THE 2000 IS BACK, AND FASTER THAN EVER WITH A NEW LYCOMING TURBO I6
please note this is a concept and does not represent the real car in the future
please note this is a concept and does not represent the real car in the future
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We’ll be attending and we’ll give you some web exclusive material.
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Do you have more photos?
There will be a full display of photos on the 11th of June for the reveal.
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Haapala Racing Division presents their new WRC-ready car:
Haapala Racing Division presents their new WRC-ready car:
More Informations soon.
Who is “Haapala” :
Haapala is a Finnish car manufacture who specialise on FIA and Racing Regulation -compliant Race Cars. These cars can be bought already fully operational with sealed engines and chassis or can be ordered without a drivetrain. Street legal version are available if regulations asks for them
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Kyoki Xtreme,the innovation of weight reducing.
360hp,800kg.200kg downforce,15km/Litre,0-100km in 2.5s,the most ridiculous supercar ever been.
Keep in mind that this is only a concept model.
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A Motoring Man’s Meanderings
3rd June 2018
Antityita draws closer. My flights to Antiyita Simpo International are booked - I’m going business class with Anikiatian Airlines, much nicer than my two transfer 19 hour slog that was my journey to last year’s show. It’s great to see the folks from MotorNation and Trafikjournalen are coming too (and yes, we are definitely all going for at least one night out while we’re over there). In the mean time, my inbox has been filling up once again with a multitude of emails from a whole load of different companies. Speaking of which…
…I’m still perplexed as to what EVE are advertising with their “DARK”, “BEAST” and “PAST” teasers. Anyone who has more of a clue than I do, please get in contact ASAP.
Ferrain revealed full details of the Mistrain, with all trim levels of the car using the same 3.5l V6 engine, aside from the RaceX version which adds “Twinrbo” to the unit to whack out 415 hp. We’ll have more on the Mistrain later on at the show as I’ve managed to snag a test drive…
As for what is up with their new Coupan Concept and it’s 9 engine choices, that is another matter entirely. Why so many? Honestly? I can’t fathom it.
And then - well, I don’t really know how to follow this. If anyone can explain how any marketing executive thought the slogan “Normal hatchback for normal people” was going to be the key to selling their car, please contact me immediatley. What that slogan is trying to sell, however, is a problem more complex than the Middle East. There’s no denying it’s absolutley hideous and has as much flair as a donkey; the Ferrain Hamine is a mess of poor design, and sits on tiny red wheels with a ride height that just screams body roll.
As for how they explain the engines, well, it seems Ferrain have managed to work out that if you tune a range of engines to have roughly the same amount of power, increasing the displacement will make it more efficient, allowing you to end up with a 2.0l N/A unit that would have been underpowered in the late 80s, let alone now.
Barricada’s new mid-sized sedan has a real love for ovals, which as some critics have noted, gives it a strong 90s vibe. It may well look outdated, but that hood scoop suggests it might be a little more interesting than first impressions would have you believe.
Wentworth are promising to give us “The ol’ Razzle!!! Dazzle!!!”. Gramatical issues aside, I’m not sure about a car whose front indicators make it look like its got food stuck around its lips.
Holts have been teasing a number of vehicles, including the HX-1 mini sports car (whose grille looks overly taut), the BQX-4 (which is nicer, though still a bit stogy around the front for an SUV) and some dark shots of the new H8 followed by actual photos, revealing it to be an angular but quite classy full size sedan. I’m keen to have a closer inspection, as it seems to be one of their most promising cars yet.
The Amuna IRO-3 is being promote with the tagline “Where will the road take you next?”. With any luck, it’ll be anywhere but a production sports car that has black plastic trim around its bonnet vents that scream ‘Halfords’.
An American SUV - it’s the new Shromet Parvus!. Suitably ugly like any good crossover should be, this one has more form than some and I dare say is better looking that its smaller Appalachian cousin.
It’s sadly out classed by the very handsome Bonham Orwell, the company’s new flagship SUV. The front really does have some presence and the rear has stylish detailing that gives it a crisp, modern edge. Will it actually end up being “A crossover you actually want” in my books though? Hmmm…
TSR released two more teasers for upcoming cars, the first one definitlet looking like a mid-engine sports car and the second being some sort of crossover, though the photo is so small that it’s hard to tell. An interesting approach to the art of the teaser, I must say…
Hoorah! Zenshi/Cavallera’s Seiryu is getting an update for 2018. The seems to have been altered slightly, but with any luck, they’ll have kept the outstandingly well setup innards as is.
LMC are back at it with there six-exhaust sports cars, teasing “A classic reimagined”. Hell yeah, sign me the f*ck up.
Montes unveiled the first shots of its new X90 SUV, a very conservative but classy car that seems to be doing everything in its power not to make a fuss. They’ve managed to fit what look like 21" rims on a car and not make it look like the driver is an Atlanta drug dealer. Now that is an achievement!
