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company Leopard Automobile Mielec Sp. z o.o. Zbysław Szwaj is the company co-founder, designer, and also the designer of the Gepard car.

Construction

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), is completely hand crafted at a state of the art, small production facility at

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. The current production capacity at the new factory is limited to only 25 units per year to guarantee a high level of precision in the custom production process.

Technical data

The body was handcrafted of aluminium with a tubular space frame chassis. The engine was an aluminium V8 5967 ccm developing at 6000 rpm, and 542 Nm at 4400 rpm. It had a 6-speed manual gearbox. The brakes were Brembo 4-pistons. Performance specs indicate an acceleration of 0- in less than 4 sec with a top speed of (regulated).

Launch

Although the design of the newest version of vehicle started about 1995, the first car was completed about November 2003. The Leopard 6 Liters Roadster was officially launched about April 2005 in

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, first units to hit the market were produced about late 2005, now selling for about €130,000. Leopard is claiming the title of the most expensive ever commercially produced

vehicle. The total number of manufactured units currently stands about 25 and is to be limited to maximum of 200 to retain the exclusive status. The manufacturer is preparing a new, stronger, ''Leopard Coupe'' model.

References

External links

Manufacturer's official site
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Manufacturers site
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Leopard Automobile - Mielec Sp. z o.o.

Swedish sponsor's site

Pictures gallery

Leopard

Roadster Coupe

Leopard Automobile logo

front

rear right side view

rear left side view

frame

cockpit rear view

cockpit right side view

Zbysław Szwaj and his dream Leopard

Specs

Manufacturing quarters
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