That's a Solstice? Breckland unveils Kappa-based Beira V8
UK-based Breckland Technology is no stranger to building fast cars, as the low-volume producer of niche sports cars includes Mosler as one of its clients. For the first vehicle branded with its own name, however, the company has introduced the Beira V8 soft-top roadster. The Beira is built on General Motors' Kappa platform, the same one that underpins the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters, but uses a 6.0L LS V8 producing 400bhp for go duties instead of an Ecotec four-cylinder. Weighing a bit over 3,000 lbs., the conservative though elegantly styled Beira will get to 62 mph in just under five seconds according to Brecklands. It's back by a Tremec six-speed manual transmission, HiSpec braking hardware at all four corners and 18-inch or 19-inch wheels that are 9.5-inches wide in the rear and 8.5 up front.    Read more ...