Fenix Automotive is a new car company recently founded by Lee Noble, the man who started Noble Automotive Ltd in 1999. He then sold the company in August 2006 and resigned in February 2008.
The first model created under the new brand and previewed with two official shots is a V8-powered supercar currently under development. It should go on sale in the second half of 2010 with an approximate price of £100k (abut $162k).
While Lee Noble has given a strong hint that the car will be a 'natural, but even more focused' successor to his iconic M12, his new design is fresh, and the new model will have "a premium feel normally associated with exotica costing over £150,000."
"The M12 was hugely successful, but we needed to move the game on in terms of design," said Lee Noble.
"The new car's styling owes nothing to what I've done before and has quite literally been a 'clean sheet' exercise from the start. It's edgy, with powerful lines, and aerodynamically will be in another league to any of my previous cars."
The new car will be offered with a choice of two engines. GM's 480bhp LS3 V8 will be the 'base' unit, while the Corvette ZR1- derived 6.2-litre supercharged LS9 V8 delivering 638bhp will be available as an option.
Thanks to the target kergb weight of 1200kg, Fenix estimates that the LS9-engined car should accelerate from 0-100mph in under seven seconds and reach a top speed of around 200mph.
"Our first prototype is now in build and development will start in around one month's time," said Lee. "We'll be hot-weather testing the first prototype on the mountain roads around Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where the car will be manufactured. But I'm itching to get the car back to the UK where I can set it up on roads I know well."
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