2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

Lucra Cars is famous for building street legal beasts that are amazingly fast. To the delight of all the power and speed enthusiasts out there, Lucra sports cars has released the first renderings of 2013 LC470, which, like its previous model, is incredibly fast.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

The mid- to late-1950s can easily be called the first golden era of sports car racing. Not only did this period see factory-backed sports racing cars from the likes of Jaguar, Ferrari, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz (briefly) and Chevrolet (even more briefly), but also cars from independent builders like Lister, Scarab and Lotus that only built the bodies and chassis and had to source (or their customers had to source) powertrains from a major manufacturer or racing engine builder.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

Lucra Cars, owned by sports car aficionado Luke Richards and founded in 2006, is known for making barely street-legal cars birthed from modern Corvette chassis components and customized composite body. Weighing in just under 2,000 pounds, the 2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast, likely powered by the Corvette ZR1’s 630 horsepower 6.2-liter supercharged V8, will sprint from 0-60 mph in an astonishing 2.5 seconds.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

Lucra has made LC470 a superior to its predecessor – be it power, design or feature wise. The new car boasts new exterior look that comes from new bumpers, upgraded headlights and LED daytime running lights. The new 2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 is a much revised variation of the outgoing 400 horsepower 2007 model. The new version features updated headlights, LED daytime running lights, a new exhaust system, revised steering wheel and console interior elements.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

Power of the 2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast comes from a GM-sourced engine, likely the Corvette ZL1's supercharged 6.2-liter V8, that produces 630 hp (470 kW / 639 PS). It reportedly enables the 900 kg (1,985 lbs) sports car to accelerate from 0-60 mph (0-97 km/h) in just 2.5 seconds.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

The engine and transmission 2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast are mounted well behind the centerline of the front axle, as well as being offset to the right by 1.25-inches. This improves side-to-side weight distribution when only the driver is onboard and, together with sticky tires and four-wheel independent suspension, helps the LC470 max out at a claimed 1.3 g in the corners.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast

And the body 2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast enveloping the chassis is made entirely of carbon fiber, so it weighs just 160 lbs., and it features new front and rear styling and LED lighting compared to the 2011-‘12 LC470.

2013 Lucra Sports Cars LC470 Is Incredibly Fast