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An exige will cost you $115k. I haven't read the Exige VS Elfin article but if the Elfin kicked ass then I'd say it is not expensive for what it is. And it will definetely be a much rarer car than the Exige.

You gotta remember this thing was doing 180 in 4th at half the available RMPS!!

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You wish!

Next time is a track day. There will be no time for pics. Right boys?? (Aus and Tafka)

AusS2000

What he said!

AusS2000

Tremec 6 speed.

tafka TMB

Abso-f***ng-lutely. Bill could push it far harder than I was comfortable doing on the road so a track day would be great. The problem is that I am not a serious buyer and I think that they know that.

In the Wheels article they were talking about shifting the fuel opening to the centre and raising the rear of the body a bit. I don't know if this is going to push back the redesign of the hardtop again (remember the clay had the fuel going in one of the circles at the side?).

It is sort of expensive but it is custom suspension and stuff. They could have done it a lot simpler (have a look at an X7 if you want to see simple - ladder frame, live rear end, etc). It is sort of a competitor to the new Marcos I guess (same engine/driveline). It is also ridiculously easy to get more grunt out of the things too.

According to the Wheels 2005 Yearbook (which has some great shots by a young up-and-coming photographer Easton Chang) it looks like the $130K Elfin is within spitting distance of the (about to be superceded) $270k Porsche Turbo S (esp above 100kmh) when it comes to straight line acceleration.

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Tafka's pics

Vuey

ahhahaha LOL i love you guys ! time to slap on the white sport shoes and tracksuit pants and go get a khabab habibs !


Looks like you guys had a hectic time ...

DavidM

I'd say that the Elfins are about $60 - $70k too expensive. Not sure wwhy they copsat that much ... afterall it uses most of Commodore hardware you can get one of those for $45k (from a delater). So what do you pay the other $100k for?

The problem that the Elfin has is this:

http://www.radical.net.au/flash.html

You an get one of these for $80 to $100k and I can't see the Elfin coming anywhere close to it it terms or performance.

AusS2000

Fact is, if the demand is meeting the supply then there is nothing wrong with the price.

The Commodore argument is not even worth dignifying with a response. If youcan't see from the pictures what else goes into the car then get them eyes checked.

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The radical is not a road legal car in Aust (NSW at least) so that makes any comparison pointless. There is a lot of cost added because of emissions testing and gear that has to be added. Not to mention the Radical has nothing in the LOWIE PULLING dept :-)

Closer but still pointless would be a comparison to the Ariel Atom, wich has a car engine (200hp from a Civic) and could theoretically be road registered. But as our own Chris_Barry will tell you having a car engine is not enough. And if you ask him nicely he'll tell you how much he's spent on his F20C powered PRB. And if 100K was your budget then the MS8 clubman in race trim is more what you should be looking at.

Finally (and slightly on a tangent) the true entry cost for a radical will be a good 15 to 30K higher should you not happen to have a trailer and something to pull it with.