Identify this car please!

wdcbooks · #1 10-11-2006, 12:04 AM

I am not even a car person really, so I have no idea why this is bothering me so much.

I live in Virginia and some kind of high performance car pulled out in front of me. I didn't get a good view from the side or front, but I was behind it, so I can describe that.

The model of the car was in block letters on the back. It has just escaped my memory. I believe it started with an S and the A in the middle was represented by a stylized triangle. It had a dual exhaust in the center and had a very square muscular profile. I suppose that is a fancy way of saying the rear was square and not pointed. Saveen maybe? Google isn't helping because I can't get close enough to the actual name.

The exhaust sound alone was beautiful. Throaty and powerful without being loud or obnoxious.

Shadowrun · #2 10-11-2006, 01:28 AM

Saleen S7 Twin Turbo ????

Shadowrun · #3 10-11-2006, 01:29 AM

Mod edit of large picture out of the thread. Click to see the pic.

Shadowrun · #4 10-11-2006, 01:31 AM

BTW i hate for posting 3 times in a row but im guessing im right since im pretty sure this is the only Saleen you will find in the us (S7).....

Am i right? Was this the car?

wdcbooks · #5 10-11-2006, 07:42 AM

You were correct that it was a Saleen. That is not the car though. This was a convertible and the back was much more square and the exhaust pipes were very close together.

I went to their website. It was definitely the S281.