Prodrive P2

Prodrive P2
Manufacturer:	Prodrive
Production:	2006 (Concept)
Class:	Sports

The Prodrive P2 is a prototype two-seater sports car designed, engineered and built by Prodrive at its Banbury and Warwick sites. The car is based on the platform of the Subaru R1 keicar and has a modified Subaru Impreza WRX STi engine along with many Prodrive systems originally designed for their World Rally Championship and Sports Car Racing programmes. The cars styling was done by Peter Stevens who also designed the McLaren F1. The car includes rally-inspired anti-lag to prevent turbo lag, as well as a variable center differential that maximizes grip.

A fully working car has been built and tested on the TV motoring programme, Top Gear, obtaining a 0-60mph time in 3.8 seconds, and a laptime of 1:24.3 beating other cars such as the TVR Sagaris, BMW M5 and Aston Martin Vanquish, not to mention, in a test with the centre differental, making Clarkson vomit. Despite this, and the fact that Prodrive believe the car could retail for around £40,000, Prodrive have said there are no plans to put the car into production at present.

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