The SALEEN DREAM MACHINE- Saleen will expand their business next year with the production of the new S7 supercar, that will challenge Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Jaguar. The price tag for this super dream machine will be in the nieghborhood of $375,000. The body being all carbon fiber will assure this car will not only be light but fast due to the claimed 550 horsepower 7.0 liter engine. With the expected price tag of this exotic, it better be a true supercar.

Saleen will prove to be a leader in the exotic category with this dream machine of a car If Steve Saleen follows his track record like his Mustangs, we are in for an awesome car.

Saleen, Inc., a specialty vehicle manufacturer for 17 years, has created the first true American supercar with the launch of the Saleen S7. The S7 is designed to compete with the fastest, quickest, best handling, most luxurious grand touring cars in the world, while providing a distinctly American driving experience for the fortunate few who will own one. Designed, engineered, certified, manufactured and marketed by Saleen, the S7 was conceived to combine the performance of a track-only racecar with the driving pleasure of a road car. Working with some of the world's most respected and technologically advanced automotive suppliers, the Saleen S7 will have gone from concept to first customer deliveries in just 18 months.

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When designing the S7, Saleen put drivability on a wide variety of road conditions high on the list of objectives: TThe Saleen S7 architecture begins with a space frame chassis to which honeycomb composite reinforcing is grafted. Suspension is fully independent unequal length "A" arms. The S7 chassis and suspension are the result of Saleen's years of racing, racecar building and high performance road car manufacturing experience. Famed British racing house Ray Mallock, Ltd. (RML) was enlisted to assist with the design and building of the chassis and packaging of the S7's advanced suspension system .

The S7 engine and drive train are Saleen designed and incorporate modern racing motor technology and engineering: Saleen/Allen Speedlab race team engine builder, Bill Tally, is the engine's designer. Based on a Ford-cast all aluminum block re-engineered by Saleen, the cam-in-block 7-litre motor generates 550 horsepower at 6400 rpm. Redline is 7000 rpm. The motor delivers 520 foot-pounds of torque at 4000 rpm. Space age materials and engineering are used throughout: magnesium throttle body and intake manifolds, carbon fiber induction system, stainless steel values, titanium retainers, beryllium exhaust valve seats, ceramic coated stainless steel exhaust system, and race-derived all-aluminum CNC machined Saleen designed heads.

Here is a look at the Saleen S7 interior instrument panel and appearance, Very well done and inviting inside. The interior is most stylish and ergonomically well designed. The use of polished aluminum is in well taste throughout the cockpit. The appearance inside is pure, simple and straightforward for the performance enthusiast.

MORE INTERIOR FEATURES / SEATING AND TRIM: Connolly leathers, Aluminum and body-color accents, Performance sport seating, Custom fitted driver seating position, Leather-wrapped steering wheel & shift knob, Rear-view video camera w/ interior LCD display, Quick-release steering wheel, 240 mph speedometer, Central-mounted tachometer, and more. We are really excited at AutoNetDirect, this will be smash hit for Saleen. JH/AutoNetDirect.com

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