Noble Introduces Production-Ready M600 with up to 650-horses

It's been a long time coming, but Noble has finally released the production version of its new M600 sports car. The British-made model comes with a full carbonfiber body and a mid-mounted 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine from Yamaha that sends up to 650bhp at 6,800 rpm and 604 lb-ft of peak torque at 3,800 rpm to the rear wheels through a Graziano six-speed manual gearbox.

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Noble revealed new 2011 Noble M600 car

Noble the UK car manufacturer revealed the new 2011 Noble M600 car which is a production ready version car.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car is powered with mid mounted twin turbo 4.4L V8 engine system with 650 hp and 604 lb-ft of torque. The car is connected to 6-speed manual transmission. The car is accelerated from 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds and top speed of the car is 225 mph.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car is very powerful car which has Adaptable Performance Control system to control engine output. In Road mode the car produces 450hp, full traction control, smoothly progressive boost curve and throttle response. In Track mode the car produces 550hp and limits traction control interference. In Race mode the car produce the full 650hp by accelerating the throttle response and allows for better wheel rotation.

The new 2011 Noble M600 car technical features include tubular space frame chassis, carbon fiber composite body and Alcon braking system with ventilated 380mm semi floating discs with six piston calipers on front and 350mm discs with four pistons on rear. The cost details of the car was not revealed by the company. The car will be available for sale with dealers in April.

Greek Court Dismisses Daimler's Claim Against Chinese Smart ForTwo Knockoff

Remember Shuanghuan Automobile's Noble, the Chinese minicar that blatantly copies the design of the previous Smart Fortwo? Well, the Noble has made its appearance in several European countries including Greece where Smart's parent company, Daimler, naturally decided to take the importer, 'China Motors', to court in order to block the sale of the car in the Mediterranean country on the basis that infringes its design copyright for the ForTwo. Easy decision, right? Wrong...

Believe it or not, according to China Motors, a Greek court in Piraeus has just dismissed Daimler's claim on the basis that "an informed buyer would not confuse the Noble with the Smart Fortwo."

The judgment goes on to say that "it is commonly acknowledged that a decision to buy a car should not depend solely on the vehicle's exterior styling, but also on the technical features such as the automobile's engine."

In this aspect, China Motors said that the court took into consideration the fact that the Noble differs significantly in technical specifications from the Smart Fortwo as it is longer (3meters vs 2.5meters), it has two extra seats at the back and it incorporates a front-mounted engine sending power to the front wheels whereas the Fortwo has a rear-mounted engine that drives the rear wheels.

As for the styling similarities, the court ruled that they are "the result of their common nature", referring to the fact they belong to the same category of vehicles (minicars)!

In other words, according to the Piraeus court's reason, Chinese automakers can sell any clone they want in Greece as long as the technical specifications differ from the original product. Yep, we're pretty much convinced by now that for this particular judge, the MacPherson strut and Ellie MacPherson's butt are one in the same...

According to China Motors, the Noble will go on sale in Greece sometime during the second half of the year.

Noble assigns US rights to past models M12 and M400 to Ohio’s 1g Racing

Now that’s a surprise. British sports car company Noble, has sold the manufacturing rights for its discontinued M12 and M400 models to its American distributor, 1gRacing. The Ohio based company will continue the production of the two models (probably in the US) but under an agreement between the two companies, 1gRacing will have to re-badge and re-name the cars by July 15th 2007. According to a statement by Noble’s owner, Lee Noble, the British company will now concentrate all of its attention on the development of the new M15. -Continued: Click “Read More…” below to check out the official press release

Via: Autocar & Noble

PRESS RELEASE: Retaining full rights to the car in the UK and control over the use of trademarks and naming, Noble Automotive has agreed to assign the manufacturing rights to the M12/400 series vehicle to 1g Racing. The assignment allows 1g, based in Hamilton Ohio, USA, to continue production of the vehicle which is still in demand in the USA and elsewhere.

Under the terms of the agreement, 1g is required to re-badge and re-name the car by July 15th 2007, and is permitted to modify the vehicle to suit the needs of the g1 customer.

In a statment, Lee Noble said:

'The M12 has been a very successful model for Noble Automotive and we have learned much from it. Our new model will be a big step forward and this will leave no room in our line up for the M12/400 as we need to coneentrate all of our attention on the development of our new model. However we will remain committed to all Noble owners, and will maintain the supply of all M12 and M400 parts for our owners and dealers.'

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