Bear in mind the Native Motors Rally Fighter? With its crowdsourced design that mixed a sports activities automobile with an off-roader and a classification as a equipment automobile that made it 50-state authorized, it was the form of factor few folks would really wish to personal however just about anybody may recognize. In case you drove one, you had been assured to get consideration in all places you went.
Solely about 100 Rally Fighters had been ever constructed earlier than manufacturing stopped, so that they’re extremely uncommon. However when you’ve been kicking your self for not shopping for one new, we have now some nice information. Automobiles & Bids at the moment has a Rally Fighter on the market with solely 600 miles on it. In case you have the cash, this one could possibly be yours for the low, low value of “be ready to pay up huge time, pal.” There are nonetheless seven days left on the public sale, and on the time of writing, it’s already as much as $42,000.
Doug Demuro additionally posted a video evaluation of the Rally Fighter, and along with speaking about all of the quirks and options, he additionally mentions one particularly fascinating piece of data: Apparently, the vendor used to work for Native Motors, and when manufacturing shut down, he purchased the rights to the Rally Fighter. So despite the fact that it’s not in manufacturing anymore, when you actually need a model new one, it’s technically nonetheless attainable.
And contemplating it’s an ultra-low-volume automobile, you wager the Rally Fighter has loads of oddities to speak about. For instance, because it has Honda-sourced door handles, you utilize a Honda key to get in. However the steering column got here from Ford, so it’s important to use a Ford key to really begin the engine. The engine, in the meantime, is a 6.2-liter LS3 that Chevrolet used within the Corvette on the time. It actually was a Franken-car, but it surely was an superior Franken-car.
We’re actually to see how a lot this Rally Fighter finally ends up promoting for. The value has already climbed so rapidly, $100,000 appears inside attain. Then once more, when Deliver A Trailer bought a 3,300-mile Rally Fighter just a few months in the past, it bought for $75,000. Whilst you wait to search out out whether or not this automobile’s low mileage helps push it into six-figure territory, you may watch Doug’s evaluation of it beneath: