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Type        Private Industry    Automotive Founded     February 2011 Founder     Kevin Lyons Headquarters New York City USA Key People  Kevin W.Lyons CEO/ President employees   5 website     Lyonsmotorcar.com

Lyons Motor Car Limited founded in February 2011 in New York City USA by Kevin Lyons and the Lyons Family with the intent of producing a low volume world class luxury super sports car with a mid engine twin turbo V8 AWD layout Mr Lyons was the chief designer for the LM2 Streamliner and owner of the 2011 start up. Aimed firmly at the highly established marques of America Europe and Asia adding to the ever growing handful of American Bespoke exotic cars. Koenigsegg, McCLaren, Bugatti, Pagani, Ferrari, Moser, Lamborghini, Fisker and Noble cars are the companies main competition.

History

Named Streamliner, The design influence pays compliments and plaudits to the original streamline art movement of the 40’s and 50’s lead by industrial designer Ray Lowey who had much success with Studebaker brand mainly the Avanti, and Streamliner locomotive. The elimination of protrusions grilles and large openings invoke simplicity and efficiency. Mr.Lyons was also highly influenced by the great renaissance masters notably Leonardo DaVinci and the golden ratio which is a merging of art and science of beauty shape and proportion. Mr Lyons was raised and educated as a fine artist later in life pursued Graphic Design sculpture and fine art as a career.

The LM 2 Streamliner body and chassis are completely made from carbon fiber supplied by DeBotech carbon fiber manufacturer is north Carolina. All metallic parts from engine block and heads to door handles and signal levers are digitally sculpted from Computer Numerical Control (CNC) billets. Nelson Racing Engines in Chatsworth CA agreed to supply the CNC'd 500 cubic inch displacement NRE Revolution 4 cam twin turbo V8 engine rated at 1700 horsepower. The Revolution 4 cam Engine is mid mounted with the Oerlikon Graziano 7 speed sequential transmission mounted bell housing facing forward driving all 4 wheels with 20 percent power shunted to the front wheels. The bases is the drive train layout is what Mr. Lyons has used for the last 7 years. From a engineering standpoint the LM 2 Streamliners layout power and chassis dynamics more Closely resembles the Bugatti Veyron, Lamborghini Aventador than 2 wheel drive counterparts Pagani Huayra and the Koenigsegg Agera.

Performance and Technology

Touted as the first production super car to all together eliminate the chassis wiring harness instead using RF signal technology which is run by 5 separate ECU’s called brains. These Brains are completely programmable to automate up to 20 systems each.This functions with the ability auto sequence any and all systems collectively. Elimination of side view mirrors to eliminate the blind spots. The use of smart mirror software using 3 interior screens in place of typical mirrors is another first for a car manufacturer. Lyons Motor Car states these key discoveries contribute to 90kg weight savings over traditional technologies. lack of wiring means no switches circuit breakers fuses and relays. Push buttons and toggle switches are replaced with compacitive sensing touch sensitive surfaces which results in a solid state performance and durability.

With a curb weight of under 3600 lbs* with driver and gear. With a power-to-weight ratio of 2.2 lb (1.3 kg)/hp est.sporting custom made 365mm rear tires and 255’s in front will get the Streamliner to a estimated top speed of 288 MPH (463 km). 0-60 2.29s, 9.10 1/4 mile, 1.06 skid pad, braking from 60 95ft air foil brake assisted. The EECO electronic exhaust cut out manually or automatically control exhaust note.

all weights and measures are calculated estimates accurate to plus or minus 1 %