ETERNITI REVEALS PLANS
Eterniti reveals affairs New British car maker Eterniti Motors has appear added data on its affairs to physique a super-luxury SUV
When new British car maker Eterniti Motors launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show aback in September, it absolutely aloft a few eyebrows. But now the close has appear added data on its plan to physique a archetypal to ample a gap in the bazaar for a super-luxury SUV.
The Eterniti Hemera is based on the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, but abundant like added Porsche-based specials from firms such as Ruf, the Cayenne is bare down and rebuilt to Eterniti’s own specification. The firm’s cold is to physique a 4×4 which offers the amplitude and affluence of a Rolls-Royce in the rear, yet still be a fun car to drive.
To accomplish this, Eterniti has angry to the British motorsport fraternity. Engineering is accepting handled by a aggregation headed by Alastair Macqueen, who was amenable for the development of the Jaguar XJ220 and three Le Mans 24 Hours winners. He is abutting by ex-Formula One chase champ Johnny Herbert, who has already provided acknowledgment on the car.
“Alistair and the aggregation accept done a abundant job so far,” Johnny told Auto Express. “I had my aboriginal drive of the ancestor at a kart clue endure week, and I couldn’t accept how bound it got annular because its size. The council has abundant feedback, and there’s absolutely added to appear in agreement of handling.
“Coming from a motorsport background, we accept the adeptness to advance the car bound if added makers would stop to accept a affair about every little detail.”
The antithesis they are aiming for will put the Hemera on a par with a BMW M5 in agreement of administration and comfort. Performance has aswell been tweaked, with the aboriginal assembly models accepting about 600bhp.
Outside, every physique console bar the roof and window frames will be afflicted to accord the Hemera a different look, while the lights are custom fabricated and new auto access the car’s track.
Inside, the rear bank has been replaced by a brace of costly seats that accept been set aback by 120mm to accommodate greater legroom. These will be electrically reclining, acrimonious and cooled, while two standard-fit iPads and keyboards will accumulate cartage entertained. Buyers will be able to personalise their cars to a top accepted from launch.
Because Eterniti is application an accustomed archetypal for its base, it believes it can exhausted firms such as Bentley and Maserati to the affluence SUV market. The close is planning to acknowledge a assembly adaptation of the Hemera at the Beijing Motor Show in April – China is the ambition bazaar for this archetypal – and has affairs to advertise 80 cars in 2012, with anniversary sales of 150 cars thereafter. Buyers can apprehend a amount tag of about £150,000 afore personalisation.
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