Ceder’s 6th gen Friala hatchback looks to be a fairly solidly styled car, with their announcements at the show also putting emphasis on their OpenSky engines. Average car drivers of the world unite! Here’s a new compact for you to consider!
I’d love to get a whiff of whatever Birmingham Motors are smoking. The “2000” (Is this 1971?) coupe looks like a coffee machine on the front and a 90s Amercian car at the rear, save for those 6 exhausts and that very odd fuel filler cap positioning, suggesting that none of the designers working on it had any clue what their colleagues were doing. Apparently though, “this is a concept and does not represent the real car in the future”. Eh? So this isn’t what the finished thing is going to look like? Or have Birmingham mastered time travel and are hence able to see the future? I’m lost.
Now this is exciting: motorsport outlet Haapala are revealing some new race-ready chassis’ as well as their new WRC machine at this year’s show. A test drive in that would be of great interest to me…hint hint
While hardly jaw dropping, the edgy feel to the new Kyoki Xtreme give it some promise. It appears to be mid engined sports car, though the company seems adamant that a 360hp car is “the most ridiculous supercar ever been”. No, stop kidding yourselves, that’s bang on the money for rival mid-engine sports cars and not high end supercars. And what is this disclaimer they’re using? “Keep in mind that this is only a concept model.” Well as a concept for “the most ridiculous supercar ever been”, it’s seriously lacking in the ridiculous department.
Damn. Kasai know how to style a supermini. The Calibri may well be named after a font, but it’s a really smart looking machine. Hardly pretty what with that whopping great grille, but there is composure and flair to it with those careful lashings of chrome. One I will certainly be focusing on, especially given that it’s also a hybrid.
That’s all for now. The press days draw nearer, and I need to get ready to deal with the jet lag.
- Gavin Anderson
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…Did you not notice the Kyoki Xtreme weighs only 800 kilos?
I did notice, hence my comments.
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B-but muh 2.5 second 0-60
Sure! Just tell us where to leave the keys!
(I guess i just hit you up per PM?)
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TRAFIKJOURNALEN WEB EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL
2018 Antiyita international motor show previews and teasers presented
The Antiyita show is coming closer and closer, in just a few days we will send over our reporter Mats Hansen when we finally will get tired of teasing him for his loss in the 24h clunker run (report coming soon) to write a complete article covering the show. But we have recieved some press material, and in case some of you are interested, here is what we have seen this far.
AL Autos: “Take off like a rocket” sounds like something from the space age 50s, but that is what AL is promising that their new Eauc…Eurica…Eurac…Erucae will do. Only a future test drive can tell if the claim is true, and by then we might have learned the name too.
Amuna: The Verista is a promising sports car. The styling is superb in our eyes and they claim it to be their most powerful front engine car ever. Very interesting!
The IRO-3 is something different, and styling is a matter of taste, but for some reason, we can’t stop wondering if there is a 1992 Honda Civic somewhere that wants its front end back.
Birmingham: The british-american company is showing what we believe is a concept car for the next generation 2000. We are a bit disappointed, the shape is a bit bland and feels dated already, which they are trying to compensate by giving lights etc. strange shapes. They also claim that the concept car doesn’t show what the finished product will look like, but then we wonder what the meaning of a concept car is? It’s some question marks to straighten out here when in Antiyita.
Bonham: They claim that the Orwell is a crossover we will “actually want”. Judging from the upmarket, classy looks, there may be some truth in that if it’s same class on the rest.
Caliban: Showing what seems to be a light and nimble yet tough sports car is probably not unexpected from Caliban. It sure will be interesting though to see if the new Predator is as tough as it looks.
Ceder: The new generation Friala is an elegant and chic looking little hatchback, at least from a side view. Clearly a vehicle of future interest, especially if you are a believer in that small cars doesn’t need to look like cereal boxes.
Ferrain: This small oddball polish manufacturer seems to be alive still, and has some news to show. The Hamine is, as claimed by the manufacturer, a “normal hatchback for normal people”, but we don’t see much normal about it (what’s a normal Ferrain anyway?).
Their Coupan concept may look more interesting, but we’re questioning it a bit. The smallest engine an 1.4 litre inline four (is that one worthy what seems to be a sports car?), the biggest one a 2.4 litre V8 (!), which seems an unnecessary complicated way to build a 2.4 litre engine, and with 9 engines on the whole, there probably is so many options that it will confuse a buyer, and the claim that the widebody version is “almost for drifting” seems strange.
The Mistrain looks like the middle section from a 15 year old executive saloon with a front and rear end designed by someone on LSD. We don’t want to judge cars for being ugly, because everything is up to the buyers taste, but…this one…it certainly is and we doubt that anyone will think different here.
When you didn’t think it could be worse, look at the Hatchrike. Or to be honest, we’re not even sure what it is. Or if we care. They promise the worlds best driveability. But will one ever drive out of the showroom is the big question.
