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Monty244 - Solved:"Enzo spyder prototype" by Dimitris Papanagnou
« on: November 09, 2017, 08:16:36 AM »
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell who built this car and what powers it.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids.
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2017, 08:40:49 AM »
Woah.. Never seen this before! Any Lavazza Connection?
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2017, 10:07:30 AM »
No. This is a more amateurish kind of creation...
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2017, 12:35:26 PM »
Hmm... Is it European?
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2017, 02:36:13 PM »
Yes, European.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2017, 03:57:58 PM »
I know that this was not made by a major car manufacturer of any kind, so have there been multiple copies produced?
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2017, 04:08:55 PM »
No. It's a one-off (thankfully).
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2017, 10:28:03 PM »
Quote from: el_monty on November 09, 2017, 04:08:55 PM
No. It's a one-off (thankfully).

Haha!  :lmao:

Was this car featured in any magazine or book of some sort?
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2017, 02:57:14 AM »
No mags or books AFAIK, only the internet. It has appeared on a number of English-language sites.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2017, 04:12:40 PM »
Is it from the UK?
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2017, 05:20:58 PM »
Not from UK.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2017, 05:34:42 PM »
Western Europe At Least?
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2017, 09:07:50 AM »
Speaking in strictly geographical terms, the country of provenance of the car is not in Western Europe.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2017, 07:17:33 PM »
How bout the north? Can’t go wrong with the North.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2017, 04:41:23 AM »
I'm afraid it's not from the North either.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2017, 03:14:18 PM »
I found it!!! It’s a custom special from Greece. Bult by Dimitris Papanagnou.

It was featured in a MAX Power magazine and even had a ‘special edition’ with MAX Power stickers. What a beautiful?... hunk of mess.
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Re: Monty244
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2017, 04:48:10 PM »
You found it! Well done.
I'll complete the answer for you, it's powered by an Audi 3.7-litre V8 engine.
I didn't know about the MAX Power article, I just read about it in some online posts on popular car sites which poked fun at Papanagnou for advertising his creation at a whopping $800,000. He later claimed it had been a typo and he meant $80,000, but that is still a joke for such a sorry-looking thing. I don't know if he managed to sell it in the end, or for how much.
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Re: Monty244 - Solved:"Enzo spyder prototype" by Dimitris Papanagnou
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2017, 08:22:41 AM »
I checked to see the ebay listing and its been taken down. Most likely because no one wanted it. Granted this was back in 2010 and is either sitting in a barn, actually in a trash compactor, or being driven around by Mr. Papanagnou.

... No take that back because he was selling it on eBay. Even he didnt want it.
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