Factory Five Previewing 9.5L V12-Powered Romulan Supercar At SEMA

Factory Five will preview its new front-engined supercar at SEMA next month before the car is unveiled in February 2020.

Dubbed Project Romulan, the car is based on a stretched and widened version of the chassis underpinning Factory Five’s Shelby Daytona Coupe kit car. However, it’s not the chassis that promises to be special. It’s the engine.

Powering the supercar is an LS3-based engine from Australian company Race Cast that displaces 9.5-liters and has twelve-cylinders. It pumps out no less than 755 hp and 694 lb-ft (940 Nm). That puts the supercar up there with the likes of the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ and Ferrari F12 Berlinetta as having one of the most powerful naturally-aspirated V12 engines on the market.

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Factory Five has equipped the supercar with a set of adjustable Koni shocks and Wilwood brakes at all four corners. It promises to be an absolute animal.

The car will be shown at SEMA simple as a rolling chassis with the powertrain in place. The finished car will be adorned with a distinctive body made exclusively from carbon fiber and as mentioned, premiere early next year.

The company intends on commencing production in late 2020. It has yet to be revealed how many units will be built nor how much each one will cost. However, with such a special V12 engine, don’t expect them to be cheap.

Factory Five’s GTM supercar, which many people may be familiar with, has been in production for more than a decade. It features a mid-mounted V8 engine compared to the front-mounted V12 of Project Romulan.