Who thinks that the Portuguese are not capable of creating high-performance cars for races? Well you should look at Luso LM 23, a concept car with a central engine, created by Luso Motors. The concept was designed by Ernesto Freitas, known for his digital art works made for Ferrari Dino and Avions Voisin. The LM 23 is inspired by the Lotus 23B and combines a tubular chassis made from aluminum with a light body (made from fiber glass) and a powerful engine - Honda CBR1000 1.0 liter - developing 150bhp. The car can also be equipped with a four cylinder Subaru boxer supercharged.
If you consider that the car will only weight 400 kilograms, with that amount of power it will have some impressing performance on the circuit. The price is set to 15.000 euros without the engine and is currently available only as a kit. Whether the company has plans to eventually move to full production is unknown.
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OK, it’s kind of nice, and I like the performance, but, ~ $30,000 for a kit car; WITHOUT an engine!! WTF??