Chevron preparing its return with GR8
By Andrew C., 30 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
Chevron Racing Cars is currently working on a prototype of the GR8, an all-new racing car, for a new one-make series due to start in April 2010. The Cheshire-based racing constructor says that eventually, the GR8 will also make way for a track day special.
Chevron, which was a race car constructor in the 1960s and 1970s, had built more than 500 two-seat open sports racers, single-seat formula cars and competition coupes since 1965. Continued after the jump!
The mid-engined GR8 is the spiritual successor to the B8, a coupe designed for 2.0-liter sports car racing, of which 70 were built from 1968. We‚Äôd have to wait some more to examine the car since it‚ still in the concept stages however, Chevron has hinted that the GR8 is quite close to the final design sign-off.
Chevron disclosed that the car will weigh around 600kg, with a 255bhp 2.0-liter Cosworth engine giving a 400bhp per ton power-to-weight ratio. For the 16-race, BARC-run GR8 Challenge series, 20 examples will be built. In an interview with PistonHeads, Chevron spokesman Ed Burrows said that the new GR8 is “intended as a credit-crunch racer.”
It will perform like a Ferrari or a Porsche track car but for a lower price. Buyers will only have to shell out £49,500 plus VAT for the GRP and steel spaceframe racing-spec Chevron GR8.
[via pistonheads]
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