Yacht Technology for Cars

Auckland property developer and yacht maker Jock Freemantle will launch a 2008 version of New Zealand’s first super car, the 550bhp BMW V8 Hulme named after New Zealand’s 1967 Formula One World Champion, Denny Hulme. Only 20 to 30 of the £310,000 car will be built each year and though Freemantle admits that “there is no rational need for an extremely limited production super car, experience proves that worldwide there is a demand driven by the emotional desire to have the best, particularly when coupled to a passion for motoring”. Freemantle’s open-top aluminium 550bhp Chevrolet LS7 V8 Hulme CanAm is due to be launched next year, coinciding with the 40th Anniversary of Hulme’s victory of the USA Can Am Championship.