Fenix – AUSmotive.com

Ferrari has unveiled its new 2015 Formula 1 car, the SF15-T. It’s a big year for the Scuderia as it hopes to make up for the disappointment of 2014, which saw its lead driver depart and two Team Principals get the arse.

Leading the charge in 2015 is new Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene who will have two pretty healthy egos to play with. Those, of course, belong to four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel and one-time champ Kimi Raikkonen.

The Vettel to Ferrari narrative will be one of the big stories of the forthcoming season. We hope to learn if he’s as good as his breathatking record suggests, or was he simply the right guy at the right time to benefit from the genius of Adrian Newey?

Arrivabene has targeted two race wins for the team this season and when targets like that are made public it’s fun for all of us seeing if they can be achieved.

Bring on 2015!

Imagine a 640hp V8 coupled to a chassis weighing some 200kg less than your average mid size hatchback. Reckon you might be interested? Thought so.

Welcome to Fenix Automotive, the latest motoring incarnation of Lee Noble. Yes, that knockabout Brit who loves strapping big motors to lightweight bodies. Having sold off his Noble Automotive outfit, Lee has embarked on a new challenge.

To begin that challenge Fenix have released these two renderings of their new supercar-with-no-name. Like previous Noble cars Fenix will build their bodies in South Africa, where testing is currently underway.

Lee Noble is excited, and looking forward to driving the car on familiar roads, â€œOur first prototype is now in build and development will start in around one monthâ€™s time,â€ said Lee. â€œWeâ€™ll be hot-weather testing the first prototype on the mountain roads around Port Elizabeth, South Africa, where the car will be manufactured. But Iâ€™m itching to get the car back to the UK where I can set it up on roads I know well.â€

That 640hp, well 638hp to be precise, will be delivered courtesy of the 6.2-litre supercharged LS9 V8 found inside a Corvette ZR1. If that all sounds a bit too much to handle, then you can also opt for a 480hp version from the LS3 V8.

With a target kerb weight of 1200kg Lee Noble says his latest weapon should reach 0-160km/h in less than seven seconds. Blimey, that’s quick!

While there’s just these two images and some big horsepower claims to go on right now, I have to say, this is one very tasty looking supercar. Let’s just hope the invitation to view the company website which, at the time of writing, does not work isn’t a sign of things to come.