{"id":15744,"date":"2018-10-11T19:38:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=15744"},"modified":"2018-10-11T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:38:24","slug":"marlin-5exi-still-super-sexy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/11\/marlin-5exi-still-super-sexy\/","title":{"rendered":"MARLIN EXi STILL SUPER 'SEXY'!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although it\u2019s never really been away, Marlin\u2019s excellent EXi has been enjoying good sales of late and has been re-launched. There’s also a slight change of name from ‘5EXi’ to ‘EXi’.<\/p>\n

The Devon-based company, run by Terry Matthews, has been concentrating on their BMW diesel-powered Sportster model in recent months, but have now turned their attention to the EXi, once more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a car I\u2019ve always enjoyed, indeed, I spent some time with one at the Nordschleife some years ago and had a great time, aside from running out of petrol on one lap, but moving swiftly on.<\/p>\n

These days, Marlin concentrate solely on VW Group mechanicals, meaning the recommended powerplant is the superb 1.8-litre, 20-valve unit fitted to various Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen models. Plenty of power (circa 200bhp as standard) with massive potential for inexpensive tuning.<\/p>\n

The car also uses stuff like gearbox, brakes, driveshafts, flanges and steering column, with the GRP body supplied in a coloured gelcoat finish, meaning that you don\u2019t have to budget for paint.<\/p>\n

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Front and rear body sections allow easy access to mechanicals, while Marlin also produces the fabricated lightweight aluminium hubs and carriers in-house.<\/p>\n

A hugely capable, practical and fun kitcar with a new Targa-top option recently introduced too.<\/p>\n

You can start building from just \u00a33120 inc VAT and a DIY budget of around \u00a311,000 will see an EXi completed.<\/p>\n

For more information visit www.marlinsportscars.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or call 01363 773 772 ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although it\u2019s never really been away, Marlin\u2019s excellent EXi has been enjoying good sales of late and has been re-launched. There’s also a slight change […]<\/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-15744","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\/15744","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=15744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}