UK sports car builder Bristol Cars will launch its brand new ‘Bullet’ on July 26, a month after the car debuted in prototype guise at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Previously known only as ‘Project Pinnacle‘, the Bristol Bullet was adorned in heavily camouflage and was somewhat of an oddity during Goodwood’s ‘Supercar Run’. Now we know that the Bullet has been produced to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Bristol and will be the automaker’s first model since the Fighter which last left the factory in 2011.
Despite initial reports that the car would use some kind of hybrid powertrain, it has since been confirmed that it’ll be powered solely by a naturally-aspirated 4.7-liter V8 engine sourced from BMW. While specifications about that engine aren’t known, it should make the lightweight sports car – set to use a carbon fiber chassis – quite potent in a straight line and through the corners.
If the design of the Bullet stays true to the Pinnacle prototype, we’ll see an open-topped car with an elongated bonnet, simple circular headlights, turning signals and fog lights as well as two prominent rollover hoops.
The car is expected to hit the streets in production-guise early next year.
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