If you have, can you give me your thoughts please? I know the engine is based on a Ford Duratec with a couple of turbos bolted on - but is it as good as all the reports make it out to be. 0-60 in under 4 seconds - but do you get a kit car feel?

 

Found a couple of 2.5's under £25k but also a couple of 3.0's under £30k.

 

Have a look here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/list.asp?s=108

I was lucky enough to run one for about 8 months. It was the 3R version as as well.

 

Outstanding car as well. To be honest, build quality is more Westfield than Nissan, I wouldn't say so much like a kit car, more like a low volume track car for the roads, which is quite an accurate description.

 

No lag, tons of torque in whatever gear at whatever speed, doesn't feel like a turbo until you hear dump valves. Road holding is in a different league to anything i have encountered before, and my daily drive is a 315bhp S14a 200sx with Nismo suspension, R33 GTR wheels, Whitelines ARB's etc, so it's not as though that doesn't handle fantastic, but the Noble is designed from ground up for a specific task, and it shows.

 

With all cars like this runnning costs can be very high, but for the type of car it is they are lower than a lot of it's competitors. The engine is great, but there are lots with ECU problems, cracking manifolds etc. I'd say drive a few and see what you think. For about 25 to 30k they are a serious bit of kit.

 

Personally I wouldn't want a car that expensive, as I prefer something a little cheaper that I can take on track without too much fear etc. But it's horses for courses.

 

Have a good read on Pistonheads, there's a Noble section there with great advice.

Brilliant stuff - thanks for that.

I was lucky enough to run one for about 8 months. It was the 3R version as as well.

 

LUCKY LUCKY BAR STEWARD!!!!

They where giving pleasure rides round bruntingthorp at the french car show last year (dont ask). £30 for 3 laps, passenger of coarse. so off we went, and like has been said. amazing, i didnt think it was possible to go round corners like that. brakes were crazy and the straight line speed was breathtaking. gota be one of the best buys for that sort of cash.

danny