FALCON F7

FALCON F7

Five years ago, engineer and car enthusiast Jeff Lemke decided to build his personal supercar and commenced work on the Falcon F7 project. Falcon Motorsports completed the project just in time to present a production version at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.

F7 has a gas-welded aluminum chassis with a reinforced carbon-fiber floor pan, carbon-fiber body panels, and an eight-cylinder, 7,000-cc General Motors LS7 engine behind the seats tuned up to 620 horsepower. Like most small automotive enterprises, Falcon Motorsports has yet to develop its own engine, transmission, or suspension, instead of using Chevrolet Corvette Z06 components under license. At 2,800 pounds, the carbon fiber F7 is not a lightweight, but with its 1:4.5 power to weight ratio it can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds. Falcon Motorsports claims the top speed of 190 to 200 mph.