The Falcon F7 is a rare and almost forgotten supercar built in the United States in the early 2010s.
The idea was to combine the merits and features of a Corvette, a Ford GT and a Ferrari 288 GTO, but the result was something that looked like none of those cars.
The F7 was designed as a ‘proper’ supercar for the track, and not just a comfortable GT for the road.
The bodywork, for example, only consists of a handful of panels ‘slammed’ onto the chassis to save weight and make it easier to fix the car if necessary.
If you want to open the hood (which is at the back, by the way), you need to lift the entire rear panel, which also includes the wheel arches and C-pillars.
And here’s something else that’s interesting.
The F7 uses the 7.0-liter V8 out of a front-engined Chevy Corvette but the manufacturer placed it behind the cabin.
So, in other words, they used a front-engined unit in a rear-engined car.
It sounds a bit counterintuitive, but it’s probably because Corvette V8s are the sort of thing you can buy just about anywhere in the United States.
Your local Target or Costco may even have a few spare in stock if you ask them nicely.
Jokes aside, the F7 was technically brilliant for other reasons as well.
It made extensive use of aluminum and carbon fiber (and Kevlar for the chassis) to keep the weight down, and it worked, considering it only weighs 2,784 pounds (1,263kg), making it lighter than a Volkswagen Golf.
The Corvette Z06 unit that powers it puts out 620 horsepower and 585lb-ft of torque, giving it a 0-60 time of just 3.3 seconds.
Buyers could also opt for the twin-turbo package, which brought the power up to 1,100 horsepower, and the 0-60 time down to 2.7 seconds.
The top speed, according to Falcon, was 200mph (320km/h).
Only seven units were built, originally priced at $250,000.
Few people know where these seven vehicles are at the moment but, we suspect, their value probably no longer aligns with the original MSRP.
