This time from MEV, to their credit it's the best looking car they've done yet.

http://www.mevltd.co.uk/

is that a cup holder in the passenger footwell??

I like it but would like to see more pics.

But then their other two cars were pretty god damn ugly!!!!

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Originally posted by BenB
But then their other two cars were pretty god damn ugly!!!!

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Interesting. The one (count them, one) photo of the car on their "advert" page is fairly obviously an unfinished prototype. What's more, they're displaying the image compressed down to a smaller size. Viewing the image full size reveals that many of the welds have been (badly) "Paintshopped" over. What exactly are they trying to hide?

If it isn't ready, don't advertise it guys.

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Originally posted by BenB
But then their other two cars were pretty god damn ugly!!!!

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Note that the suspension doesn't mount on to the main chassis. Why compromise this important structural detail? This is a chassis for the look of it, not the fuctionality. Remember the girder?

They say...."the Rocket is one of the easiest kit cars to build that’s on the market today................Build time is approx 150 hours....."

How can they possibly say any of that?...it's not even close to finished.

I think it's marketing BS. It implies it's the fastest kit to build on the market today, but since you can't actually take delivery of one right now, I doubt anyone considers that "on the market"?

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Originally posted by TheGecko
Interesting. The one (count them, one) photo of the car on their "advert" page is fairly obviously an unfinished prototype. What's more, they're displaying the image compressed down to a smaller size. Viewing the image full size reveals that many of the welds have been (badly) "Paintshopped" over. What exactly are they trying to hide?

If it isn't ready, don't advertise it guys.

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Originally posted by sebastiaan
It just isn't ready yet. Only Photoshopped welds I can see are the ones holding the side triangulaition in place.

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I can see the majority of welds have been clearly shopped on my screen....

ahem, the pic indicates the rear suspension has about 1-2cm's of travel!

However, its a photoshopped pic so who knows...

Looks like it might be a fun cheap trackday car tho

Just got an email and some pictures from MEV. They seem to have had a problem registering with the forum.

Looks like a bike engine in the background of the bonnet pic.

I read the article in Which Kit, which made it clear the chassis was only tacked together at that stage.

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... I can't get on the site as my email seems to be logged already so if you would be so kind could you let folks know how far we have progressed. Currently first car completed, perfected then stripped for jig making. I am now making patterns for body work, pics attached. Dish in bonnet is for grill, curve is for both fly screen and full glass screen. Styling suggestions for a full bodied version would be greatly appreciated at this early stage. Obviously it's not possible to incorporate everyones ideas as the car needs to be different to whats already available or there's little point. We are a small firm and welcome interested visitors. Due to high number of requests we will be looking at BEC version. Kind regards Stuart Mills

Which kit car? are following development, next issue covers suspension and steering geometry.

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