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Friday, March 4, 2011

the made-in-Markham, ont., de Macross Gt1 bristles with the latest technology. Submitted Photo

What comes between winter and spring? A great time of year to buy a new Honda.
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Multimatic joins ranks of supercars

de Macross GT1: Its all

set to make its mark

By DaviD Booth
Postmedia News

60

PURCHASE FINANCE FOR UP TO

MONTHS OAC
$

On all 2011 Civic & CR-V models

2011 CIVIC DX PLUS

$

16,385

2011 CR-V LX 2WD

27,880
MSRP** INCLUDES FREIGHT AND PDI

MSRP** INCLUDES FREIGHT AND PDI

On all 2011 Civic models

MODEL FA1E2BEX

MODEL RE3H3BEY

LEASE FOR 48 MONTHS @ 0.9% APR

198 0
#

PER MONTH

$ DOWN

LEASE FOR 48 MONTHS @ 0.9% APR

OAC

338 $0 DOWN
#

PER MONTH

OAC

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You may not have heard of Multimatic (unless youre in the auto parts business or big-time motorsports such as Formula One and top-flight endurance racing), but it is about to make its mark in the world of high-tech supercars. Engineered and constructed by the Markham, Ont.-based firm, which happens to build the entire rolling chassis for Aston Martins upcoming One-77 as well as the 2010 Mustang Boss 302R race car, the de Macross GT1 is the true-to-life dream of Jahong Hur. Penned by the South Korean entrepreneur (Hur is second son to the CEO of GS Holdings, an engineering and hospitality conglomerate) and powered by a supercharged Roush Yates 5.4-litre Ford V8 rumoured to pump out 830 horsepower, the GT1 you see here is the first driveable prototype, brought from design board to rolling metal in less than 14 months by Multimatic. Bristling with motorsports technology, the GT1 incorporates the worlds first fully hydraulic anti-roll bar and another nifty tidbit that lowers the ride height (for superior handling), while at the same time raising the suspensions spring rate (and not just the easily adjustable damping) so that all that expensive, hand-beaten aluminum bodywork doesnt grind into the tarmac. The chassis is reminiscent of the McLaren-built SLR Mercedes, with a main carbon-fibre tub connecting to extruded aluminum suspension anchor points. The de Macross will no doubt be just as fast as the quadruple-turbocharged Veyron, a good thing since its likely to cost about the same as that fancy Bugatti. Hur has penned numerous other designs that he promises will cost less than the $1-million-plus price tag of the GT1.

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