It didn’t take long for someone to decide to stick a Ducati engine in a sports car, but it isn’t Desmosedici engine, but a 170 hp Ducati 1198S engine.
This cool looking red car comes from Down Under and has been dubbed the Spartan-V in honour the Spartans.
Sporting a carbon fiber body that puts the car’s weight under 660lbs (300kg), features a six-speed sequential gearbox, fully-adjustable double-wishbone front and rear suspension, a chain-drive LSD, Wilwood brakes and 17×7-inch race wheels and a Ducati 1198 Digitek LCD dash and hits 100km/h in less than 3 seconds.
There will be only be 300 (sound familiar?) of Spartan-V’s made and they go for $90,000 AUD.
Someone should show this car immediately to Jorge Lorenzo, who is a great admirer of Sparta and wears a Spartan symbol on the back of his Nolan helmet and his fans show up at the races dressed as Spartiates.