FWIW, I tried to build a MEV rocket and ended up throwing in the towel. I was not a well put together kit IMHO.

 

that "car" is all sorts of ugly.

 

And that. Fugly. Oh, and if you want a light miata, you can get DAYM close to what the kit weighs... they are comming in at around 1800lbs wet. I know a guy that had a CSP miata that was only a little more.

 

I might actually be checking out an Exocet this weekend. The US distributer is based out of Atlanta so I will hopefully be stopping by their shop to check them out.

I thought weight wise that they were below 1500pounds when done.

 

U.S. distributor claims ~1430 lbs.

http://exomotive.com/

 

Oh snap...

Not only did that guy have his just-finished Exocet crunched at the gas station, his day actually started by having his neighbor back into his daily driver Miata.

http://mevowners.proboards.com/index...ad=961&page=10

 

its still ugly.

 

Ugly and fast is better then pretty and slow.

 

these things are so ugly they should be banned from the road

 

im with frank. they did everything possibly to make that thing look like transgendered prosititute. negative sexy.

 

I came to post this and saw it was already said... http://vimeo.com/40900072

 

Also, I think the car looks beautiful. Something unique and go-kartesc

 

I could mount a seat and rack on our rolling drivetrain and it would look sleeker and sexier.

 

I will post a few pics of it that I took today at the Mitty.

 

Saw the car this weekend. I don't care if it's not the best looking car; gears are turning in my head about building a turbo Exocet. The owner (who is also the U.S. distributor) is a super nice guy - would be totally comfortable doing business with him.

Pretty cool to inspect the car up close - I didn't realize that the front and rear Miata subframes bolted right up to this chassis. He estimates one can be built in 100 hours - that's not bad.

Here are a few pics:

 

I spent a good amount of time also talking to Kevin about the kit. It is by no means a car to look good, it is a car for DRIVING. Sometime in the future when I have a garage and can spend a few months working on it I will probably buy one and build it. He told me he thinks the total weight is about 1430 with half a tank of gas. I am thinking with a nice built NA VVT motor at right around 150hp at the wheels the Exocet would be a ------- blast.

 

I've decided I think it looks fine for what it is. It'll never be a Seven or even an Atom-copy, but then the design and construction basically forced the appearance of the end product, and I'm okay with that. Form following function, etc.

I want one. I just don't know what I'd do with it. It's almost unusable as a road car except for screwing around on empty roads, and I can't afford a dedicated track/autocross car.

 

Agreed. May not be very practical, but that doesn't mean I can't dream of having one.

Someone should build one, and rent it out. Let people drive it and get the thrill, without the long term investment in storage and ownership. A few hundred for a weekend blast.

 

miatafrontside.jpg by Flsimages, on Flickr

turned into this


Exocet by Flsimages, on Flickr

 

Ford Expedition Crashes into Exomotive MEV Exocet on Vimeo

Oh lordy lord that was funny. Car wasn't even stationary before **** sucking was brought up.

Sorry it took 6 months for me to watch that.