Factory FFord for the street?

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/09/11/will-ford-build-street-legal-challenger-to-ariel-atom/?intcmp=features

Sorry if this has already been posted...

Once again, Ford pops a squat on its native shores...Another reason why a Cruze or a Regal would be in my driveway loooong before a Focus or a Crustang

Fox News said: Just last week we told you about a 1.0-liter EcoBoost-powered Formula Ford that managed to lap Germany’s Nürburgring Nordschleife in just 7:22

Whoa, that's the same time I got in a simulator last weekend with a Gumpert Apollo Sport modded to near-F1 level

Fox News said: With an expected price of “well under” £100,000 ($159,740), Ford’s version of an Ariel Atom would be targeted to affluent track-day junkies.

Very un-grassroots price, that's about 3 Ariel Atoms...

You're forgetting the "well under" part.

$158,995! Thats like almost $800 off. That is a hell of a deal versus $159,740...

4cylndrfury wrote: Once again, Ford pops a squat on its native shores...Another reason why a Cruze or a Regal would be in my driveway loooong before a Focus or a Crustang

There's no way they could even sell it in the US. We need the exemptions for low-production automobiles like they have in Euro paradise!

So, an average engine and extraordinary suspension costs 158,995?

This thing is a lot like an FSAE car, and even with their typically very un-grassroots build methods I'm sure they cost nowhere near as much.

Those pushrod setups must be like $30k per corner.