Storied motorsport outfit revives an endurance racing hero with a Chevy V8, six-speed manual - and number plates
Reborn British race car manufacturer Lola has revived its storied T70 as a 500bhp road-going supercar. A reboot of the Mk3B T70, which scored a one-two in the 1969 Daytona 24 Hours, the T70S GT is powered by a naturally aspirated 6.
2-litre Chevrolet V8, mated to a six-speed Hewland manual gearbox. However, that gearbox can be switched to a sequential mode for track use, in a similar fashion to the combined automatic/ manual ’box used in the Koenigsegg CC850. The T70S GT’s power-to-weight ratio is 562bhp per tonne – on a par with mainstream supercars like the Lamborghini Revuelto. This allows it to hit 62mph from rest in 2.9sec and 124mph just 6.4sec later. Meanwhile, the track-only T70S swaps the 6.2 engine for the 5.0-litre Chevrolet V8 and five-speed Hewland gearbox that the original car used in period. That qualifies it for an FIA passport, enabling it to be used in historic racing. It’s more powerful than the 6.2-litre road car, with 530bhp, and lighter too, at 860kg , boosting its power-to-weight ratio to 616bhp per tonne. That cuts its 0-62mph time to 2.5sec and gives a top speed of 203mph. Underpinning the swooping bodywork is an aluminium monocoque, helping the T70S GT achieve a dry weight of just 890kg. Suspension comes in the form of double wishbones and height-adjustable coilovers at both the front and rear ends. The two variants share the same basic cockpit architecture, with the driver’s seat slung low and the gearlever nestled next to the driver’s right leg. But where the racer is faithful to its 1960s forebear, the road car makes small concessions to real-world usability: it still goes without screens, favouring analogue dials and controls, but gains chunkier switchgear, air conditioning and cubbies for storing headsets. There’s also a small boot for “modest luggage”. Just 16 examples of the T70S will be built at Lola’s Silverstone base. The launch of the T70S marks a new era for Lola. The original company went bust in 2012 but was revived a decade later by Till Bechtolsheimer. “I didn’t want this just to be a continuation car – I feel like that’s overdone,” he told Autocar.
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