In The Clearing Stands a Boxer: 2016 Factory Five 818
Factory Five is a kit car manufacturer that is known for making those flashy Cobra replicas that are probably a blast to drive but mostly sit in garages when the weather is too cold or too hot. But Factory Five sells a variety of other kits, some that look like a GT40 and Cobra Daytona Coupe and 33 Ford…but in the past few years they’ve started their own designs, which I personally prefer to the derivative retro designs and am keen on the Subaru boxer powered model called the 818. Find this 2016 Factory Five 818 offered for $14000 somewhere in Washington State.
From the seller:
2016 Factory Five 818
fuel: gas
title status: clean
transmission: manual
Custom Built unique sports car. Turbo 2.0 L Subaru engine, 5 speed trans, mid-engine rear wheel drive, 2004 Subaru WRX drive train, new brakes and rotors, New wheels and tires, Sounds amazing, fun and quick. If you are looking for something different look no more.
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Hard to build one for this price.
These are just copies of a Lotus Evora instead of a classic. Same formula.
So a 4WD turbo, engine in the front, generic Japanese Z4 looking, WRX Evora. I wonder how much it weighs?
As far as I know and also stated in the ad these are Mid engine rear wheel drive cars with the engine mounted behind the driver.
I did just confirm that the engine is in fact mounted behind the driver
They have the rear output shaft on the Subaru transaxle welded to make it two wheel drive. I've seen one in person. There are some things about the frame that I'd do differently, but it's well ahead of a cheesy fiberglass body on a VW floor pan school of kit cars.
Yeah…umm. I have a hard enough time trusting that something on my Jeep won’t fall apart after I had to hand it over to a local lift installer after a permanently frozen bolt elicited from me enough vitriol to make my atheism a moot point. Multiply that paranoia times n^(to the entire car) and no thanks.
Front end design looks to me either unfinished or missing some accoutrement that would be found on the next trim level up.
I just want to thank you for the title of this post. Great way to start my Friday.
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Paul Simon would sue but he has more money then he need's lol
Cheaper and more fun then a 3 wheeled polaris slingshot…..