Noble M14
The Noble M14 was a prototype vehicle created by Noble Automotive that debuted at the 2004 British Motor Show.
It had at 6,100 rpm and of torque at 4,750 rpm from a highly modified version of Ford's 3.0 litre V6 using a six-speed manual transmission and twin turbochargers. It was planned to have a power-to-weight ratio of per ton, and to get to in 4.3 seconds with a maximum speed of.
Noble expected it to compete with cars like the new Porsche 911 Turbo and Ferrari F430. It was expected to cost £75,000.
Following the debut of the vehicle Lee Noble the creator of the car decided that it was insufficiently advanced over the current range of Noble cars to justify its price tag. Noble transferred development to a new car the Noble M15, a pre-production prototype of which was presented in 2007 but never launched. Noble is now believed to be working on two updated replacements - the M600 and the M15C.
The M14 has appeared in a handful of video games including Test Drive Unlimited, Burnout Revenge and Project Gotham Racing 3.
