Noble M12

Template:Infobox automobile The Noble M12 is a two-door, two-seat sports car designed and engineered by English automobile manufacturer Noble Automotive with production outsourced to Hi-Tech Automotive of South Africa.

Variants

Rear view

The car evolved through many variations, culminating with the M400. Only 220 Noble GTO-3Rs and M400s were imported to the U.S.; they are the only Nobles to have been officially available in the American market.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The U.S. production rights to the M12s and M400s were sold in February 2007 to 1G Racing from Ohio. Due to the high demand for these cars, 1G Racing (now Rossion Automotive) released its improved variation based on the M400, Rossion Q1. Salica Cars planned to build variants based on the Noble M12 but they appear to have remained a project.

Like the Noble M10, the Noble M12 is a two-door, two-seat model, originally planned both as a coupé and as a convertible but the production cars were only produced in the coupé bodystyle. All cars have been powered by modified bi-turbocharged Ford Duratec V6 engines. The M12 has a full steel roll cage, steel frame, and G.R.P. (fiberglass) composite clam shell body parts. Although looking to be track derived, the M12 is a street-legal vehicle, ready for both road and track.

Engine specifications

Car	Displacement	Power	Torque
Twin-turbocharged Ford Duratec V6 engine
Noble M12 GTO<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert at 6,000 rpm	Template:Convert at 3,500 rpm
Noble M12 GTO-3<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert at 6,200 rpm	Template:Convert at 3,500 - 5,000 rpm
Noble M12 GTO-3R<ref name="3-R">Template:Cite web</ref>
Noble M400<ref name="M400">Template:Cite web</ref>		Template:Convert at 6,500 rpm	Template:Convert at 5,000 rpm
Rossion Q1<ref name="rossioncars">Template:Cite web</ref>		Template:Convert at 5,800 rpm	Template:Convert at 4,400 rpm

The Noble M12 GTO-3R is equipped with Garrett T25 twin-turbochargers. Weight is Template:Convert. Acceleration from 0-Template:Convert in 3.7 seconds was published in the official brochure of the M12 GTO-3R,<ref name="3-R"/> Road & Track indicated a 0-Template:Convert performance of 3.3 seconds, but subsequently listed it as 3.5 seconds. Top speed is listed as Template:Convert and lateral Gs are reported in excess of 1.2.

The Noble M400 is equipped with higher-flow, Garrett T28 twin-turbochargers. Weight is Template:Convert.<ref name="M400"/>

The Rossion Q1 has a weight of Template:Convert and can accelerate from 0-Template:Convert in 3.4 seconds (company spec).<ref name="rossioncars"/>

In popular media

The M12 was reviewed briefly in the show Top Gear for Season 1 Episode 2, and can be driven in the Forza video game franchise.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

References

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External links

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