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Have you ever heard of or seen a Phantom Vortex? The chances are unless you attend some of the bigger car shows you are unlikely to of. For those of you who dont know what a Phantom Vortex GTR looks like, have a good look below:

It’s a stunning looking car isnt it?

The Phantom Vortex Kit car took around 5 years to develop, the plan was to initially sell the car in kit form due to financials or lack of, it’s expensive producing a car! However turnkey cars could be bought from Phantom for £50,000, yes thats not a typo 50k! however it’s estimated you could build one for around 20k. I think this is where Phantom went wrong, although the car is a knockout in the looks department who’s going to shell out 50k for a car that does 0-60 in around 6 to 7 seconds? I don’t know about you but i would much rather put that sort of money into a nice Aston Martin.

Under The Bonnet

So what is used to propel the car? A Rover

A rover may sound slightly unusual but Phantom took the Engine, gearbox and some other bits from a Rover 827. The reason being the engine being a reliable 2.7 litre Honda V6. If Phantom were to go to full production they would need to find an alternative power plant with more grunt in it to justify the 50k price tag. I believe that you can fit a 3 litre Duratec engine if desired which sounds more like it.

Phantom Vortex Interior

The interior of the Phantom again with most kit cars depends on the person building it. The image above is taken from the owners car which is also featured at the top of the page. It’s simple and looks good however i think the top dashboard with the dials could look better.

Where are Phantom Now

Well the website’s not up are running which is never a good sign however look at Virago Kit Cars

Looks familar doesn’t it? Phantom have sold the rights to Virago to produce a similar body but i can’t tell the difference. Virago are currently looking for dealers to sell the car and investors to take the car forward.

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