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Skelta's International Vote Of Confidence |
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Wednesday, 07 February 2007 |
 The Queensland designed and manufactured Skelta G-Force sports car has received wide-ranging acclaim from industry insiders and enthusiasts alike during the recent Autosport International Motorshow held in Birmingham, England.
Upon returning home to Toowoomba following his month-long overseas sojourn, Skelta Managing Director Ray Vandersee was upbeat about the future prospects of his performance motor vehicle, particularly the brand new RST V8 version which was featured at the UK exhibition.
“In terms of a concentration of potential customers and suppliers to
the motorsport industry you couldn’t go to a better show. Without doubt
this was something we had to be involved in so as to enable us to make
those initial contacts within the industry on a World-wide scale,”
confirmed Vandersee.
“Through the Autosport show we had open access to potential supply
channels of specialist components which we may be able to utilise in
the future.
“Obviously with such a large volume of people at the show there are now a number of sales prospects we’re also now following up.
“It’ll be our priority in the short term to get these people behind the wheel of the Skelta RST V8 as soon as possible.
“There was also a major performance car magazine keen to do an
appraisal of the car for inclusion in a ‘track day car of the year’
feature later in the year.
“As we’ve maintained all along, the track day market is one we’re
particularly keen to break into with the Skelta RST V8. We see it as an
ideal cross-over vehicle which can be both road and competition car”
Vandersee’s enthusiasm was further heightened by a first-ever driving stint behind the wheel of the Skelta RST V8.
Inclement weather conditions shortened the experience to just a
day-long circuit exercise at a track in Wales, coupled with a wet
weather session at the North Weald airport strip in Sussex.
“The weather was very frustrating and meant I had to stay in the UK a
little longer than first anticipated, but the time spent behind the
wheel was very exciting. Without a doubt, the combination of the
lightweight Skelta and the powerful RST V8, delivers acceleration which
is phenomenal; at a level I have never experienced before,” added an
enthusiastic Vandersee.
“I always felt the Skelta chassis had the potential to cope with more
power and performance and despite an additional 140 horsepower, which
equates to 108 kilowatts, the car passed in every aspect with flying
colours.
“Of course we’re only talking about subjective testing, fine tuning all
the adjustments provided for in the Skelta suspension. With just a few
tweaks, the RST V8 engined car proved a very drivable and well behaved
vehicle.
“We would have loved more time on-track at a greater number of circuits
throughout the UK where we could have really benchmarked ourselves
against other manufacturers.
“But other than that we’re all very happy with how things are
progressing and are looking forward to an exciting year for Skelta
Sports Cars both at home in Australia and further abroad.”
Once again Vandersee and his small Darling Downs based Skelta G-Force
team are honing in on a tarmac rally assault of the Internationally
acclaimed Targa Tasmania event.
Targa Tasmania will be held from 17th to 21st April with competitors
covering 450 competition kilometres over 43 stages conducted over five
days.
The overall goal from participation in 2007 will be to deliver on the
performance potential shown by a gutsy initiation last year, where the
Skelta was on track for a first up podium in Tasmania before
encountering dramas with just two stages remaining.
That experience, coupled with a second outright placing at Targa New
Zealand plus competition at various other hillclimb and sprint events,
means Vandersee is in a much stronger position, boasting many more
miles behind the wheel of his self designed creation.
Phase one of the new season assignment will be a local affair when the
Skelta G-Force is featured at the Gatton Street Sprints in Queensland’s
Lockyer Valley region on March 16-18.
Skelta Sports Cars has a stock of comprehensive promotional DVDs that
outline the original concepts, engineering and overall performance
capabilities of this unique Australian made sports car.
The DVDs are available for immediate distribution to interested parties free of charge.
Potential purchasers and enthusiasts of Queensland’s Skelta G-Force,
that retails for around $134 000, are asked to book their DVD directly
through Vandersee via email at
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SKELTA G-FORCE SPECIFICATIONS
Chassis: Chrome Molybdenum steel spaceframe reinforced with carbon fibre and Kevlar centre tunnel and side pods
Body: Carbon fibre/Kevlar
Weight: 650kg dry. 50/50 distribution.
Engine: 2-litre Honda F20C
Output: 180kw (241hp @ 8500RPM)
Power/Weight: 3.61 Kg/Kw
Transmission: 6-speed
Suspension: Double unequal length wishbones with inboard Proflex type shock/ spring units.
Brakes: Ventilated, cross-drilled 298mm discs with 4 piston callipers (f&r)
Performance (calc): 0 - 100km/h: 4.1 sec
0 - 400m: 12.1 secs
Top speed: 254kmh (low downforce spec.)
Web Site: www.skelta.com.au.
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