Sport Car - Vortex The F1 Turn Key at 2010 SEMA Show. Vortex Motors – a new outfit that calls Seattle home – is using the 2010 SEMA Show as a coming-out party for the F1. The standard version, the F1 Turn Key, is sourced from an upgraded version of General Motors' turbocharged 2.0-liter Ecotec inline-four running through a six-speed manual transmission. Output is rated at 290 horsepower and 340 pound-feet of torque, but Vortex will also sell an Ultimate version, bumping those numbers up to 330 and 360, respectively.
With Ariel Atom – the Vortex F1 is ready for battle. Seattle-based Vortex Motors captures the attention of the racers with the debut of its F1 track car at 2010 SEMA Show. It is an upgraded version of General Motors.
And it weighs 1,400 lb. Step up to the Ultimate, though, and the same engine makes 330hp and 360 lb.-ft, and that brawn is handed off to a sequential 6-speed gearbox. The Ultimate also gets you carbon fiber bodywork and seats, plus upgraded brakes, steering, and wheels and tires.
The whole package can be yours for $49,995 for the Turn Key or $69,995 for the Ultimate. In addition to adding more power, the Ultimate also uses a fully carbon fiber body, upgraded brakes, wheels and tires, improved steering, carbon fiber seats and a sequential six-speed gearbox. Vortex says that it is also planning a fully electric version of the F1, with a targeted weight of only 1,300 pounds. We'd gladly pit it against a Tesla Roadster in a drag race any day.
Sport Car - Vortex The F1 Turn Key at 2010 SEMA Show