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Interesting design concept sport car: Elfin Streamliner MS8
Interesting design concept sport car: Elfin Streamliner MS8
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The Elfin MS8 models have been designed by Elfin Sports Cars and styled by the Holden Design team. This collaboration between two Australian manufacturing icons has been an enthusiastic exercise, by car enthusiasts, for car enthusiasts.
The Elfin MS8 sports cars are successors to the Elfin MS7, the Chevrolet V8 powered Elfin which won the 1975 and 1976 Australian Tourist Trophy Sports Car Championships.
On July 5, 2006 Elfin announced that the MS8 Streamliner will be going into production. Problems had surfaced with emissions and noise regulations which caused problems with the development cycle, but the car will have the same Holden-derrived parts as the concept did. Sales should begin at the end of 2006, and production will be limited to just 100 units. Pricing has been set at about $119,500 Australian Dollars, or about $88,500 American Dollars.
* Traction control
* ABS braking system
* Cruise control
* Fully independent rear suspension with top and bottom wishbones plus toe link adjustment
* Front suspension with top and bottom chrome moly, unequal, aerofoil wishbones
* Fully adjustable race spec rose joints throughout
* Elfin alloy uprights (front and rear), fully adjustable for camber, caster & toe
* Coil over Koni shock absorbers, adjustable for bump, rebound and ride height
* Slotted & ventilated 4 wheel disc brakes Front: 32 x 343mm discs
* Elfin alloy billet machined 6 pot calipers Rear: 18 x 315mm discs with handbrake
* Elfin alloy billet machined 4 pot calipers
Streamliner MS8
"The Streamliner takes the same mechanical underpinnings and interprets them in a sleeker, yet time-honoured sports body," Simcoe continued. "It's the closed wheel, traditional front-engined sports car form that's typical of the open cabin racers of the 50s. There's a real tension in the wheel arch and fender surfaces, and the closed body style really emphasises the front-end proportional style," he said.
The Elfin Streamliner MS8 show car, displayed with a single place tonneau cover and Perspex bubble screen, is finished in brilliant Infra Red. Its aggressive front end is dominated by a large hexagonal-meshed radiator opening, the profile by large alloy gills . The small lift-up doors swing open scissor-style, and the bonnet is forward-opening. Further features include a big bore dual exhaust, a racing rear vision mirror, historic-style fuel cap, styled roll bar, LED combination tail lamps and five-spoke wheels with a bright silver turn face.
"In true roadster style, you can see functional elements of the suspension under the rear of the car. It's heart is also exposed where the engine is visible through the gills", Simcoe added."
