Lyons Motor Car

Lyons Motor Car is a US based automobile developer/manufacturer focused on creating "An American hyper performance sports car company" to compete with European sports car companies, like Bugatti, Pagani, Ferrari, or Lamborghini among others. Lyons Motor Car was established in 2014 and is based in New York City. The company is developing their first vehicle, the LM2 Streamliner.[1]

The company was founded by Kevin W. Lyons a Graphic Designer and automobile aficionado who served under the gaze of Helen Gurly Brown at Cosmopolitan Magazine in the 1990s. Kevin Lyons flare for steel fabrication and customizing lead him to the completion of several notable show cars.[2] These successes encouraged him to start his own exclusive automobile manufacturing company, in the direction of other custom American automobile manufacturers, Shelby American, and SSC North America among others.

LM2 Streamliner

Lyons Motor Car LLC
Private
Industry Automotive
Headquarters New York, NY
Key people

Kevin W, Lyons

(CEO, President)
Products Luxury Automobiles / Car Club
Owner 100% Ownership under Kevin W, Lyons
Number of employees
 6 (2017)
Subsidiaries Lyons Motor Car Club Inc
Website www.lyonsmotorcar.com

LM2 Streamliner is a full carbon fiber constructed vehicle with a mid mounted, dual overhead cam, 8.2 liter billet aluminum twin turbocharged V8 developed by Nelson Racing Engines[3] in Chatsworth California.

Lyons Motor Car announced the all wheel drive LM2 Streamliner to have "1700 hp and 1610 lb. ft. torque" and the top speed estimated at 290 mph. It would go from 0-60 MPH in around 2.2 seconds with a 0 to 60 target of 1.96 seconds and 0-100 MPH in about 4.1 seconds with a 3.51 sec target.[4] LM2 Streamliner dimensions Length 181.9" in, Height 43.5" in, Width 78.5" in, Wheelbase 109.3" in. Streamliner's are fitted with P375 30ZR21 rear tires and P285 30ZR20's front tires. The car uses a Haldex all wheel drive front differential with a 7 speed sequential gear box mounted facing forward, with the twin turbocharged V8 uniquely mounted with accessory drives facing rearward. The rear differential is a Strange Engineering 1320 9" G-Force S60 mounted offset in chassis.

It was originally supposed to debut during the 2015 New York International Auto Show, but the company claimed that it wasn't ready in time for the media press days.[5] Company administrators debuted the non running concept model during the public days. To date 2017-08-07 Lyons Motor Car has made a serious attempts in completing their pre-production prototype.

https://www.lyonsmotorcar.com/news. The company has teamed up with Valient Automotive Market Research to assist in optimizing their metrics in preparation for the prototype ramp up and expansion of the New York City based small business.[6]

The company has announced a 2020 new car model year launch for their LM2 Streamliner, which will be branded Streamliner Super Sport leaving the LM2 (Lyons Motors twin turbo) as a concept car.[7]

The Streamliner Super Sport will gain an automatically retracting top similar to T tops of old. The tops will store under the deck lid in the engine bay.

The company plans on a total 15 Streamliner Super Sports, with a continued Streamliner series of 6 cars per year with a maximum of 50 there after.

References

  1. ↑ "US startup aims to create world's fastest production car with LM2 Streamliner". Gizmag.com. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  2. ↑ http://www.kitcentral.com/index.php?set_albumName=album20&name=gallery&include=view_album.php&page=31
  3. ↑ nelsonracingengines (2010-06-25), New 2500 HP Revolution 4 Cam Small Block Nelson. Quad Cam V8. From Nelson Racing Engines., retrieved 2016-03-29
  4. ↑ "Lyons Motor Car to showcase their LM2 Streamliner in New York [w/video]". Autoblog.com. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Lyons Motor's styrofoam model is my favorite NYC debut". Roadandtrack.com. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. ↑ |url=https://www.lyonsmotorcar.com/news |2017–05–08|
  7. ↑ https://www.lyonsmotorcar.com/ownership-application
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