Bolwell’s new Nagari ready for Melbourne Show
February 19, 2008 by Karl Peskett
Bolwell Car Company has released a new frontal image of its fully finished new Nagari sports car.
According to the press release, “the faired-in, four-headlight front end echoes the legendary McLaren F1, while other elements capture the spirit of the best Italian mid-engined exotics.” The new Nagari obviously also pays tribute to its 1970’s namesake.
At next week’s Melbourne Motor Show, the Australian public will get their first chance to see the new Nagari up close and personal.
Powered by a 3.5-litre supercharged V6, similar to the TRD Aurion, the 900kg sports car is said to rip from 0-100km/h in around 4 seconds.
Print it: 
should gowell.
is it retro or futurist?
no LEDs must be the former.
cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should be interesting to see what they get out of the V6
No V8, No interest!!
Get over it, its Porsche money, ANOTHER dead-in-the-water Aussie sporstscar!
Cheers
F-0
“No V8, No interest!!”
Hahahah, you must love pulling into the petrol station.
Tool.
Frugal One wrote: “No V8, No interest!!”
I suspect that what does interest you resides in your trousers and your means of expressing that interest, shouldn’t be discussed here…
Back on the subject of sports cars, – consider these few facts:
With 250kW and a weight of 900kg, the new Nagari will have a power/weight ratio around 278kW/tonne – that’s 75% better than a Falcon GT, 65% better than an HSV Clubsport and better than any road-going Ferrari currently on the market.
While you’re away checking these facts and looking-up the significance of power/weight ratios, you’d best do a little research on Bolwell (both historically and currently).
If any low-volume Australian sports car manufacturer can get it right, – it’s these guys…
Cheers,
Hey Frugal One, what the #*$%# Hell are you talking about? You accuse it of being Porsche money, but what Porsche except the useless Cayenne has a V8? They seem to get the money for a humble flat six, which is even at the wrong end of the car. Dead in the water the Nagari may well be, but not for the reason highlighted in your headline.
V8s (some) sound very nice, but in this day and age that’s where it starts and stops.
They will prob end up with more then 250kw aswell, if toyota make 241kw
With Toyota and more so that Australian tuning company they contracted that i con’t think of their name, i think the only thing holding them back was FWD from going further.
Thats why I’m interested in some real potential numbers…
The car looks great and the power to weight ratio… outstanding.
Lets hope they can make their business plan work.
This will ONLY sell if its less than $50k, ie MX5 money.
Who are the buyers for a kit-car, which is alleged to be a $100k+?
Aussie history of homemade sportscars is NOWHERE, all have failed, except the Elfin, and thats a slow selling orphan with Holden money behind it.I do like the Elfin!
Cheers
F-0
The new Bolwell is a looker…but I’m actually a bit disappointed. Problem is the original had a look that was very unique (despite taking styling cues from a lot of different places) – going by this photo the Nagari has kind of lost that…though it really does look good you could probably mistake it for a Noble or similar. Still, I should probably reserve judgement until more photos come out – and the driving experience will probably speak for itself. All the best to Bolwell for having the guts to recreate the Nagari – hopefully they get the success they deserve.
How many of people writing the comments here have built a car? is there something wrong with putting a front wheel drive engine and gearbox in the back of a car making it RWD? (MR2 style) I guess that kit or independent car builders exist for motor car enthusiasts. If you don’t like it or can not afford it, you’ll never own one. Toyota have a good reputation, so I can only expect this car to be reliable and probably perform better than any sedan produced in Australia or over seas. As for the origins of any sports car, the proof is laid out on the track.
I commend any person or organization having a crack at building cars. Bolwell have been successful in my view as the company has existed for quite some time, decades in fact. Pretty good for any Australian manufacturing company I’d say. So boo hoo to the boo hooers! As I said, I love anybody giving the car loving community another choice of vehicle to admire, no matter where they come from. And yes, I do appreciate even the Hindustan Ambassador also, even though it is a ‘50′ Morris Oxford fitted with Isuzu (GM) motors that run on all sorts of combustable liquid or gas. History lives on in India, good on them!
People need to learn to appreciate the efforts of others. Well done Bolwell!