{"id":15332,"date":"2018-08-09T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=15332"},"modified":"2018-08-09T20:01:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:01:02","slug":"well-balanced-equilibrium-super-sonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/09\/well-balanced-equilibrium-super-sonic\/","title":{"rendered":"WELL-BALANCED EQUILIBRIUM SUPER-SONIC!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sonic 7 was designed by Stuart Mills of MEV back in 2009 and later moved to Exo Sports Cars where it resided for several years.<\/p>\n

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Around 100-kits were sold before it was acquired by Equilibrium Kit Cars run by Angus and Kate Weijers in 2015.<\/p>\n

Angus, a technical author by trade, has been working hard on making a few revisions to the package with little tweaks here and there, all things that have made a difference rather than being done merely for the sake of it.<\/p>\n

I spent a lovely morning driving around some fine Gloucestershire roads, in warm sunshine (I readily accept sunshine, when I\u2019ll soon be testing cars in freezing cold conditions!) and I have to say that it\u2019s one of the sweetest cars I\u2019ve driven this year, with the mid-mounted engine giving great balance (weight distribution is pretty spot-on at 60\/40).<\/p>\n

It handles well and the Zetec engine, although only producing around 145bhp gave lively performance. It\u2019s quite weird but I think the car\u2019s looks work even better on the eye than they did when it was launched, and it makes a superb alternative to a conventional-looking Lotus Seven.<\/p>\n

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The donor vehicle is humble, yet plentiful and incredibly affordable, Ford Focus Mk1.<\/p>\n

Kits are priced at \u00a35895 and you can choose from twelve standard RAL colours but others are available on request (you can also choose to take the body panels in white gelcoat at \u00a35195, which is ideal if you are planning on painting the car).<\/p>\n

Angus estimates that a budget build could feasibly be completed from around \u00a310,000, although add \u00a32000 and you\u2019ll have a really fine example.<\/p>\n

More from www.equilibrium-kitcars.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or 01242 712 220 ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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