On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Chip Mautz wrote:
> Another cool car made here in America is the Panoz AIV Roadster.
2 seat roadster - they use aluminum for their frame!>
They're the only ones in the world doing it, and it's amazing!
Apart from Lotus with the Elise and Renault with the spider!!
Johnny
'77 spit (71 bhp on a good one!)
>
> I saw a car that got hit by a Chevy Lumina (3500-4000 lbs) and it wasn't
> totalled, and the driver wasn't hurt. This was an off-center front
> accident - not a headon (off-center hits do more damage to the car,
> passengers, etc.). The motor still ran in the thing.
>
> Oh yeah - the motor comes from Ford - their new 4.6 32 valve V8 SVT Cobra
> engine - good for 305 hp, all emissions, servicable at Ford Dealers. Most
> of the pieces come from different existing vehicles - Ford's, Mazda's, etc.
>
> See it at http://www.panozauto.com. I'm not a salesman, just fortunate to
> take one for a spin last Saturday! 0-60 in 4-4.4 seconds, 1600 lbs, 305hp
> V8, 5 spd ZF, etc. - what a blast!
>
> Chip
> (65hp Spitfire - on a good day!)
>
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> Chip Mautz
> Greenbrier & Russel
> Atlanta, Ga
>
> "Life is too short to drive boring cars"
>
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