This is one of my best cars, I’d say. Certainly one of my favourites from the latter half of the 20th century! This is another car from Phompsonby Motor Vehicles, the 1970 Phompsonby Elematic. The car is VERY lightweight at just 884kg! Combine this with a rear engine 3.07 litre boxer 4 making 278 HP means the car is capable of 217.4 MPH and a 0-62 of 6.1 seconds. It’s made more sporty with a 5 speed manual gearbox and rear wheel drive. The car is fast, mobile and capable of 20.5 miles to the gallon making it a very popular sports car of the '70s!
A full vehicle profile will appear on the main Phompsonby thread when I reach the '70s on the thread.
A successor to the Elematic was released 50 years later in 2021 as a part of Phompsonby’s ‘Retro Line’ under the name of the Elematic II. The car was designed to resemble the original very closely, but engineered with modern equipment and materials. Like the original, the new Elematic II was lightweight at just 1,139.2kg and once again mounted a rear engine 3.07 litre turbocharged boxer 4 making double the power at 596.4 HP. The car was now capable of 240.3 MPH and 0-62 in 3.8 seconds. The car is now all wheel drive with a 7 speed dual clutch gearbox for extra sportiness with a viscous limited slip diff. Combine this with the great mileage of 31.4 miles to the gallon and you’ve got a very popular successor car to a very popular '70s sport car!
Once again, there’ll be a full rundown of the car with more in-depth on the main thread when I reach the modern era of Phompsonby. They’re both great cars to drive and sound great with the boxer 4!