"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
12/15/2015 at 14:35 • Filed to: None
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"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin)
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This kind of reporting is exactly what Jalopnik needs to return to glory. That being said, I'd love to know what happened to the Raptor...
Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
12/15/2015 at 14:44 |
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Saleen ran out of money and promises. That’s what happened to the raptor
Teleph0nes
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
12/15/2015 at 14:49 |
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S7 > Raptor anyway
TractorPillow
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
12/15/2015 at 15:07 |
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Definitely the kind of stories I’d love to see more of. Truly fascinating. I like when you get to see the investigative side of car journalism. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jalopnik’s silly opinion pieces, but high quality stuff like is awesome.
Goggles Pizzano
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
12/15/2015 at 15:10 |
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This one is right up there also:
We Set A Cross-Country Record In A Tesla That Drove Itself
saleenclub
> mkbruin, Atlas VP
12/16/2015 at 09:27 |
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Raptor was an ASC/Saleen proposal. In late 2007 ASC was in bankruptcy and the owners of Saleen Inc decided to purchase ASC and merge the companies. The Raptor concept was a scale model. It was proposed for a continuation of the Ford GT chassis.
The original S5 was halted or canceled by the controlling interest of Saleen two years earlier. It too was a continuation of Ford GT architecture. When the original S5 was canceled, Steve Saleen & Phil Frank concentrated their energy on creating The Saleen Store in Irvine. A year after that, 2007, a number of Saleen engineers, Phil and Steve had left Saleen Inc.
Question is: How much of the original S5 proposal was recycled into the ASC/Saleen S5S Raptor?
Common folklore with regards to 2008 is: Increase spending, ASC executive perks and S5S Raptor concept cleaned ASC/Saleen out of money.