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LusoMotors LM 23 Rolling Prototype

By Ben on Tue Jan 27 2009
LusoMotors LM 23
Car  |  SportsCars
Luso Motors is a portuguese car design and development house which has brought us a lightweight sports car - LM 23. This design inspired from the Lotus 23b. The Luso Motors 23 is powered by a 150-horsepower 1.0-litre Honda CBR1000 engine, is mated to a six-speed sequential transmission. According to LusoMotors founder Ernesto Freitas says customers can choose a number of different engines, including a Subaru turbo boxer. This sport car features a steel tube frame chassis, double skin aluminium alloy sheets, riveted and glued with inner foam reinforcements, the outerskin is made out of fibreglass and carbon fibre components. It weights just 881 pounds, a lightweight sports car, and 150 hp! The car will start at €15,000(about $23,600). Click 2 enlarge!





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