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A Turkish supercar is not the first thing you think of in our world of exclusive sports cars. Turkey is more a place of holidays and experiencing the unique history of the European/Asian country bridging Europe, Asia and the Middle East. However, the Onuk Sazan is not the first supercar made on Turkish soil.
The semi-supercar is an in-house designed ‘Mosler’-type, street-legal racing car. So no ordinary supercar, but developed with a race heritage and the possibility to drive it in any GT4-racing class. The legacy goes back to 1996 when Dr Ekber Onuk lost his son Kaan during a tragic car accident. His son studied Aeronautics and Astronautic Engineering at that time. In remembrance to his son he included the nickname of his son – used among his fellow students – as a trademark and signature of the car itself. The Sazan was born.
The vehicle itself is based around in-house design and external parts from donor vehicles. The mid-engine rear-wheel driver prototype packs a Chevrolet Corvette LS7 engine producing up to 515 hp and 635Nm at 4800rpm. The gearbox is a six-speed XTRAC 6012. Concerning the power to weight ratio the numbers are excellent.
The car has an empty weight of only 960kg. The low weight is realized by implementing a composite chassis and body developed in close cooperation with Turkish aerospace. The vehicle has a removable roof tooled from composite materials. By removing the roof you have created a targa setup.
The design and development of the Sazan was influenced by one car; the McLaren F1. “The greatest car ever built”, says Mr. Onuk. “It changed the technical level and was an important milestone in sportscar design. It definitely set new rules in the business.” The Sazan shares some of the lines of the UK supercar and its front air intakes. But that’s really it. The design is hardly anything you may have seen before. The beauty of the vehicle is for you to decide.
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