehicle, only four examples were produced before production of the road-going Storm ceased. Only three Storms survive today, although the Lister company continues to maintain racing models. The bored and stroked two-valve Lister V12 produced 407 kW (546 hp) and 790 N�m (582.7 lb�ft) of torque. The front-engined rear-wheel drive car weighed 1,664 kg (3,668.5 lb), and was capable of sprinting to 60 mph (97 km/h) in just 4.1 seconds. Until the launch of the Brabus Rocket, in 2006, it was the fastest four-seater saloon in the world.

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