Breckland Beira

The Beira is a hand-built, two-seat roadster with unique styling cues, based on proven GM architecture and powered by GM’s LS2, 6-litre V8 engine, tuned to produce just a whisper short of 400bhp.The Beira is built on General Motors' Kappa platform, the same one that underpins the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters. Weighing a bit over 3,000 lbs., the conservative though elegantly styled Beira will get to 62 mph in just under five seconds according to Brecklands.At this stage, there is no auto transmission but rather, a Tremec six-speed manual box, which again, is much the same as that found in the SS Commodore.
The engine is tuned to run on liquefied petroleum gas as well as gasoline. Its twin fuel tanks--15.8 gallons of gasoline and 18.4 gallons of LPG--will give it a range of 682 miles (1,100 kilometers). Its top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph, with 0-62 mph runs in less than five seconds.Other key considerations involved significant attention to chassis dynamics, to ensure the car corners, steers and brakes effectively with the significant increase in engine output.To satisfy this requirement, the fully independent suspension was entirely re-engineered by Breckland in association with KW Suspension, with uprated springs, dampers and bushes, plus thicker anti-roll bars front and rear. The result is slightly less suspension compliance, but a more focused ride and handling.

Breckland Beira
Base Price	100.000 $
Power	400 BHP
Zero to 60 mph	4.9 s
Zero to 100 mph	N/A
Top speed	155 mph

Stopping power is provided by impressive, 325mm ventilated discs on all four corners, the fronts being grasped by six-pot callipers, with four-pot at the rear, both from UK specialists, HiSpec.The Beira will cost around £55,000, which would be a dear price to pay for a Solstice or Sky, but the Beira V8 is clearly much more than those vehicles.The Breckland Beira is designed very much as a high-quality low-volume, affordable sportscar for enthusiasts, and follows the highly appealing tradition of installing an easily available, American-designed V8 engine in a small, nimble, two-seater chassis to produce an exhilarating, high-performance package. Although using a tried and trusted concept, however, Beira is very much a vehicle for the 21st century, and accomplishes this with both environmental and fuel efficiency concerns in mind.
Breckland Official Site