Saturday, February 19, 2011

You can design Factory Five's new mid-engine, WRX-powered kit car

Massachusetts-based Factory Five, has the builder of the Shelby Cobra replicas and the extraordinary GTM race car, a new project vehicle announced. Starting with a Subaru WRX donor car, Factory Five says the team will be able to produce a mid-engined two-seater for under 15,000 $ ... and you can design help.

Factory Five is running the cooperation with Grassroots Motorsports magazine to a public competition. The target for this as-yet unamed sports car will be to the current WRX Auto function and a weight of just 1,800 pounds. It is driving a removable roof, 95-inch wheelbase and Subie engine to the rear wheels.

Stay tuned for more details on this crowdsourcing competition as they arise. Submissions will be accepted from 1 March, according to the official competition rules should be along shortly.

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