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D&H Falen
D&H Falen

Scotland Will Produce Its Supercar, The D&H Falen

Judd engine produces 800 bhp
  
May 29, 2008 1:00 AM by Gustavo Henrique Ruffo
Filed Under: Concept Car Geneva Motor Show


Scotland is well known for producing its high-quality whisky, but this country will also be known very soon as the home of a fantastic sport car (at least in what its first images and specs present). The Dowdeswell and Hardie (D&H, for short) Falen is named after a demon. The reference may be pretty appropriated, considering the car will be powered by a Judd competition engine, the GV5, the same one that was assigned to equip the Phoenix GT/Uirapuru, but may never get under its hood. In what relates to the Falen, it will, and will also send to the rear wheel, through a transaxle, about 800 bhp.

Although the car is already confirmed for production, only four units of the Falen will be ever produced, what, as one can imagine, will take its prices to very high levels, considering the engine the car will have, the body entirely made of carbon fibre, for resistance and low weight purposes, besides the costs of development. These expenditures are always high and may result in loss for the carmaker if only four cars are produced, unless, of course, these four cars charge their future owners for all these items and a little extra for the exclusiveness.

With an aimed weight of 1,000 kg and only 4.2 m long, the 800 bhp vehicle will present one of the best power-to-weight ratios of the market. Anyway, Judd is working to make this engine more traffic friendly, with lower NHV (noise, harshness and vibrations) than the regular competition unit, or else, comfortable enough to be guided to Nürburgring for a weekend run and back home, for example. Dowdeswell and Hardie expect the prototype of the car to be ready for a 2009 Geneva Motor Show presentation. Meanwhile, the official website of the company (dowdeswellhardie.com) will provide updates, starting June 1st 2008.

Source: evo News
dmanero
May 29, 2008 1:13:07 AM

Not bad but I feel it reminds me too much of a Gallardo and a Koenigsegg. This very well could be the B#$%#rd child of Lamborghini.

NitrousOxide
May 29, 2008 10:44:31 AM

EXACTLY!! I was going to wrie the same thing..

carcrazy1234
May 29, 2008 1:56:34 AM

chrysler ME412 anyone?? lol almost identical body shape

artman101
May 29, 2008 2:07:19 AM

oh look it's the new twin to the koenisegg ccr! mmmmmh maybe just maybe its the same car koensegg ccr D&H Falen 800 hp 800 hp rear wheel drive rear wheel drive original twin...

you get the point.

artman101
May 29, 2008 2:08:05 AM

sorry it looks weird it did not turn out right.

artman101
May 29, 2008 2:10:46 AM

Koenigsegg CCR 800 hp MR original, D&H Falen 800 hp MR twin... close enough.

_M7_
May 29, 2008 2:45:38 AM

TM laws again please!!! jajaj Koenienseg copy...the spoiler looks like a lego one jaja...form me oenienseg its not a very prety car...i dont like this "Koenllardo"

janobr
May 29, 2008 3:30:18 AM

looks a bit like a koenigsegg

kevoluetion
May 29, 2008 5:33:22 AM

Thumbs down for this car

zsheps
May 29, 2008 6:18:35 AM

well lookie here! the 2030 koenigsegg ccx!

122
May 29, 2008 9:53:18 AM

from a distance, it somewhat looks like those lego type cars.

IpsesNipse
May 29, 2008 11:21:49 AM

Are Koenigsegg and Lambo relatives? Cause that looks like it could be their incest child

joelynn
May 29, 2008 12:10:20 PM

Hardly makes economic sense- all the development costs just to make 4, and so the price will have to be astronomical. Will people buy an unknown car for what $2 million or something?

122
May 29, 2008 3:04:39 PM

considering that they'll only make 4, yes, theres bound to be a person in this world buying it if it ever gets made.

sovietmole
May 29, 2008 12:33:05 PM

it looks like a koenigsegg + lambo on the front and a ferrari + bugatti on the rear

milonakis
May 29, 2008 7:10:05 PM

its the same shape as koenigsegg's but its more bulky kinda like a lamborghini

driv3r
May 30, 2008 3:30:30 AM

koenigsegg + gallardo = D&H Falen. Thats for sure :))

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