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Written by Theroyalharri
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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Like Many small car manufacturers in the early 1970s, Marcos went out of business but was revived in 1981 when founder Jem Marsh made a comeback with updated versions of his sporty coupes. Although the cars started out with four-cylinder engines, by the mid-1980s a Rover V8 was being used. as the Rover went out of production in the mid-1990s, Marcos turned to Ford for their modular V8 and the Mantis was born. The wild glass-fibre bodywork hid a strong, seperate tubular steel backbone, with MacPherson struts up front and wishbones at the rear. The wheels were 17-inch (432mm) up front while the rears were taller and wider. All Mantis cars with seven-spoke alloys ran a Vortech supercharger on the Ford 32-valve modular engine which gave 450bhp (336kW). The massive hood bulge both made room for the motor and extracted hot air via vents. | Top speed: | 161 mph (258 km/h) | | 0-60 mph (0-95 km/h): | 4.8 sec | | Engine type: | V8 | | Displacement: | 281 ci (4,601 cc) | | Transmission: | 5-speed manual | | Max power: | 352 bhp (262 kW) @ 6,000 rpm | | Max torque: | 300 lb ft (406 Nm) @ 4,800 rpm | | Weight: | 2,620 lb (1,191 kg) | | Economy | 21 mpg (7.5 km/l) |
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