Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
The Cosworth electronics package includes a Pi Omega LCD panel display, providing crystal-clear readouts The Chevron installation features a PiRQ4 engine control unit incorporating technologies derived from ECUs used by winners of the FIA GT and World Rally Championship titles. Engines for the Chevron GR8 are being built alongside Cosworth's F1 production line. Peak torque is 190 ft-lbs at 7500 rpm.
Provision has been made in the bodywork design for window lifts and other refinements suited to customers who may wish to have a road-going car conforming to Low Volume Type Approval legislation.The Cosworth 2.0L YD in-line 4-cylinder power unit develops 255-260 bhp at 8200 rpm. Previous British car designs for which he has been responsible include the Bentley Continental R and Aston Martin Virage, both for the one-time Heffernan Greenley consultancy. Most of Lester Allen's work in recent years has been behind the scenes for Asian manufacturers. The body is the work of international automotive design consultant Lester Allen, an ex-GM studio chief designer and former senior Royal College of Art vehicle design course tutor. Priced £3,380 new, Chevron B8s - which typically make up a significant percentage of grids in international championship historic sports and GT racing - now change hands for £300,000.
The design of the new car has a deliberate affinity with the classic Chevron B8 racing coupe, some 70 of which were built following its introduction in 1968. Fabrication of the GR8 prototype is in progress and development testing is scheduled to commence in January. The GR8 concept rendering, which Chevron confirms is fairly close to the final design, reveals a discernable relationship to its illustrious predecessor, the Chevron B8, an enduring favourite with historic sporstcar competitors. Commencement of testing, initially without bodywork, is imminent. The body is being shown in the form of design renderings generated from the CAD files produced for machining the body tooling model.
The final decision by Cheshire-based Chevron to exhibit at Autosport International was not taken until last week as the finishing touches were being put to the prototype chassis. An additional round is a possibility if racing is resumed at Donington Park. Two Series rounds are to be staged at each of seven BARC race meetings. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), the Series will make its racing debut at Silverstone on 8/9 May 2010.
Although for the new car the bodywork has been made considerably sharper and more contemporary. The GR8, which is the company's first all-new coupe for forty years, uses some of the design cues from Chevron's previous B8 coupe model. UK-based specialist race car construction company Chevron have revealed the production specifications and images of their latest vehicle, the GR8. The new mid-engined competition coupe with Cosworth YD 2.0 litre power is being built for the one-make Chevron GR8 Challenge Series. Chevron Racing Cars is exhibiting the new Chevron GR8 in prototype chassis form at Autosport International.
Provision has been made in the bodywork design for window lifts and other refinements suited to customers who may wish to have a road-going car conforming to Low Volume Type Approval legislation.The Cosworth 2.0L YD in-line 4-cylinder power unit develops 255-260 bhp at 8200 rpm. Previous British car designs for which he has been responsible include the Bentley Continental R and Aston Martin Virage, both for the one-time Heffernan Greenley consultancy. Most of Lester Allen's work in recent years has been behind the scenes for Asian manufacturers. The body is the work of international automotive design consultant Lester Allen, an ex-GM studio chief designer and former senior Royal College of Art vehicle design course tutor. Priced £3,380 new, Chevron B8s - which typically make up a significant percentage of grids in international championship historic sports and GT racing - now change hands for £300,000.
The design of the new car has a deliberate affinity with the classic Chevron B8 racing coupe, some 70 of which were built following its introduction in 1968. Fabrication of the GR8 prototype is in progress and development testing is scheduled to commence in January. The GR8 concept rendering, which Chevron confirms is fairly close to the final design, reveals a discernable relationship to its illustrious predecessor, the Chevron B8, an enduring favourite with historic sporstcar competitors. Commencement of testing, initially without bodywork, is imminent. The body is being shown in the form of design renderings generated from the CAD files produced for machining the body tooling model.
The final decision by Cheshire-based Chevron to exhibit at Autosport International was not taken until last week as the finishing touches were being put to the prototype chassis. An additional round is a possibility if racing is resumed at Donington Park. Two Series rounds are to be staged at each of seven BARC race meetings. Organised by the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC), the Series will make its racing debut at Silverstone on 8/9 May 2010.
Although for the new car the bodywork has been made considerably sharper and more contemporary. The GR8, which is the company's first all-new coupe for forty years, uses some of the design cues from Chevron's previous B8 coupe model. UK-based specialist race car construction company Chevron have revealed the production specifications and images of their latest vehicle, the GR8. The new mid-engined competition coupe with Cosworth YD 2.0 litre power is being built for the one-make Chevron GR8 Challenge Series. Chevron Racing Cars is exhibiting the new Chevron GR8 in prototype chassis form at Autosport International.
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
2010 Chevron Racing Cars GR8 Cosworth
