2008 Spirra S
Korea's first supercar


It has a mid-mounted, quad cam supercharged engine, forged alloy wheels, carbon fiber body panels and Brembo brakes. Claimed top speed is 190mph. It's a fast, good looking supercar with the sort of spec sheet you'd expect to find on something made in Italy. But the Spirra S is built near Seoul. Yup, meet Korea's first ever production supercar. It was only a matter of time.

The Spirra S is powered by a supercharged version of Hyundai's 2.7-liter V-6. Claimed output is 391hp at 6000rpm, with 256lb ft of torque available at 4500rpm. The engine drives the rear wheels through a six speed manual transmission. Claimed 0-60mph acceleration time is about 4.6 seconds.


The Spirra's race car-style space frame chassis is fairly conventional, with double wishbones and coil-over shocks at each corner. The five spoke forged alloys are 18in diameter front and rear; front tires are 235/40ZR18, while the rears are 275/40ZR18. Front brake rotors are 14in, gripped by six piston Brembo calipers, while the rears are 13.8in with four piston calipers.

Carbon fiber body panels help keep the Spirra's claimed weight to just 2376lb. The body design is relatively generic mid-engined supercar stuff, but that's no bad thing - the Spirra S looks neat and handsome. The interior is also fairly conventional, although the center console boasts a sophisticated touch screen on-board computer system.

That's because Oullim Motors is part of Korean IT and electronics giant Oullim Group, which got into the auto business when it acquired Protomotors in 2007, the company which has been developing the Spirra for almost a decade. A concept version of the Spirra, the PS2, was first shown in 2001, and subsequent protoypes were revealed in 2003 and 2005.

Oullim sources say production of the Spirra S is scheduled to start next month. As the car will be hand-built, volume will be limited to 300 vehicles a year.

Even so, Oullim has plans to release even hotter versions of the Spirra, including a Turbo with 591hp and 350lb ft of torque, and a Bi Turbo model which retains 591hp, but churns out 401lb ft. The Spirra Turbo will be available with the choice of a conventional six speed manual, or a sequential shift transmission, which Oullim insiders claim will cut the 0-60mph time to just 3.4 seconds. The Spirra Bi Turbo will only be available with the sequential transmission, and will hit 60mph in 3.2sec.

MOTOR TREND

 

i think it's a decent 1st attempt. i would say B- overall. 3.2 second for turbo sounds promising. interior is meh, not a big fan of the logo.

 

it doesnt look bad but where is the originality? looks like a Koenigsegg ripoff and various other cars.... what makes this so special?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZb7...super-car.html

 

well imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. anyway it's about 100k USD in korea.

i think it's a decent attempt by a company I never even heard of.

 

post the koenisgsegg you think it looks like.

 

The front and side look like a knock off the Acura NSX!

 

wow that thing keeps up with the ferrari and lambo.

 

my thoughts exactly

 

It looks more like the Tesla S in the front than anything else.

 

Koenisgsegg,,,,

 

Did Hyundai design this? OR do all Korean industries make rip-offs? I know it's got the V6 Hyundai engine.

The interior is unique... but it looks pretty dated... look at the ***** on the steering wheel... e-brake... blah. It's like the R8 of the Korean World.

OH! And can't forget the old key-start ignition! That key isn't even laser-cut. My sisters Mazda doesn't even require keys.

 

ferrari 360 nose with an audi R8 rear. Nice blend. The koreans are coming out with some nice stuff. They are loaded with design cues from their competitors, but hey lexus has been guilty of this in the past as well

 

Yes they have with the LS. Can't defend Lexus there. I've always thought the LS looked similar to the S-Class up until now.

 

I like it, keep the badge or debadge it, nobody knows what's the car