Callaway C16 Speedster Set To Debut At Pebble Beach
Reeves Callaway’s eponymous sports car company has released information and images on their newest model, the Callaway C16 Speedster. The sleek open car, set to debut at Pebble Beach in August, is the third in the company’s C16 lineup, which has received a warm welcome from most of the enthusiast press over the past year. This new model is the spiritual ancestor to the 1990 Callaway Speedster and 1998 C12 Speedster and features a unique body with twin wind reflectors and extended headrests. It was designed by Paul Deutschman.
In keeping with other Callaway vehicles, the modifications are not skin deep. The C16 Speedster will feature a supercharged and intercooled small-block V-8, good for 700 horsepower and 660 lb-ft of torque. Zero-to-sixty times are expected to be in the low threes, with a top speed over 200 mph. Of course, each C16 starts as a Chevrolet Corvette, but the Callaway finished product is a much different animal. Further, customers can spec their vehicle to whatever exterior or interior colors they want.
Want one? You’ll have to pay dearly for it. Starting at $305,000 USD, the C16 Speedster will be available for purchase this Fall. Speedster No.1 of the series will be delivered to its new owner at Pebble Beach. WINDING ROAD will be on hand at the event with more news and information about the car and, with any luck, we’ll give the Speedster a test drive.
Click through for more information and the company's press release:
CALLAWAY C16 SPEEDSTER
SET TO MAKE WORLD DEBUT AT 2007
PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS d’ELEGANCEFlagship Model in C16 Line Offers High-Speed Motoring
in its Purest Form, Features Jet-Fighter Styling,
700HP Hand-Built Powerplant, Unrivaled ExclusivityOLD LYME, CONNECTICUT (July 23, 2007) – Callaway Cars today announced it will unveil the C16 Speedster, the third and flagship model in the C16 lineup, on the concept lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, August 19, 2007.
The made-to-order C16 Speedster represents a pinnacle in American supercar design. The supercharged and intercooled 700 horsepower Callaway exotic produces class leading power, a topless cockpit with twin wind deflectors and extended headrests, exquisite bodywork and race-inspired chassis tuning. Much like its spiritual predecessors, the 1990 Callaway Speedster and 1998 C12 Speedster, the latest C16 Speedster offers a visceral open air driving experience unlike any other.
“This is Callaway Cars’ most exquisite vehicle to date,
Comments
Christopher
Gee, this is a really wonderful concept: monster 700hp engine dropped into a car with stock (street) seats, no harness, no a-pillar, and (seemingly) not pop-up rollbars or rollover protection. Just what the world needs. Another car capable of going a zillion miles an hour designed for guys who don't have a clue how to drive safely at legal limits. Bleh.
Aaron
Not to worry Christopher, I'm sure most examples will spend 99% of their time garaged and gathering dust in rich folks collections. It'll see boulevard cruising duty when it is on the street.
I must add that that is one loooong looking car. Callaway must have added a good foot to both overhangs. Looks like it was stretched in a taffy puller. The sebring-inspired front end doesn't help, either
ryan
dare i call it ugly?
mo
don't like the fact of not having an A-pillar. I can imagine the driver wearing a helmet in order to drive without mosquitoes getting into his mouth. why do they have these two peices of plastics anyways, they think they can protect the driver and passenger ?!!!.
@ Aaron,
I totally agree with you, the car looks like it gained a foot on each overhang. two thumbs down, keep me with the coupe.
Drew
I love this car. The C6 is just too dull for me. I can't wait to see the reviews for this thing.
VMMVMMM
I've always admired the performance that Callaway can get out of these cars, but never liked their design changes. No top really emphasizes the looooooooong overhangs on both ends as was mentioned before. Corvettes already suffer from overly long front overhangs, this just makes things worse.
Kai
Looks even more like a Chrysler Concorde than the Camaro of a few years past.
dante
I doubt that's registerable in all states. I don't know how they get by the DOT-approved safety glass windshield and washer/wiper requirement for a road legal car. I'd like to know as I want to build a vehicle with an acrylic aircraft canopy, but am not sure if they'll let me classify it as a motorcycle, so I may not be able to build it.
Christopher
Aaron, you're right. These cars won't see much boulevard time, much less actual real-world driving. But, still, it bothers me just thinking about the prospect of what happens if one of these were to go shiny-side down. In truth, what I most like about Corvettes are the motors. Drop even a stock C6 motor into most anything, and it'll scoot. Someone even figured out how to drop one into an NSX mated to a 911 transaxle. Talk about the best of all worlds: bulletproof big-torque motor in a car that can actually handle. Yeehaa.
Marc
Am I the only one who wants to sing "Go speed racer, go speed racer" when looking at that?
Mena
Looks like a tampon.
john
i actually like it, and usually i hate callaway styling
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