Startup carmakers promising stellar performance from cars that don’t exist yet are nothing new. Meet Lyons Motor Car, a US-based company that says it plans to build a 1,700hp car called LM2 Streamliner which will be able to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in a “guaranteed” 2.2 seconds “or better” and to do the quarter mile in 8 seconds. It also claims an estimated top speed of 290 mph (467 km/h).
Although all photos of the car released so far are renderings, the folks from Lyons Motor Car say they will unveil a prototype at the New York Auto Show.
Power should come from a twin-turbocharged V8 engine with twin intercoolers mated to a 7-speed sequential gearbox and an electric all-wheel drive system. The engine is said to deliver 1,700hp.
The hypercar is also said to feature Brembo sourced carbon ceramic brake rotors, Bosch ESP and ABS systems as well as titanium and billet aluminum suspension with two damping settings (Luxury and Sport).
The LM2 Streamliner is designed to have a carbon fiber body and full length carbon fiber chassis, with carbon fiber and billet stainless steel subframes. Lyons Motor Car claims it will also get “the most advanced and technologically convenient full microprocessor controlled electrical system ever.”
What this means is the car won’t have any chassis wiring harnesses, breakers relays or fuses or buttons toggle switches of levers and will be fully programmable from an iPhone or other mobile device – whatever that means.
Lyons Motor Car was founded in 2011 and “is the first car manufacturer to be based in New York City in the last 70 years.”
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