Fenix Supercar Images Released

History has shown many examples of original founders of their companies leaving for whatever reasons to start a new company of their own.

Recently, that has happened in the automotive world with the Saleen/SMS Supercars debacle that resulted in Steve Saleen losing control of the company that bears his name. Lee Noble has left the original Noble Automotive to form a new company, Fenix Automotive. Some new images of that car have been released.

They don't show much, appearing to be just renderings - but we'll take whatever we can get. Unlike the cars from Noble Automotive, the Fenix will be available with two engines, sourced from the General Motors. Options consist of 480 horsepower LS3, or the 638 horsepower LS9 from the Corvette ZR1.

Lee Noble commented that he wanted this car to be different than what he has done in the past, saying: "The M12 was hugely successful, but we needed to move the game on in terms of design," said Lee. "The new car's styling owes nothing to what I've done before and has quite literally been a 'clean sheet' exercise from the start. It's edgy, with powerful lines, and aerodynamically will be in another league to any of my previous cars."

If you're interested, you better live in the United Kingdom - at least for now. The company says that the Fenix will go on sale in the second half of 2010, and that a foray into the United States is being considered. No official pricing has been released, but for the performance level it is expected to be a relative bargain.