"A unique and tremendously fun car... intense and thrilling--at any speed." -- Tim Considine, European Car
"An amazingly agile car with steering as quick as a go-kart's... The handling is surprisingly neutral and balanced." -- Don Schroeder, Car and Driver
"A sports car in the purest sense... steering is instantaneous and acceleration is eye-opening." -- D. Randy Riggs, Sports Car International
"Like riding a four-wheel motorcycle"
-- Patrick Paternie, San Diego Union-Tribune
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Xanthos Cars North America, Inc.
The Xanthos 23 Sports Racer is a 1100lb, 23-based, street-prepared sports car capable of 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Available exclusively in North America, the Xanthos 23 Sports Racer features revised bodywork and a tall safety glass windscreen. Original-style 23B replicas are also offered as are Lotus 22 and 23 replacement chassis and parts. For more information please check out the links at the left or contact Bob Simmons at (858) 277-4681.
Honda VTEC-powered Xanthos 23s are now available,
including the new
sliding-top GT version
and the outrageous
238 horsepower supercharged
Xanthos 23 Extreme.
Featuring a supercharged B18C1 engine from an Acura Integra GS-R,
the Xanthos Extreme premiered August 2000 at the
British Car Corral of
Concorso Italiano
at
Quail Lodge Resort
in Carmel Valley, California
and at the
27th Annual
Monterey Historic Races
in the Lotus Corral at
Laguna Seca Raceway.
The
Xanthos 23 Extreme
sneak previewed
April 2000
at the
Association of Handcrafted Automobiles's
Knott's Berry Farm
Fun in the Sun show.
All Xanthos 23 models can now be fitted with 1.3 liter 175 BHP
Suzuki Hyabusa engines and six-speed sequential gearboxes.
We would like to introduce the Xanthos Grand Prix to interested buyers.
The Xanthos Grand Prix is a reconstruction of the
Lotus 22 formula car using
a Honda Fireblade motorcycle engine and six-speed sequential gearbox.
This single seat race car is made streetable with the addition of
equipment such as cycle fenders, headlights, brake lights and
turn signals.
Xanthos Cars North America's original demonstrator, the race bodied
23 shown at Laguna Seca
and featuring a Lotus Twin Cam and 4 speed,
is offered for sale at $45,000.
If interested, please contact Bob at the e-mail address below.
The Xanthos 23 Sports Racer is getting rave reviews! Patrick Paternie grooves with the Xanthos 23 in the San Diego Union-Tribune's August 14, 1999 "Wheels" feature. Tim Considine's review in the December 1998 European Car beautifully describes the joy of driving one of the world's greatest sports racing cars on the street. Get the full article and share his thrills! Don Schroeder also sings Xanthos 23 praises in the December 1998 Car and Driver. They join enthusiastically positive reviews from Autoweek, Sports Car International, British Marque, Victory Lane, British Car Magazine and others.
In 1998, the Xanthos 23 Lotus replicas made appearances at the
25th Annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races at
Laguna Seca,
Chrysler
Motor Trend Thunder
Historic Road Races in Tustin, California,
Ford Los Angeles Street Race, and
Chrysler
Classic Speed Festival in San Diego.
Similar events were covered in 1999.
See the Xanthos pictures from Laguna Seca!
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