The Salica GT was built as a continuation of the Noble M12?

Forgotten ONES - Still talking about unique sports cars that escape the attention of the public because they are made by less well-known manufacturers. Now, let's We take a look such a kind of lesser known sports car made in England.

The Salica GT described as a new sports car built by Salica Cars based on the Noble N400/M12. (Picture from: TopGear)

As we know, usually British-made sports cars are famous for their fierce performance on the streets and racing circuits. Well, here is one example such kind of cars built by the lesser known British automaker called Salica Cars based  in Bristol, England.

Before discussing the figure of the sports car referred above, it's better for us to know about the automaker, because we are sure that some of you also don't know about this. Salica Cars is niche sports car manufacturer that most notable for building and modifying Noble kit cars, however the British firm has now released its first new supercar back in 2008.

The Salica GT's chassis is made up of a three-compartment so that the front and rear sections can be detached for easier access for maintenance so that the front and rear sections can be detached for easier access for maintenance. (Picture from: StartMotori.it)

It is also reported that the presence of this Salica Cars-made sports car is intended to fill the niche left by Noble and TVR. As quoted from TopGear, the origins of the Salica GT (thus the car's name) came when Noble abandoned their plans to build an M12 convertible. Then designer Paul Bailey took the design drawings of the model to Salica Cars and not long after, the Salica GT was born.This Salica GT described as a new sports car built by Salica Cars based on the Noble N400/M12. 

The Salica GT designed to be a convertible with a lightweight hardtop. (Picture from: StartMotori.it)

Meanwhile, its chassis is made up of a three-compartment. Front and rear sections can be detached for easier access for maintenance. Then on top of it is installed bodywork made of fiberglass; although the British automaker also provides a choice of carbon fiber materials. The Salica GT designed to be a convertible with a hardtop. It has a lightweight one-piece roof can be detached from the car and stowed under the rear shell in seconds, so does to refitting it as well, and both operations can be done by one person only.

For its interior, the Salica GT provides a large of a variety of luxury items that can be customized according to the wishes of the buyer, ranging from leather and carpet, to Alcantara and carbon fiber. There's also custom designed seats are available in fiberglass options or carbon.

The Salica GT has a lightweight one-piece roof can be detached from the car and stowed under the rear shell in seconds, so does to refitting it. (Picture from: StartMotori.it)

Not only that, the interior also has a hidden handbrake feature with the center console completes with the radio, heat controls and start button. Meanwhile the dashboard houses all the important instruments in an easy-to-read layout. For the steering wheel, the automaker provides a choice in left and right hand drive formats, so does the traction control features and ABS are available as options too.

Well, for the drivetrain it is provided according to the desired variant. As quoted from TopGear, apart from the Salica GT, the British automaker also provides two other variants, namely the Salica GTR and Salica GTC.

The Salica GT is powered by a Ford-sourced twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 engine. (Picture from: StartMotori.it)

For GT version, it powered by a Ford-sourced twin-turbo 3.5-litre V6 engine. Shifted to the GTR, it is a race-prepared version powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 offering up to 550 horsepower coupled with a 6-speed sequential transmission systems, all of those were fitted with an FIA-approved roll cage, a fire extinguisher, an electrical circuit cut-off, air intakes and central locking wheels. While the GTC version is powered by a 3-liter naturally aspirated V6 developing 460 hp, and connected to a Graziano 6-speed manual gearbox with a choice of three rations for the final drive.

The Salica GT available to be sold in completed form or as knocked down kit-cars. (Picture from: Mad4Wheels)

Furthermore, these GTC and GT versions are available to be sold in completed form or as knocked down kit-cars. Regarding the price for each of those three Salica GT variants, this British automaker only said the price starting of £72,000 (for Salica GT).

And in fact only the Salica GTC model was built and exhibited to the public. Besides that, until today there is no data related to the number of cars that have been produced by Salica Cars. It's a shame, even though the cars offered seem to have capability to be fun if used for speeding on the streets or on a racing circuit. Does anyone here has info about this? *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | TOPGEAR | PHOTOSCAR.FR | STARTMOTORI.IT | CARADISIAC | TOPSPEED ]

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