Bolwell previews new Nagari powered by 500-horsepower LS3 V-Eight

Brabham is not the one Australian firm engaged on a world-class supercar. There’s additionally Bolwell, an organization that is been designing and constructing sports activities vehicles for over 50 years and is an skilled within the manufacture of composite supplies. It is now engaged on a brand new technology of its Nagari supercar.

Bolwell has launched the primary picture of the brand new automobile which works by the identify Nagari 500. It debuts subsequent week on the 2019 Motorclassica basic automobile present operating in Melbourne, Australia, with the reveal coinciding with this yr’s 50th anniversary of the unique Mk VIII Nagari.

The Nagari 500 has been in improvement for greater than three years and appears to function the same design to the Nagari 300 unveiled in 2008. The 2 vehicles may have little in frequent, although. As an example, the Nagari 500 is considered based mostly on a newly designed composite tub combining carbon fiber and Kevlar. This shall be essential to conserving weight all the way down to round 2,200 kilos.

Energy in the meantime will come from an LS3 6.2-liter V-Eight sourced from Normal Motors. Gentle tuning will assist liberate 500 horsepower from the engine however a protracted record of upgrades for the LS3 within the aftermarket means power-hunger consumers can at all times add extra. Different efficiency options are anticipated to incorporate adaptive dampers, a Brembo brake bundle with carbon-ceramic rotors, and Recaro seats.

Bolwell Nagari 300

Bolwell Director Campbell Bolwell in an interview with Automotive Gross sales revealed on Friday stated the automobile is but to be examined however ought to be capable of hit 62 mph in beneath three.zero seconds and prime out someplace above 186 mph.

Bolwell was based in 1962 by Graeme Bolwell and Ross McConnell. The corporate began off promoting fiberglass-bodied sports activities vehicles in package automobile kind earlier than beginning manufacturing of the Mk VIII Nagari in 1970. Round 100 examples had been constructed earlier than manufacturing ceased in 1974.

Bolwell’s final mannequin was the Nagari 300, which featured a three.5-liter V-6 sourced from Toyota. At its debut on the 2008 Melbourne Worldwide Motor Present, the automobile was introduced with a beginning worth of $141,535.

Like its predecessors, the Nagari 500 may have restricted manufacturing, with the primary buyer examples due in 2020.