{"id":28652,"date":"2023-12-28T19:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=28652"},"modified":"2023-12-28T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T19:22:42","slug":"positively-baltic-exciting-new-kit-from-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/positively-baltic-exciting-new-kit-from-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"POSITIVELY BALTIC! EXCITING NEW KIT FROM LITHUANIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exciting new arrival from Lithuania, no less and what\u2019s more the makers claim that it is the Baltic State\u2019s first original kitcar design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28654\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2732-YBg8XzblMZCLapzP.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28654 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2732-YBg8XzblMZCLapzP-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanks to totalkitcar&#8217;s friend in Lithuania Arunas for the tip off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Called the RR01 from Rhino Racing the very styling sportscar with a lightweight GRP body and gullwing doors and is underpinned by an aluminium alloy monocoque fabricated from 6061 T6 and features a built-in rollover-bar (from 25 CrMo4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power comes from a reconditioned Audi R8-spec 5.2-litre V10 engine complete with Audi R8 (which means at least 550bhp is on the cards!) intake manifold. The kit contents are of very high standard with some of the leading names of the automotive aftermarket contributing components (Tillet, Sachs, MME, AP Racing, Sabelt, it\u2019s a veritable who\u2019s who!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2912-YBg8XzblZ2FRRwD7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2912-YBg8XzblZ2FRRwD7-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company also says that the transaxle is a six-speed sequential unit but at the time of writing hadn\u2019t announced its origin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhino Racing evolved from a company called Auto Hobis, which acted as Pilgrim Cars Baltic agent and built several Sumos \u2013 said to be of very high standard \u2013 before former sailors, Vejas Pajarskaw (design &amp; engineering) Julius Garnelis (project manager), Simonas Baciulis (project co-ordinator) and Matas Stankevicius (marketing) decided to produce their own kitcar model \u2013 the result is the very exciting RR01. Kit pricing starts at \u20ac35,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2716-m6LDXebP1rce8ZyL.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ebi_2716-m6LDXebP1rce8ZyL-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information is available from the Kaunus-based company via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhinoracing.eu\/\">www.rhinoracing.eu<\/a> <strong>ENDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Exciting new arrival from Lithuania, no less and what\u2019s more the makers claim that it is the Baltic State\u2019s first original kitcar design. 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