Another Supercar? Admirably, Perhaps. Encounter the Plethore LC-750
Remember Gerald Wiegert and Claudio Zampoli? Probably not. Those two men were the founders of Vector Aeromotive and Cizeta Automobili — both companies which built supercars that either never got off the ground or simply never mattered.
Let's hope we don't have to add Canadian Luc Chartrand to the list. Chartrand has dedicated the last 11 years of his life to his dream of building a supercar (also a recipe for trouble, sometimes culminating in barricaded doors, security guards and a hostile takeover in the case of Wiegert) and seems as keenly focused as he'll need to be to get it done.
The result of his pursuit is the Plethore LC-750.
The LC-750 utilizes a center-mounted driver's seat which Chartrand admits was inspired by the McLaren F1. Two passenger seats flank the driver's seat which is housed in a carbon fiber tub reinforced by a chromoly safety cage to meet FIA certification in case owners or Chartrand himself decide to race the car.
Power comes from a mid-mounted LS9 V8 sourced from a ZR1 Corvette and goes to the ground via a Tremec 6-speed transaxle. The engine is juiced up for duty in the Plethore and Chartrand claims it will make 750 hp. A 1,300-hp model will come later. Aluminum subframe assemblies bolt to the carbon tub on either end and locate the aluminum double wishbone suspension front and rear.
At only 2,425 pounds the LC-750 is light and it certainly should haul the mail with even a stock ZR1 powertrain.
Whether any of this will actually reach buyers hands remains to be seen. Either way, we're told we'll get a chance to drive the car in the next year. You'll be the first to know.
Josh Jacquot, Senior road test editor
