BAC introduced the 2016 model year Mono to the world at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with an unofficial road car record-breaking run on the famous hillclimb.
Being driven by BAC test driver Oliver Webb, the Mono’s onboard telemetry recorded a series of runs comfortably sub-50 seconds, with the fastest run completed in a time of 47.9.
The new Mono features an all-new 2.5-litre Mountune four-cylinder engine producing 305 bhp – that’s up 25 bhp on the previous 2.3-litre Cosworth engine. The revised car weighs in at 580 kg resulting in 526 bhp per tonne. The latest model also includes a drive-by-wire throttle as well as a bespoke driver fitment culminating in a custom steering wheel and seat tailor-made for the owner.
The BAC Mono already has a list of records to its name. It is officially the second fastest road legal car around the Top Gear test track, with a time of 1:14.3. In recent testing at the Hungaroring, it lapped the circuit in 1:55, 9.5 seconds faster than a Porsche 911 GT3, 7 seconds faster than a Ferrari Speciale and 4.5 seconds faster than a McLaren P1.
The success at Goodwood reflects a wider momentum within the BAC brand, with a new dedicated factory for design and build based in Liverpool giving a capacity for producing one car per month in current specification. With the factory located next door to Liverpool Airport, and the support of the city behind it, BAC can also uniquely claim to be the only car manufacturer that has the rights to use a working regional airport on which to test and shakedown customer cars.
“It’s a very exciting time for the company, with new investment, a new factory and with our entry into new global markets. While we continue to update the Mono, the purity and clarity of the original design created by company founders Ian and Neill Briggs remains,” said BAC’s director of strategy and corporate development, Andrew Whitney.
Source: BAC
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