For every supercar manufacturer that
became successful, there are a dozen which failed. Gobbling
up the money of investors, and the dreams of their creators
in equal measure.
Often times it wasn't due to a bad product. It was either bad
timing - like the middle of a recession, or bad luck - like
the car you're basing it on is suddenly discontinued.
Sometimes it WAS due to a bad product. When people are paying
extraordinary sums of money for a supercar, "that'll do",
and "close enough", are not words the development
team should be uttering!
To qualify for this list there has to have been no progress
or updates on the company or their products in over a year.
MB
Exigence of Speed
The MB EOS (Exigence of Speed) was never going to win any beauty
contests. But the team behind the car were more concerned with
perfect aerodynamics, than beautiful styling.
Unfortunately, despite it's high tech engineering, and advanced
body design, the MB EOS never made the leap to production. More
photos and information
Bizzarrini
GTS 4.4
Despite the Italian heritage, 4.4 litre V8 engine, and claimed
224 mph top speed, the Bizzarrini GTS 4.4 faded into dust after
the it's introduction at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show
The McRae R4 has a sad story. It was to have been the first
vehicle developed from the ground up with the help and input
of the legendary Scottish racing driver Colin McRae.
Sadly McRae died in a helicopter crash in 2007, and although
it was decided to continue with the project, the project seems
to have ground to halt. More
photos and information
Freestream
T1
The Freestream T1 isn't really dead, it just changed its name
to the Caparo T1, which is dying - and trying to take as many
auto journalists with it in the process!
The Aerosa was an ambitious project by Gigliato Design to bring
a Lamborghini engineered, Ford powered, English built supercar
to the streets of Japan...
The Japanese designed Jiotto Caspita was developed during the
late 1980s and early 90s. The initial prototype was powered
by a detuned Formula One V10 engine.
Despite its astounding performance, the project was canceled
in 1993 because of a global recession.
The Swedish built Laboratorio BEBI Quercianella was supposed
to offer supercar performance at a reasonable price. But the
projected price of $270,000 (£150,000) was far from reasonable.
Especially for an unknown and untested company offering a stripped
down sports car.
Perhaps it was a combination of price, unpronounceable name,
and unproven engineering which sealed the cars fate. More
photos and information
Carver
One
Okay so the Carver One isn't really a supercar, in fact in most
countries it would have qualified as a motorbike had it made
production. But it was super, and some people thought of it
as a car, so that's why it's here.
Unfortunately the Carver One project struggled financially soon
after the first vehicles hit the streets in 2006. By 2009 it
was all over. More
photos and information
Sunred
SR08
Spain doesn't have a glowing history of producing supercars,
and the Sunred SR08 didn't help change that fact.
The car was designed for use in FIA GT1 racing, and there were
to be 10 roadcars built alongside. Neither made it to production. More
photos and information
Laraki
Borac
Based in Morocco, Laraki have been trying to get in on the super
car scene for a few years. First they tried it with the mid-engined
Fulgura. Then they changed tack and tried it with a front engined
GT called the Borac. Both of them have so far failed to garner
enough interest to justify a production run.
