The rarest 1300-horsepower Saleen supercar will go under the hammer S7 LM (24 photos)

The Saleen S7 supercar in the LM version will be put up for auction at Sotheby's on January 24. The car is expected to fetch between $900,000 and $1.1 million. Such a high price is explained by both the technical characteristics of the supercar and its rarity. Saleen has only produced three cars in this specification.





The standard Saleen S7 appeared in 2000. At the same time, the company released a track modification of the model with the S7-R index, which during its active operation over the course of a decade won more than 100 victories in races of various levels.

In 2007, the S7 assembly was discontinued, and in total, Saleen produced about 80 cars. In 2017, the company decided to return to the project, announcing the development of a new LM specification - it was dedicated to the model's sporting successes. Saleen planned to rebuild seven selected cars, but in the end, according to the auction house, they managed to create only three.

In the process of turning into an S7 LM, the supercar was equipped with a new engine with a modified turbocharging system. If the basic version of the seven-liter V8 from Ford developed only 556 horsepower on the Saleen S7, then several options for tuning the output from 1000 to 1300 horsepower were prepared for the LM, and in 2019 the company announced that 1500 hp could be removed from the engine. In addition, the S7 LM received a massive spoiler in combination with a large diffuser, adjustable coilovers in the suspension and a number of other modifications. Such a supercar can accelerate to 100 km/ h in just 2.2 seconds.

The supercar, which is put up for sale, was rebuilt in 2018. Since then, according to the auctioneers, it has traveled less than 6 thousand kilometers.





















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