Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 touring car
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It appears that a group of people have been working on a Super 2000 Proton Satria Neo rally car, and the above image sent in by LivinCars is proof that such a race machine is in the works. Yahoo Eurosport UK reports that the people behind this car is most likely Mellors Elliot Motorsport based at Bakewell in the Derbyshire region. Mellors Elliot Motorsport was the company that prepared the Proton PERT that Karamjit Singh raced and won in the Production Car World Championship. This is unconfirmed of course.
No specifications at the moment, but FIA regulations for Super 2000 cars include a maximum power output of 280 horsepower normally aspirated, so it’s just natural that the development team tune up the Neo to produce that amount of power to be competitive. There’s also a maximum displacement limit of 2.0 liters - so it’s not very likely that this will be powered by a Campro 1.6 engine. The engine must be mated to a 6-speed sequential gearbox with control specification made by Sadev, Xtrac or Ricardo.
February 28, 2008 @ 6:11 am
nice wide bodykit
February 28, 2008 @ 7:28 am
marvelous power, however doesnot looks as nice as the usual rally car… still a bold try i must say…….
February 28, 2008 @ 7:31 am
Tunggu apa lagi? Jual je la. Kitaorang nak beli ni.
February 28, 2008 @ 7:36 am
Does this lowered race version is road legal for Neo owners? I’m sure much chassis and suspension tuning is involved.
Look at the humongous wheel arches. It wil be super cool if these cars can make it inroads here. Can’t wait to see the completed car.
February 28, 2008 @ 8:00 am
i read from other blog it will sell to public in limited numbers to make it qualify in S2000 cup and there is a possibility they will put AWD into it. there is a rumour said it using a 2.0 litre renault engine. correct me if i’m wrong.
February 28, 2008 @ 8:45 am
you guys can forget about buying or even having any of the modifications that go into this car.. these cars are super super expensive, and are not meant for public use, Racing only.
February 28, 2008 @ 9:29 am
cool man can race in WRC also … 2.0engine what inside the hood ?? 2.0mivec ??
February 28, 2008 @ 9:54 am
The olny thing stock are the headlamps and the chassis frame. Even that might be changed to empty ones! All glasses will be changed to polycarbonate, recaro seats, etc etc
February 28, 2008 @ 10:24 am
one 1 pic?
please paul.. find more pic for us
February 28, 2008 @ 11:46 am
some pic for perdana v6 replacement
http://www.protonclub.com/forumproccv6/viewtopic.php?t=18247&start=45&sid=e791f20abf594780fb62e6c4283a5720
si-fu or proton GL…can you all explain it?
February 28, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
Renault source engine is not impossible, since last Proton Impian engine used in British Touring Car Championship, if I’m not mistaken, were Renault sourced also and rebored from stock 1.8 to make it 2.0L engine…to compete in BTCC
February 28, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
@sagaknight
Wow, looks very convincing!! But then again, it could be a mule model? Can’t wait then
February 28, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
I read in another blog that it might use a Renault 2.0L engine.
February 28, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Saga knight, this is a thread about the Super 2000 satria neo.. please dont hijack it and talk about something else. if you wanna talk about that car, look at the thread below…
http://paultan.org/archives/2006/02/04/mitsubishi-380-38l-v6/
February 28, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
look like nissan to me
February 28, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
saga knight
dont ask me, i dont know
February 28, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
sagaKNIGHT said,
February 28, 2008 @ 11:46 am
some pic for perdana v6 replacement
http://www.protonclub.com/forumproccv6/viewtopic.php?t=18247&start=45&sid=e791f20abf594780fb62e6c4283a5720
si-fu or proton GL…can you all explain it?
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Looks like Vauxhall Vectra from the back.
February 28, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
interesting…cant wait to c it compete wit the big boy like grande punto n 207
February 28, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
280 hp? not bad !!!
but looks like still didnt fully complete….
February 28, 2008 @ 11:37 pm
base on r3 neo?
February 29, 2008 @ 12:08 am
Wow…looks nice for the body kit..but the color…ermm…
February 29, 2008 @ 1:03 am
Nice car. Hope will win something.
Also Is that Perdana Replacement a Mitsu??!
February 29, 2008 @ 2:38 am
eh stop hijacking the damn thread la…..
March 1, 2008 @ 8:15 pm
If it were on sale,I would have buy it!
March 1, 2008 @ 11:42 pm
nice body kits
March 3, 2008 @ 3:51 am
This car cannot buy one la……it’s a pure rally machine modded by specialist in the rally team. It’s designed to go just a few thousand km…not hundreds of thousands of km. It’s also bloody expensive. I remember watching on AXN showing the kits for the Ford Focus in WRC cost easily in the region of 60,000 GBP or more. That’s not inclusive of the cost of the car itself. Expect similar cost region for this Neo Super 2000.
Even if they make a road-frenly version of it, it’ll be too close to Neo R3.
March 3, 2008 @ 11:40 am
quite nice, i like the wheel arc. and i wish to know the specs ASAP.