Rezvani Motors certainly captured our attention with the Beast, a rebodied and reworked version of the Ariel Atom that offers ludicrous levels of performance. While the Beast may be its only product at the moment, the California-based company has no intention of remaining a one-trick pony for long. In fact it has a couple of new projects underway.
Fresh off of making an impressionable appearance in an episode of "Jay Leno’s Garage", Rezvani Motors has revealed its plans to add two new models to its lineup by the time 2016 comes to end. In a conversation with Autoblog, the California-based automaker indicated its intention to launch a coupe version of the Rezvani Beast and a more interesting “ultra rugged” SUV to add on to its existing one-model lineup.
Not much is known about either car, but company founder Ferris Rezvani hinted that a the coupe version of the Beast will receive little in the way of modifications other than reconfiguring its body to accommodate the adjustments needed with having a fixed roof on the track car. Other than that, the Beast coupe will likely receive the same Honda-sourced 2.4-liter, supercharged, four-cylinder engine that’s been tuned to deliver 500 horsepower. Obviously, performance numbers will be different on account of the coupe configuration of the new model. At the very least, it could weigh a little more than the 1,650-pound Beast unless Rezvani can do some design gymnastics to account for the extra weight.
The more interesting of the two models is the SUV. As expected, Rezvani declined to elaborate on the model, opting only to say that it will be based on “another fully certified platform”. Whether that means the off-road Ariel Nomad isn’t clear, but the important thing here, at least at this point, isn’t so much about the details of the new models as it is the promise of them arriving before the year ends.
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