(from Factory Five Racing Press Release) The idea for the GTM is simple. Design a modern supercar and price it where an ordinary guy can afford. The only catch is that you have to provide your own running gear (GM based) and you have to build it yourself.

After more than three years of engineering and development work, we are ready to introduce the world to our vision of what an American-designed Supercar should be. The GTM is an American V-8 powered, mid-engined car with a composite body shell and an aluminum and steel tube frame chassis. The car uses GM Performance engine and suspension parts with four-corner coil-over shocks, huge brakes and a Porsche 911 Transaxle.

In the Factory Five tradition, the car is first and foremost a high performance car. The GTM is light and aerodynamic, with excellent weight distribution and precise race-car handling/braking derived from the Chevrolet Corvette C-5.

The car is engineered to be built as a chassis kit by a person at home. More than ten years of manufacturing the best engineered, safest, best selling and easiest to build kits in the world has made us uniquely capable of this challenge.

Lastly, no matter how well engineered the car is, and how good it looks, in order to succeed we knew we would have to ensure the car had modern comfort and control. The GTM has a large and quiet cockpit, good visibility and modern temperature controls. Items like A/C, power windows, and complete interior make sure the car isn’t limited to race track duty.

From the first design sketch to the completed production car the team has kept faithful to its charter to deliver a new All-American Supercar design. The GTM is an all-new design for us. It is 100% American designed and proudly made in the USA.

We humbly present our vision of The American Supercar.

---- Specifications ----


Engine
5.7 liter aluminum V8 Weight
2250 lbs
Aspiration
natural Torque
375 lb-ft
HP
350 (515 hp optional) HP/Weight
6.4 lbs per hp
HP/Liter
61.4 hp per liter 1/4 mile
11.6 seconds
0-62 mph
under 3.5 seconds

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Looks okay. More impressed with its stats though. Very low in wieght, like a Mosler.

 

That sounds like one hell of a performer but the styling I'm not too sure of.

 

So, how much does this "affordable" supercar cost anyway?

 

yawn... boring. Stats are nice but the styling is too boring.

 

$19,990 is the "launch price" for the kit

According to their website,
"The price of the kit is not as important as the price of the completed vehicle. Our original target was that a guy should be able to build the GTM for less than $30,000. We think that is still achievable if a donor C5 is procured for less than current market value of $8,000-$10,000, and provided the person can do his/her own paintwork… but realistically we estimate that folks will spend between $35,000 and $40,000 to complete the car including Chevrolet parts, wheels/tires, paint and the Porsche transaxle."

 

I really like it, and it should blow the pants off most anything out there (incl. cars that cost 10x as much!), although they could have made the taillight design much more original...