The main Company involved in the project is Cobra International Co., Ltd, specialized in surf boards, with an extensive lightweight composites know-how. The development process takes places in Thailand due to the low manufacturing costs.

The lead Engineer is Alan Mertens, who was awarded the Louis Schwitzer Award by the Indiana Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers for his design of the Galmer G92 Indy Car Chassis.

The main technical feature is the extensive use of carbon fiber both for the monocoque structure and most of the body panels.

The car should be unveiled in the first half of 2007. Production will be limited to 350 units.

Concept

"The Galmer Arbitrage GT is a car designed to be everything that a sports car should be without the complexities that exist in other sports cars today", in a "a back to basics" approach.

The design was lead by three words: Pure Design, Power and Performance.

"The words were prefaced by the understanding the car must be strikingly beautiful to the eye, be as light weight as possible, have a cockpit designed large enough to accommodate a basketball player, and most importantly, the owner should never be afraid to service or repair it.

Design

The original design that inspired the Galmer Arbitrage GT came from Togay Yuvanc, a self taught, 3d designer and race car enthusiast from Turkey. The baseline design was then redesigned for practical purposes and eye appeal, before being sent to Galmer for pre-engineering approval.

From the origination of the design, aerodynamics always remained at the forefront. CFD testing was done to screen out any serious airflow and aerodynamic issues.

After several corrections to body curves due to headlight clearance issues, window opening issues and wheelbase adjustments due to the powertrain change to the LS7, the design was fixed.

"The worldwide feedback after the release of the design was overwhelmingly positive. Indeed all of us breathed a little easier after daily checks of the hundreds of websites that reviewed the press release and pictures of the car."

More information about Togay Yuvanç's work can be found on DesignerSpace and on his website.

Technical Features

The Arbitrage GT will be powered by the most powerful V8 ever made: the 7 liter, 505 horsepower, Chevrolet LS7.

"The tuning potential is enormous, not to mention that Chevrolet is talking about a LSX 800+ horsepower engine that will be able to go into the Galmer Arbitrage GT without any problems."

Among the other technical highlights are the custom made 6 speed transaxle transmission by Gearfox and the 19-inches wheels, available both in magnesium and carbon, that will be supplied by Dymag.

Galmer Arbitrage GT - Dimensions

(Source: ArbitrageCars via autoblog.it)