Production to begin soon for Noble's 500HP M15 supercar

Posted Mon May 28 2007 5:04 AM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

The current Noble M15, which was first displayed last year, featured the most powerful engine ever fitted to a road going Noble and took over seven years to develop. The mid-mounted twin-turbocharged V6 developed up to 455hp at 6,800rpm and an identical 455lb-ft of torque at 4,850rpm, which was enough to see it reach 60mph from rest in just 3.3 seconds and keep going to its 185mph top speed.

Thanks to an injection of funds from an unknown investor, who Nobel’s founder Lee Noble described as having the “commitment, passion and vision for the future of Noble cars,” the M15 will now be given the heart transplant to turn it into a genuine rival to the Porsche 911 and BMW M6.

We now have further confirmation of the development of an upgraded version of the M15 courtesy of an article published by AutoWeek.nl. According to the source, engineers will squeeze an extra 45hp from the current car’s V6, which equates to an even 500hp. The developers are hoping to build around 50 to 60 units per year with first deliveries scheduled to start in the second half of this year at a price tag below £100,000.

Reader Comments

Mon May 28 2007 10:51 AM
biturbo says

I don't know how the heavy M6 can be a rival for this lightweight Noble...
As for 911 it would be only the GT2 that is in the same teritory :)
Sun Jun 3 2007 5:03 AM
Hunter says

As an American 500hp isn't all that much to me, it's a lot but nothing special cause If that's not cheaper then a Corvette then piss of.
Sun Jun 3 2007 3:23 PM
admin says

Wow. So horsepower figures are everything? I guess all the companies spending billions on making the cars handle well should just close down. What they need to do is attach a LS7 to a shopping trolley and see how fast the car goes.
Mon Aug 20 2007 9:45 PM
shadow says

The M15 craps all over the Porsche 911 i watched Top Gear the other day and they road tested it to 1:22.5 it was overall faster then the Mercielargo

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