Flex182

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/bertone-mantide/low/#10

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Some coachbuilt custom supercars are all show. But the owner of a Bertone Mantide is eager to prove that his has got the go to back up his show. Dan Watkins, the British gentleman-racer who bought the first Mantide, is so eager, in fact, that he's pondering personally financing a run at the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1's Nürburgring lap record. And there's every reason to believe his car could reach that goal.

At 7 minutes, 26.4 seconds, the 2009 ZR1 holds the current lap record for a stock, street-legal, series production automobiles (excluding such track-focused machinery as the Viper ACR and Radical SR8). Nissan has its eyes on the ZR1 and is closing in fast, but as delicate and fragile as it may look, the Mantide arguably stands the best chance of besting the supercharged Vette's time – mostly because it's based on the ZR1. Only it's 80kg (176 pounds) lighter and 30% more aerodynamic, thanks to the improvements made to the body by Jason Castriota and his team at Stile Bertone. Also Jay leno has reserved one at $2 million.

Anyone like this Bertone designed ZR1 ?

Blue Angel

The back shows promise... from the rear it looks like the front of the Mitsu EVO, or new Audis. Not bad overall.

The front is HIDEOUS, nothing more to say. The side windows look overdone.

It's success at the 'Ring will depend on how much they have changed the car dynamically from the ZR1. If aero balance or weight distribution have been dramatically changed the (presumably) factory tuned suspension won't cope well.

The wheels look like something out of a low budget Sci-Fi flick - horrible.

my_blue_c5

There's already a few threads on the Bertone.

It'll be interesting to see what it does at the Ring though, I'm fairly sure it'll do a tad bit better, but not by much.

Achilles

IMO that is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Too many ducts, coves, vents -

Just doesn't suit my taste at all!

SSphantom

Jason Castriota said they really didn't mess with any of the engineering that was already one. I'm assuming that the weight distribution is probably the same or very similar. They did add cross bars for additional support.

The car is lighter and more aero dynamic so I should help. I can't imagine it being slower than the ZR1 unless the driver is bad.

aLID

and i kinda like it. its different than anything else out there.

monaroCountry

It should go allot faster than the ZR1. Less weight, far better aero, and most likely a more experienced race driver.

3LZZ06

That friggin thing is ugly as hell..........