Haapala: The finnish specialist manufacturer have sent pictures of a little rally rocket that looks promising. We look forward for more information and hopefully a test drive.
Holts: One of the manufacturers with the most action at the show, like it seems. They have revealed pictures of their H8. While large executive sedans really ain’t the rage in Sweden today, it’s an important segment in other markets, and the H8 is on par with the competition at least looks wise, modern, well-proportioned and clean. Maybe a bit anonymous, can it be TOO much on par with the competition maybe? The future will tell how well the rest is up to the task though.
Another model is the HX1 which seems to be a fun little track toy. What’s questionable is the styling though, sure, the wing probably gives good downforce, we just get some feelings of the early 00s F&F wave, and not in a good way. Other than that, we think that it’s a good design overall, and a test drive is something we’re looking forward for.
The BQX-4 has recieved an update. A SUV like many others on the market today, only test drives can reveal if it’s a good choice compared to the competition.
Finally, the Durbi seems to be more like a serious track car, it clearly looks like one anyway, of course looks alone doesn’t win on the trac so the rest of the capabilities would be interesting to discover.
IP: One of the greatest disappointments actually. The big question now is the revival of the 90s and early 00s classic, the Lifestyler. They have promised that it will make a comeback, but rumours say that the AWD turbo wagon now will turn into a FWD crossover, which have caused a storm among enthusiasts. So what’s their solution? Appearantly to show a 70s Freeway Star van in pea green. If this is a spoof, it’s not even funny!
JHW: As well as IP it seems like they are showing something old. A 1959 Falcon 2800. At least better eyecandy than an old van.
Kasai: The Calibri is a car we’re looking forward to see more of and even take for a test drive. It’s a small 5 door hatchback, with hybrid driveline, and from the press material we have seen, it seems like they have a great focus on driveability and low running costs. If the car is keeping its promises, it’s the type that will sell like hot cakes. There’s always need for a car like this, especially for the Swedish market with fuel prices skyrocketing right now.
Kyoki: The Xtreme concept makes the heart spin on any car enthusiast. While some of the styling may look a bit controversial (but on a concept car, it actually should!), 800 kg and 0-100 in 2.5 seconds are numbers to drool about. 360 hp and a low fuel consumption (in relation to the performance) of around 6.6 litres per 100 km is promised.
Some hints of the “Guerriero” has been shown too. They call it the evolved sports car. If we’re talking rear fenders evolving into the widest you can find, then yes.
LMC: They have kind of a sneaky teaser showing an interesting arrangement of exhaust pipes and a promise of a classic being reborn. We want to find out more, that’s for sure.
Montes: The company claims that their sleek looking X90 is their first SUV. We find it so sleek looking that we start to wonder if it’s not more into station wagon territory, especially with the tyres and rims it seems to be equipped with. Or maybe something halfway in between, like the old Subaru forester but 10 times classier. It’s something that we’re clearly curious to find out more about.
What the T60 is, we don’t even know, other than the looks of the front end, which is similar to the styling theme of lots of todays cars. We’ll find out, I guess.
Shromet: The Parvus is like a dinosaur from the past, but a loveable dinosaur. A big, muscular SUV that actually looks like it will have some capacity offroad and not just on a wet lawn.
The Interval seems to make a comeback at least as a concept car and that is something every car nut is looking forward to have a closer look at.
TSR: They have been teasing us with some hard to understand pictures of a wagon and a coupé. For some reason, they doesn’t awake much curiousity for us though, so let’s see if they will prove us wrong at the show.
Wentworth: The late 90s nostalgia fad is old enough now to be retro in itself, so it seems like a brave decision to launch something that would have looked good on a 1998 autoshow close to a S-type and a Rover 75. Brave, or stupid? The future will tell.
Zenshi: It appears that they want us to “take on the road” with their revised Seiryu. We’ll gladly try if we get the possibility.
Now, how interesting teasers even may be, the final words has not been said until after the show so stay tuned!
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That isn’t, it’s just the texturing for the steel colour.
GBSC @ Antiyita
DARK
PAST
BEAST
GO BEYOND DARKNESS
LOOK BACK AT THE PAST
BECOME THE BEAST
This is 001. DARK. The first of the Concepts. It shows us where we can move to, push for and become.
This is 002. PAST. The Second of the Concepts. It shows us where we came from, but what we can do to change it.
This is 003. BEAST. The Third of the Concepts. It shows us the limits of our fear, and how we can tame it.
Thank you. Enjoy your show.
SIGNING OFF
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Well, this is what we’re working on.
The 2019 TSR Taikan, never been so excited before. Can’t wait? Don’t worry, more details soon.
- Compactness
- Looks
- Weight
- Power
- Handling
- Durability
- Sound
- Sportiness
- Aerodynamic
- Technology
- Fun
Still not convinced yet? Why don’t you give it a try… like test-driving?
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