Avitas Control-1 – perfect for the racer on a budget

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Avitas Control-1 – perfect for the racer on a budget

Here’s something for the racer on a budget to chew on. Turkish composite specialist Avitas has taken the covers off its first complete car, the Control-1, at the Autosport International 2011 show in Birmingham.

Designed and built in-house, the Control-1 is the result of two years of development by the Istanbul-based company, which has been around since 1969 and specialises in producing automotive composite plastic products.

Avitas Control-1 – perfect for the racer on a budget

The Control-1 is built around a tubular chassis, and features carbon fibre panels and all-round double-wishbone suspension. It’s equipped with a four-cylinder 150 hp engine, mated to a five-speed sequential gearbox, and the rear-wheel drive vehicle weighs in at just 660 kg.

It’s intended to be inexpensive to buy and run, providing both competitors and championship organisers with an efficient way to go racing, or start a new series. Any takers then?

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  • Ash Menon on Jan 14, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Perfect for scaring the living shit out of the Myvi in front of you. I’m definitely getting one of this.

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    • pumpkin76 on Jan 15, 2011 at 10:36 am

      well…. the car’s look aside…… a 150hp engine on a RWD 660kg car means FUN man!!!!!

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  • ^pomen_GTR^ on Jan 14, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    we’ll see if this toy gonna come here and still affordable….

    attention rally fans!!!

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    • 4G63tDSM on Jan 15, 2011 at 8:53 am

      Actually “race” cars are affordable. Unless you plan to put these on public roads, there is no tax (or AP for that matter) to bring one in.

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  • MalayanTapir on Jan 14, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    WANT…!!!

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  • armandd on Jan 14, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    If I bought this, I would throw away those hideous body panels and just use that bare chassis.

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    • ayuarjuna on Jan 14, 2011 at 4:14 pm

      agreed… side profile look like a 4 doors sedan just being crushed & transformed into a coupe…

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      • otua on Jan 14, 2011 at 4:53 pm

        Why not? Looks like one of those HOT WHEELS. They just made it bigger for the big boys.

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  • Halleluyah on Jan 14, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    this car remind me of tamiya toy racing cars. =x

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  • Sabahan1M on Jan 14, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    This car are Cute. I thought is R/C car. Anyway. Well done to those ppl built the small compac RACING rally car… Thumps UP!!!

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  • ezracopters on Jan 14, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    cute..

    prefer Ariel Atom thou..

    Don’t think this car gonna make it to Malaysia..

    and if they do, i wish not to bump into it on our local road. either me & em could put our live in danger..

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  • leonardo on Jan 14, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Is this car FIA hologated/certified?
    What engine does it use? Looks like a RWD rally car than for tarmac use.

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  • rpm on Jan 14, 2011 at 6:45 pm

    wat the fug is that????

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  • jules on Jan 14, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    Looks like Metro 6R4 of Grp B

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  • nebula87 on Jan 14, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Remote control toy car??

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  • mobilespeed on Jan 14, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    tubular chassis, custom made bodyshell, mid mounted engine…

    reminds me of Group B WRC era….

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  • mohanis on Jan 15, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    put on a steering wheel and a seat, then it’s a car. to turn it into a race car, put on a monstrous engine into a lightweight body (since it’s just a steering wheel+a seat). how would it looks like? presenting..

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  • anonymous on Jan 15, 2011 at 8:14 pm

    Can they make it even more ugly?

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  • Hameed Koyakuti on Jan 17, 2011 at 9:19 am

    Why do we Malaysians have to comment, import, bash, buy this????

    We have a lot of automotive engineers, technicians, scholar etc., why cant we do it just like the Americans build their own monster in the own backyard garage…..???

    I think up to now, we had produce a lot of automotive professionals already.

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  • admin on Feb 03, 2011 at 12:23 am

    who dont want to get 1 of that?

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