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What kind of car was KAR-120C? (The Prisoner)

Asked by GeorgeGee (4935points) October 10th, 2010

Was it a real car that normal people could buy? What kind of engine did it have?

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Tropical_Willie's avatar

Lotus 7, here is the link to the KAR-120C
Great car, goes and stops.

Trillian's avatar

I loved that show. “Orange alert! Orange alert!” How completely cool.

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

It was an S2 Lotus 7. Over 160 manufacturing companies have copied the design over the years, and a lot of them well let you assemble it yourself.

downtide's avatar

You can still buy one today, if you want.

GeorgeGee's avatar

0–60 in under 3 seconds. That’s pretty sick! :D

downtide's avatar

@GeorgeGee on most English roads you’re lucky if you can get up to 60 in an hour.

Fred931's avatar

@GeorgeGee If you have $60k (plus money for a Ford engine and tranny) and want to build the kit, take a look. Better deal, though, might be a Factory Five GTM, which does equal performance and costs as much as just the Caterham kit with a Corvette engine and Porsche 911 transmission.

FireMadeFlesh's avatar

@Fred931 But then Factory Five is an American company, so it probably can’t go around corners – especially compared to the Caterham.

Fred931's avatar

@FireMadeFlesh Both of them pull 1.05g on a skidpad, actually.

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