'07 Noble M400 test by Edmunds

[pdisme]

The Noble hit 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds, then streaked through the quarter-mile in 11.4 seconds at almost 120 mph.

The M400 also slices through the slalom at 79.4 mph, nearly 4 mph faster than the previous record-holder, the poised Porsche 911 GT3. The Noble also rips up the skid pad at 1.05g, breaking another standard previously set by the 911 GT3. :headbang:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FullTests/articleId=120703

http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/roadtests/roadtest/07.noble.m400/07.noble.m400.gt.f34.500.jpg

Check out the video (after dumb commercial), it's worth it.

[duc749r]

I test drove one of those cars this past Aug with the USA distributor. The car handles better than anything straight out of the factory. If you get a chance to drive one don’t pass it up. My brother wants to pick one up in a couple months.
http://i2.tinypic.com/4rbjpqe.jpg

[pdisme]

Are they actually making it street legal here? Or just for track use? It doesn't have bumpers or crumple zone/crash boxes does it?

[Minch00]

Are they actually making it street legal here? Or just for track use? It doesn't have bumpers or crumple zone/crash boxes does it?

They import the chassis and engine seperate, assemble it here, label it as a kit car on your registration and voila!

[pdisme]

That's what Radical does; it's pre-wired for the street legal stuff but the indicators, etc. all get put on by someone else. :lol2:

[duc749r]

you can buy them for the street, they are now produced in ohio, and fairly cheap to maintain. It will eat almost any production car, they are basic kind of like a Lotus. If you are looking for a street legal race car, that is around 100k and something that will put a smile on your face every time you drive it, the Noble is the car for you.

[pdisme]

Ok, GTX1 first, then '64 Impala convertible, GT3 RS and finally a Noble. :) Now to get some money and a large garage.

[duc749r]

LOL thats a big list.

[pdisme]

Yeah, maybe just the Impala would be more realistic (and affordable) since I already have the other car types covered. :)