This was sitting in my schools parking lot. Boy does this machine have a presense and sits very low.It's a Noble M12 GTO.These vehicles are only sold in the U.K. The only way to get one here is to get shipped in parts. The color is FREAKIN AWESOME!!! :p :thumbup: :thumbup: 'NOt sureon the horsepower but it runs 0-60 in about 3.9 seconds!!!! One thing I noticed....Are those Hyundai Sonata taillights? :uh:
Here are the pics.Enjoy!! Sorry the parking lot is dark.
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/9522/noble2new3ev.jpg
http://img200.echo.cx/img200/1135/noblenew4av.jpg
http://img192.echo.cx/img192/4522/noble2vk.jpg
BlkGS3
05-10-05, 03:03 PM
Oh man this is so sweet. Ive seen a couple of those while visiting France. Love it.
tofu_house
05-10-05, 08:47 PM
:eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:
:woot: THAT WAS IN YOUR SCHOOL PARKING LOT!? wowsers...
XeroK00L
05-10-05, 09:08 PM
Owning a car that absolutely no one else has must be friggin' awesome. :eek2:
Wonder how that car can be registered.
fireballs gs400
05-10-05, 09:09 PM
A shop in lexington, ky use to build them for noble. They are neat lil cars. 3.5 tt motors from ford. Very light, and very expensive
ARISTO*7
05-10-05, 09:26 PM
that car is sick.
GS300Rich
05-10-05, 09:47 PM
Who is the guy that gets to drive that to school? :thumbup: to him
got_trd
05-10-05, 09:48 PM
What was that thing doing in a school parking lot????
robloc93
05-11-05, 02:26 PM
There's a ton of great vehicles in my schools parking lot!!! Maybe it belongs to a teacher :uh:
Can anyone shed some light on those taillights, I can almost swear they're Hyundai..but they look great :thumbup:
Oh by the way in case your curious,I attend AICALA (The Art Institue of Cali-Los Angeles in the city of Santa Monica) :p
robloc93
05-11-05, 02:30 PM
Here's the Hyundai tailights
http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/ag/hyundai_sonata_lx_2005_exterior_6_346x270.jpg
Incendiary
05-11-05, 03:41 PM
There's a ton of great vehicles in my schools parking lot!!! Maybe it belongs to a teacher :uh:
Can anyone shed some light on those taillights, I can almost swear they're Hyundai..but they look great :thumbup:
Oh by the way in case your curious,I attend AICALA (The Art Institue of Cali-Los Angeles in the city of Santa Monica) :p
An art teacher can afford a Noble? :uh:
xioix
05-11-05, 04:55 PM
There's a ton of great vehicles in my schools parking lot!!! Maybe it belongs to a teacher :uh:
Can anyone shed some light on those taillights, I can almost swear they're Hyundai..but they look great :thumbup:
Oh by the way in case your curious,I attend AICALA (The Art Institue of Cali-Los Angeles in the city of Santa Monica) :p
i have a friend who used to go there, he dropped out last semester there, but he gonna go back
robloc93
05-11-05, 05:13 PM
An art teacher can afford a Noble? :uh:
Those were my exact thoughts :uh:
timoc42
05-11-05, 11:17 PM
well, teachers are quite rich...
back in school, I know many teachers and profs who drive pretty fancy cars. Had a finance prof
who drove a rolls royce. Also many other teachers with Ferraris and Porsches.
A teacher I know invented something, sold the patent, and made tens of million just on that one deal.
Most of them get their extra income through external projects as consultants, and also if they are researchers, and get a $50 million grant from NASA or Pentagon, that means they can pay themselves pretty well too.
Tim
Gojirra99
05-11-05, 11:21 PM
well, teachers are quite rich...
back in school, I know many teachers and profs who drive pretty fancy cars. Had a finance prof
who drove a rolls royce. Also many other teachers with Ferraris and Porsches.
A teacher I know invented something, sold the patent, and made tens of million just on that one deal.
Most of them get their extra income through external projects as consultants, and also if they are researchers, and get a $50 million grant from NASA or Pentagon, that means they can pay themselves pretty well too.
Tim
Yes, but maybe not an art teacher. For many artists, their work aren't worth a lot until they're dead, if ever ;)
Still, an art teacher can be born rich & teaches art as a hobby :) If some students can drive to school in a M3 or Porsche, why can't an art teacher drive a noble ?
rominl
05-12-05, 12:24 AM
wow, i have never seen that car before
but i think the fact that you saw it at a school parking lot that's insane
robloc93
05-12-05, 01:20 PM
wow, i have never seen that car before
but i think the fact that you saw it at a school parking lot that's insane
They are VERY rare in the U.S. Which is why I got lucky I had my camera on me. :D
Here's some specs I found and some better pics since mine are too dark :(
Sports cars in their escence should be cars that can carry two people and are constructed for the sole purpose of being fast, but more importantly, being agile. Cars that meet such criteria are a lot, but few deliver it with the least amount of weight possible. A couple of examples are the Lotus Elise and Mosler MT900. Meet the Noble M12 GTO. Weighting in at around 2100 lbs, it's one of the lightest sports cars around. Lightweight cars ensure enjoyable handling at the limits and take the need for extremely powerful, heavy and expensive engines out of the equation. Also, the suspension can cope with the lesser weight much better and what you get in a whole is a tremendously high performance vehicle. One that meets the real escence of a sports car. With a twin turbocharged V-6 engine producing 310 bhp, the power to weight ratio of this car is equal to that of a Dodge Viper SRT-10. 0-60 comes in just 3.9 seconds. Very impressive. Massive tires also help to get the car sticking on the road like a go-kart.
this is the exact same color
http://www.abaddon4tk.de/autos/m12gto.jpg
http://www.nextcar.com.au/i.noble.m12.gto3r.04feb.jpg
http://langberg.no/christian/bilder/10car/NobleM12GTO/noble_m12_gto-10.jpg