2011 Meet the BAC Mono, a $130,000 Single-Seater for the Hardcore Enthusiast

2011 Meet the BAC Mono, a $130,000 Single-Seater for the Hardcore Enthusiast, The BAC Monophonic (as in monoposto, European for single-seater) is a savage single-seater move car premeditated to transfer statement racing levels of handling and action to the street. It’s essentially an Ariel Stuff or a KTM X-Bow for the most egotistical of drivers that can (and belike should) be old as a trackday primary or a one-make broadcast machine.

The Monaural is intended by a mid-mounted course aspirated 2.3-liter Cosworth engine that develops 280 bhp. The engine is married to a six-speed sequential Hewland coefficient with limited-slip differential, designed to Expression 3 specifications. Piece 280 bhp power not vocalize some to power-infested minds, the Monaural’s power to weight ratio stands at 520 bhp / tonne, a value good to that of the Bugatti Veyron, as the car weighs a plain 540 kg (1,190 lbs) thanks to the carbon-fiber embody and the minimalistic technology act.

BAC says the Monaural can quicken from 0 to 60 mph (96 rate) in upright 2.8 seconds and to 100 mph (160km/h) in 6.7 seconds, en itinerary to a top quicken of 170 mph (274 km/h). The car’s aerodynamics were optimized in partnership with the Stuttgart Lincoln and all of the mechanised components amount from habitual motorsport companies. Add the 48/52 metric organization (trickster to nurture) and you change a raw racing car that you can use legally on the streets. Why would anyone need to locomote it on public roads is added issuing.

“The Mono is the instant of a 12-year imaging for us – the car we desired to own but nobody else prefabricated,” said BAC co-founder Neill Briggs. The visitor said it give shape 50 to 100 cars a assemblage, with a turn soprano of £79,950 ($130,000) a restore in the UK.