Small Brazilian wolf (6 photos) Bashny.Net

Young Brazilian autocompany Lobini brought to Britain its first sports car H1. Now experts from Lotus to optimize its sales in Europe, which are expected to begin soon.
The car was created on the initiative and on the investment of the Brazilian businessman José Orlando Lobo, who is a big fan of motor racing in his spare time, take part in amateur racing. At the time, he sponsored the famous pilots "Formula 1" - Rubens Barrichello and the legendary Ayrton Senna.

In 1999, the businessman was determined to build the best Brazilian sports car that would be able to compete with the more well-known foreign car of this class. For this purpose, he invited Italian automobile designer Fabio Birolini, who created the original body. It is not hard to guess its name Lobini, which translated from Portuguese means "wolf", obtained by adding the names of the designer and businessman.





As designers have been invited to the British Graham Holmes and Dave Minter, famous for their work in the company Lotus and Ascari.



What happened was shown three years later at an automobile exhibition Salao do Automovel 2002 which Lobini was not deprived of the attention of the public and the press. Designed in classic sports style, Lobini H1 really looks like a small representative of the family of wolves. Lean fiberglass body with a framework of metal pipes, predatory squint headlights, impressive air intakes on the sides as if to say that it not to be trifled with. Opening up the door to make it easier to fit interior and a retractable hardtop will allow fans to drive fast "ride with the wind." In the belly of the car is a turbocharged four-cylinder 1, 8-liter Volkswagen engine capacity of 180 liters. a.



Lobini H1 accelerates to "hundreds" of less than 6 seconds and a top speed of 240 km / h. Dynamic performance is certainly not outstanding, but, given the volume of the motor, very decent.



Serial production of "wolf" began in 2005 at the plant Cotia, which is located in the state of Sao Paulo, the volume of three cars per month. In 2006, the shape of the car has undergone a slight restyling, in particular, has changed the look of the headlights. Soon Lobini hopes to reach a new level, to increase production to 100 vehicles per year, as well as collect the racing version in order to participate in sports competitions. As for the distribution of sales across the globe, it is by far the policy of the company is as follows: 40% of the cars is scheduled to leave for marketing in Brazil, the same amount will go to North America and the remaining 20% ​​will be exported to the rest of the world, most, if, of course, is appropriate word here, in Europe. Most likely, the customers of the Old World, Lobini H1 is available as a kit car, that is, the client will receive a car exploded, then to somewhere in his garage to collect designer of weighing 1030 kg.



The volume of production of the machine is extremely modest, and not without reason Lobini believe that the world will not find two identical cars due to the large selection of colors of the body and interior finishing materials.



Lobini H1 costs about $ 90,000 as standard, which includes: a music system with CD-player, air conditioning, power windows, adjustable seats and steering column. As options are available xenon headlights, GPS-navigator, DVD, parking sensors and tire pressure sensors.



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