User:Pccourt/Saker Cars

Saker Sports Cars, country of origin, New Zealand. Manufacturing period, 1989 to the present day. The Saker car is named after the bird of prey, found in the Middle East and Central Asia.

The first Saker SV1 was designed and built by Bruce Turnbull, of Turnbull Engineering, in Feilding, New Zealand. The car was road legal and regularly used for touring and competition.

Brief Specifications:
 * Steel space-fame chassis
 * fiberglass body panels
 * mid mounted 3 litre V6 engine.
 * 5 speed tranzaxle.
 * Left or right hand drive.

A limited number of SV1 types were built and these cars were powered with a variety of engines, including V8 and V6.

Saker sports cars built as touring cars and can be made road legal in a number countries including, UK, Japan and New Zealand.

The Saker SVS GT and SVS Sprint were produced from 1999. The Sprint being an open-top version. This model features updated chassis and mechanicals. The main changes were to the space-fame chassis, to allow it to accept a ‘boxer’ type flat 4 or 6 cylinder engine. The poplar choice being the Subaru Impreza WRX turbo 4 and 2 wheel drive, converted tranzaxle

The Saker GT and Sprint are also manufactured in the Netherlands, under license. These cars manufactured by Saker Sportscars Europe, based in Etten-Leur since 2005, are race only cars and compete in the European Saker Sportscar Challenge.

A small number of Saker GTs’ were also manufactured under license in the USA.