San Storm

The San Storm is a two-seat Roadster from San Motors India LTD. of India that was introduced in 1998. It was designed by the French firm, Le Mans Group. It is powered by a 1149 cc Renault D7F engine driving the front wheels giving 60 bhp and a top speed of 144 km/h. It has a double-skinned, fibreglass-reinforced tubular steel body and chassis, and the weight is only 760 kg giving it a quite satisfactory power-to-weight ratio. The time from 0 to 100 km/h is given as 13 seconds. The San Storm is assembled in Bangalore while the engine is mated to the bodywork in Goa.

Export
In the early 2000s, the Reliant motor company of the United Kingdom began to concentrate on importing "speciality" vehicles rather than its traditional business designing and manufacturing a range of small (often three-wheeler) cars. As well as a number of "light vehicles" made by Piaggio and Ligier, the firm had plans to import the Storm and its cabriolet sister car. However, even though the company had start dates for the importation of these cars, the plan never came to fruition.

The convertible version of the Storm has been imported into the UK and sold by Dream Machines, a company based in Heathfield, East Sussex.

This subcompact car was available with different comfort and safety features like power window, power steering, child safety locks, front fog lights, rear defogger, leather seats, etc. This car comes with the luxury of air-conditioner.

Technical specifications
Dimensions

Overall Length : 3543 mm

Overall Width : 1504 mm

Overall Height 	 :1325 mm

Wheel Base 	 :2250 mm

Ground Clearance 	 :135 mm

Kerb Weight 	 :820 kg.

Gross Vehicle Weight 	:1510 kg.

No of Doors :	2 door

Capacity

Seating Capacity :	2 person

Fuel Tank Capacity :	36 L

Engine

Engine Type/Model: Renault D7 F

Displacement :	1149 cc

Power :	60 PS @ 5250 rpm

Torque :	94 Nm @ 2500 rpm

Bore :	69 mm

Stroke :	77 mm

No of Cylinders :	4 cylinder

Fuel Type :	gasoline

Transmission

Transmission Type :	Manual

Gears/Speeds :	5 Gears

Suspensions

Front Suspension : Independent double wishbone with coil over shocks and anti roll bar

Rear Suspension :	Trailing link with coil over shocks and antiroll bar

Steering

Power Assisted :	Standard

Minimum Turning Radius :	5.6 m

Brakes

Front Brakes :	Ventilated disc with piston sliding calipers

Rear Brakes :	Drum Brake

Wheels & Tyres

Wheel Type :	tubeless tyres

Wheel Size :	5J X R13

Tyres :	155/70 R 14

Mileage

City: 11.9 Kmpl

Highway: 16 Kmpl