Consulier GTP 1985

[Tsukishima]

The Consulier GTP was a sports car produced by the former Consulier Industries in the late 1980s.

Consulier Industries was later renamed Mosler Automotive, which then updated the car as the Mosler Intruder and again as the Raptor before production ended by 2000. The car was replaced by the Mosler MT900 the next year.

The Consulier GTP, conceived in 1985, was a 2200 lb (998 kg) mid-engined sports car. It was powered by a turbocharged Chrysler 2.2 L Turbo II engine producing 190 hp (142 kW). The chassis was a fiberglass-and-foam monocoque, the first carbon fiber and Kevlar-bodied vehicle ever to go into production - with no structural metal in the body.

The GTP Sport was the base model, with the LX adding Recaro seats, VDO instrumentation, Fittipaldi wheels, and an Alpine pullout CD system, not to mention sunroof, leather, air, cruise, power locks, mirrors, and windows, tilt wheel, and wool carpets; options including a security system and cellphone. Both had full instrumentation, in a plain flat black panel, with eleven gauges in two sizes.

 

[Kingofweasles]

One other thing to note was that this car absolutely terrorized the ancestor of what is now known as The Pirelli World Challenge Series back in the day... So yeah, You've got my vote. 👍

 

[CORRUPTEDDISC]

The road going version of the Mosler Raptor GTR that I suggested a while back. Ultimately banned from everything it entered...

 

[StarLight]

Epic car!

 

[GTPorsche]

Title has '85.

First sentence has "early 1990s".

Which one is it?

 

[Tsukishima]

Title has '85.

First sentence has "early 1990s".

Which one is it?

Early 90s is when Consulier changed its name to Mosler and started producing the GTP as Mosler Intruder, I made a mistake.

It's fixed now, thank you for spotting it.