For sale at the Classic Cars Pop-Up Store 2021 @ www.ccpu.store
149.000 EUR19.432.580 JPY291.414 BGN3.865.805 CZK1.108.143 DKK129.120 GBP53.337.530 HUF676.341 PLN733.050 RON1.515.702 SEK164.049 CHF22.633.100 ISK1.506.837 NOK1.128.750 HRK13.680.465 RUB1.443.855 TRY232.127 AUD992.951 BRL222.755 CAD1.161.217 CNY1.377.803 HKD2.585.823.480 IDR582.486 ILS13.233.360 INR198.360.720 KRW3.566.673 MXN732.439 MYR251.214 NZD8.606.836 PHP237.521 SGD5.570.812 THB2.579.190 ZAR
Angeboten für: 149.000 EUR
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Just one of 2 LHD Ecosses built
Previously owned by the family of Ascari founder, Klaas Zwart.
Incredible performance, 300 bhp, 1,250 kg, and a top speed of 200 mph!
Ascari produced just nineteen examples of the Ecosse during a production run that lasted from 1997 to 2003. However, the company may have produced even less had Klaas Zwart not seen the Ascari FGT concept that first appeared in 1995 at the British Motor Show. Designed by Lee Noble, the FGT featured an elegantly understated Kevlar and fibreglass body, lightweight chassis and a mid-mounted Chevrolet V8 engine. Instead of purchasing a car for himself, Zwart, a professional racing driver and successful entrepreneur, chose to acquire the company as a whole and went on to race the FGT in the British GT championship in 1995, 1996 and 1997, whilst simultaneously developing the road going variant. This was subsequently launched as the Ascari Ecosse in 1997, in a nod to Zwart’s successful business ventures in Scotland.
To increase driveability and reliability, the Chevrolet engine was swapped out for a Hartge tuned variant of BMW’s 4.4-litre V8 , which produced in the region of 300 bhp and endowed the 1,250 kg Ecosse with a top speed of 200 mph and a 0-60 mph benchmark of just over four seconds. These statistics, which are still relevant by modern day supercar standards, are all the more impressive given the fact that car was not a ‘racing car with numberplates’; the cabin was a fully appointed affair with air conditioning, yards of beautifully trimmed leather, a premium sound system and a carbon fibre dashboard that sparked off a trend that Ferrari, Lamborghini and other exotic brands all elected to follow.
This particular example is one of the earlier cars that were produced by Lee Noble and his team, in partnership with Ascari Cars and was originally purchased by Zwart’s stepbrother in 1997. Despite being registered in the UK as P501 XOU, the car spent the majority of its early life at the Ascari Race Resort circuit near Ronda in Southern Spain. In 2011, the car was exported to the Netherlands, where it remained in the ownership of the Zwart family until 2019, when it was acquired by its current owner. It has covered just over 12,000 miles to date and also been gently fettled, benefitting from a transmission upgrade from the original five-speed manual to a six-speed manual, as well as a full repaint in dark green metallic.
It presents in excellent condition, commensurate with its perfect ownership history and is an exceptional opportunity to acquire an extremely rare but eminently useable supercar.
Fahrzeug-ID: 235165
Händler-Fzg.-ID: 04-171