| There have been a lot of street legal cars with a | | | | Sports Car is not exactly in the toy category, |
| potential to be a winning race car and the Enzo | | | | even for rich people. But the car is solid, low |
| Ferrari is on of them. But owners of Enzos know | | | | maintenance, and built from available |
| well on how to protect their investment. That is | | | | componentry, so we think it will attract a whole |
| why you could almost never see a Ferrari on | | | | range of enthusiastic customers who can only |
| race tracks. | | | | dream about owning the Ferrari." |
| For those who want a street legal racecar, then | | | | The Deronda is truly a sports car with the ability |
| the newest sports car/racecar to hit the U.S. will | | | | to burn rubber on speed tracks. Its powertrain is |
| in no time be their vehicle of choice. Premiering in | | | | designed by Audi Cosworth Technology. It is |
| Sebring, Florida this week, the Deronda promises | | | | equipped with a 1.8 liter turbocharged engine with |
| to be one of the fastest street legal cars in the | | | | five valves per cylinder. Its gearbox also comes |
| market. | | | | from a renowned car maker. The engine is mated |
| The British car will be manufactured and sold in | | | | to a Porsche five-speed manual transaxle |
| the U.S. by Autosport Development which is | | | | gearbox. The absence of fenders shows how |
| based in Trenton, Michigan. The Deronda is a | | | | much the design of the car is based on Formula |
| two-seater vehicle which is designed to look and | | | | One cars. Not only has the absence of fenders |
| perform like Formula One cars. | | | | pointed out to the Formula One heritage of the |
| Autosport Development will be producing a limited | | | | car though. |
| number of these rockets in Trenton. The | | | | Aside from that, the Deronda is equipped with |
| Deronda will be present in Sebring, although not to | | | | double side-impact protection bars, a steel tube |
| race them but to only make the heads of the | | | | chassis, longitudinally-braced double rollover hoops, |
| crowd turn towards the direction of the vehicle. It | | | | and front and rear crash bar structures. All of |
| is designed in the UK and as the President of | | | | those safety design features comes straight out |
| Autosport Development David Moxlow says: "The | | | | of a Formula One racing car. |
| Deronda is basically a road ready two-seater | | | | The aerodynamic design and the precision |
| formula car. You can drive it to the track, race it | | | | engineered engine and transmission gives the |
| to your heart's content, and then drive it home | | | | Deronda great acceleration and to speed. The car |
| and park it in the garage." | | | | can go rocket to 60 miles per hour from a |
| While the Deronda comes with a hefty price tag, | | | | standstill in just under four seconds. This figure |
| Chris Trapp, the head of production for Autosport | | | | makes the Deronda one of the fastest sports |
| pointed out its pluses: "At $70,000, the Deronda | | | | cars in the world. |