Showing posts with label Factory five design contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Factory five design contest. Show all posts

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.