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Welcome, everyone, to the noughties guide for building a supercar on a shoestring budget. First, you’ll need some glass fibre. You can make any shape you like with the stuff and it’s much cheaper than any of that carbon fibre nonsense. Next, you need weld some steel together in the shape of a spaceframe chassis and, finally, find an engine to drop in the middle of it. No need to make your own, that’s a fool’s errand.
It's an incredibly simple formula, but a mighty effective one. The standard M12 packed the same 2.5-litre V6 engine as the Mondeo ST200, with a couple of turbochargers slapped on it – resulting in that signature Darth Vader sound. The revised GTO-3 we have here upped the displacement to 3.0 litres and, with it, a power hike from 314hp to 357hp.
That sort of performance does, of course, come at the expense of luxury. A quilted headliner and an Alcantara-wrapped roll cage is about as plush as it gets, and there’s the usual mix of Halfords bits such as the Fast and Furious-style Momo steering wheel. But none of that really matters. The M12’s cabin is all business, and throwing in creature comforts would only weigh it down. Remarkably, the M12 is surprisingly cushy for a stripped-out plastic supercar.
It helps that the owner of this particular car has gone to great lengths to up the rolling refinement, fitting beefier engine mounts and a bigger power steering cooler, all in the name of ironing out some of the, er, quirks low-volume British supercars are famous for. It’s currently up for sale with Hilton and Moss - which has looked after the car for the two previous owners - for £49,995.
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