Team-BHP - View Single Post - A Brit Car, French plant, Monaco money and an Indian (?) promotor

Steeroid · 2nd October 2005, 00:55

"Wheels" (weekly auto mag) here reports an attempt to revive a British classic, the Austin Healey 3000, through a concept sports car called the 'Tempest'.

The project is promoted by a Prof. Krish Bhaskar, who the report called "a Monaco based industry analyst who led an unsuccessful bid for MG Rover", while
Top Gear calls him "a car-mad professor who has worked with some of the biggest names in motoring".

The plan includes picking up Peugeot's plant in Coventry, England - which is anyway facing the threat of closure - to build these supercars. According to Mr. Bhaskar, even the base model should be able to do 0-100 kmph in under 5 secs, while high end versions should do 160kmph (100 miles ph) in < 12 secs.

See Top Gear's report here (contains pic of the concept):

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/123/

2nd October 2005, 00:55	#1 (permalink)
Steeroid Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DXB Posts: 5,466	A Brit Car, French plant, Monaco money and an Indian (?) promotor "Wheels" (weekly auto mag) here reports an attempt to revive a British classic, the Austin Healey 3000, through a concept sports car called the 'Tempest'. The project is promoted by a Prof. Krish Bhaskar, who the report called "a Monaco based industry analyst who led an unsuccessful bid for MG Rover", while Top Gear calls him "a car-mad professor who has worked with some of the biggest names in motoring". The plan includes picking up Peugeot's plant in Coventry, England - which is anyway facing the threat of closure - to build these supercars. According to Mr. Bhaskar, even the base model should be able to do 0-100 kmph in under 5 secs, while high end versions should do 160kmph (100 miles ph) in < 12 secs. See Top Gear's report here (contains pic of the concept): http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/123/ __________________ Cheers Steer In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.