{"id":14667,"date":"2018-05-18T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T10:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=14667"},"modified":"2018-05-18T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T10:14:09","slug":"diesel-based-sportster-is-an-attractive-proposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/diesel-based-sportster-is-an-attractive-proposition\/","title":{"rendered":"DIESEL-BASED SPORTSTER IS AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14668\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/news_marlin_sportster_diesel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/news_marlin_sportster_diesel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOVE THIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the year\u2019s most intriguing newcomers is the turbo-diesel version of the excellent Marlin Sportster.<\/p>\n<p>Marlin has offered the model to suit BMW donor for many years (they were one of the first to offer Beemer mechanicals) but this is the first time a diesel version has been used.<\/p>\n<p>It uses the straight six units from either the E36 3-Series or E39 5-Series and thanks to the readily available diesel tuning options power can easily be hiked without so much as laying a ratchet on the engine.<\/p>\n<p>The beautifully-prepared demonstrator unveiled at Stoneleigh had 201bhp and 302 lb-ft of torque although 300bhp can be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>The Devon-based manufacturer has also taken the opportunity to re-design the Sportsters interior which now features a new Marlin-branded dashboard with custom-made instruments. It did look sweet, I have to say.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14669\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/news_marlin_sportster_diesel_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/news_marlin_sportster_diesel_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOVE THAT, TOO!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A do-able DIY budget build for the Marlin Sportster Diesel is around \u00a318,000 allowing for paint and donor, with a factory built \u2018replica\u2019 of the top-spec demo car costing from \u00a340,000.<\/p>\n<p>More information on this one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marlincars.co.uk\/\">www.marlincars.co.uk<\/a>or at the other end of 01363 773 772 <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>One of the year\u2019s most intriguing newcomers is the turbo-diesel version of the excellent Marlin Sportster. Marlin has offered the model to suit BMW donor <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/diesel-based-sportster-is-an-attractive-proposition\/\" title=\"DIESEL-BASED SPORTSTER IS AN ATTRACTIVE PROPOSITION\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}