What's this car Oppo? (Identified)

"Saf1" (safone) 08/11/2014 at 11:30 • Filed to: identify car

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I walked by this the other day. The front has an indent where the badge would be (shaped like a shield like Porsche's) and no marking elsewhere. The finish isn't great so it might be a kit car!

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Saf1 08/11/2014 at 11:31

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Ugly.

That's the name you're looking for.

SantaRita > Saf1 08/11/2014 at 11:38

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walk by it again and take a shot of the badge/maybe the drivers wheel is embossed??

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Saf1 08/11/2014 at 11:38

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It looks like an MR2 Kit Car

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Saf1 08/11/2014 at 11:39

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It's a GTM K3. Little fibreglass kit car with a removable hard top, built in England and powered by a K-series 4 pot engine in the middle.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/11/2014 at 11:43

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I read K-series and immediately thought of Honda. Then I did some research and discovered it's a Rover K-Series, and a little bit of disappointment set in. If this thing had a Honda K-Series it would be awesome!

Saf1 > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/11/2014 at 11:47

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Thanks again!

Saf1 > SantaRita 08/11/2014 at 11:50

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Don't know if it''l turn up again! Anyway - the car is a GTM K3 see above

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 08/11/2014 at 12:02

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I wouldn't be all that disappointed. The Rover K-Series is a bit of a little monster itself. It's got a really innovative through-bolted sandwich construction that combined with its alloy construction makes it really really light (if completely intolerant of overheating).

The early engines were 1.1l and 1.6l (with decent outputs for the day). Later engines expanded that to 1.4l and 1.8l, and then later revisions added variable valve timing on top of that.

The 1.8l VVC for instance made 160bhp, which is bloody good for the early '00s, and the Lotus-tuned variant made between 177 and 192bhp.

Not as meaty as a Honda K-Series (as I4s go), but bloody impressive for sub 2.0l.

Diesel > Saf1 08/11/2014 at 12:07

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Pretty sure that's a Lambo.

RT > Saf1 11/20/2016 at 20:22

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Those Metro tailights though.