Briggs Automotive Firm (BAC) introduced Tuesday that it has reached an settlement with Detroit-area unique automobile supplier Platinum Motor Automobiles (PMC) to change into the corporate’s newest official U.S. supplier, becoming a member of Manhattan Motorcars in New York Metropolis and Tactical Fleet in Dallas, Texas.
Birmingham is situated simply north of Detroit alongside historic Woodward Avenue and solely miles from the closest race monitor — M1 Concourse in Pontiac. This location appears perfect for BAC’s goal buyer: the weekend monitor rat with cash to burn on the BAC Mono, a barely street-legal, single-seat efficiency machine.
Neill Briggs, co-founder of BAC, stated, “Platinum Motorcars is the best associate to distribute the Mono. PMC shares our ardour, or somewhat obsession, with driving purity and loving each single minute behind the wheel – and that made the choice simple when it got here to becoming a member of forces. PMC is our unique dealership in Michigan, and the one place you’ll be able to go within the Midwest to affix the BAC household.”
“Put merely: we’re automotive and racing lovers at our core,” stated Syed Ahmed, proprietor of Platinum Motorcars. “This partnership with Briggs Automotive Firm has come collectively seamlessly, and we all know our clients will respect the authentically analogue and pure driving expertise delivered by these bespoke machines.”
With this announcement, BAC will increase its U.S. dealership footprint by 50% and offers Midwesterners simpler entry to its light-weight single-seater, which obtained updates final 12 months. The automobile is shorter general and sits decrease to the bottom, its frontal space decreased and spoiler enlarged for higher grip. It is also lighter than the outgoing mannequin, which does not actually appear attainable, nevertheless it now weighs simply 1,257 kilos — a 22-pound discount from the previous-gen automobile. BAC says it’s going to get to 60 mph in simply 2.7 seconds and hit a prime pace of 170 mph.
It additionally boasts a brand new 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that was developed by Mountune. It makes 332 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, and it additionally incorporates a new dry sump oil system. BAC claims the engine meets the most recent European emissions laws and each different regulation obligatory for it to be pushed throughout the European continent.
