The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus SCG Boot is a

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produced by

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, also commonly known as Glickenhaus or SCG, is an American automotive company based in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Founded in 2004 by James Glickenhaus, it is dedicated to developing and manufacturing of high-performanc ...

from 2020.

History

The Boot was developed by SCG, which also specializes in competing in the

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races and producing supercars. The benchmark was the Hurst Baja Boot off-road racing car, which was raced by

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in the late 1960s. Following on from this vehicle, the SCG Boot gained distinctive proportions with clearly defined wheel arches, wide-tread off-road tires and quadruple round headlamps set back in line with the windshield. The Boot was built in two body variants: shorter, two-door and two-seater, as well as an elongated, four-door and four-seater, which gives access to the rear row of seats through the so-called suicide doors. The Boot is equipped with both a 4-speed automatic transmission and a 4.2-liter V8 engine developed by the American automaker

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. The unit comes from the pony car

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and works with permanent

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, which allows for easy driving in off-road conditions.

References

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Cars introduced in 2020