Spies Hecker provides finish for road legal race car

June 06, 2017
Spies Hecker provides finish for road legal race car
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Independent Slovakian car maker Brutal has just launched the S1, its road legal, tuned-for-performance super sports car. The project was supported by Color Centrum Vráble s.r.o., Spies Hecker’s Slovak distributor.


Marian Lušpai, the founder of Slovakian car manufacturer Brutal, was inspired to create the car after he came across the Ariel Atom on a visit to England and was so impressed he vowed to built his own version.

Lušpai, a trained engineer, has now produced the Brutal S1, a light two-seater with a fibreglass, carbon and Airex special foam body over a tubular frame. It is powered by a 300hp two-litre turbocharged Subaru engine that is positioned behind the driver. The car weighs less than 900kg and can reach 100 km/h in less than four seconds.

For the design, Lušpai relied on the Academy of Art and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. The result is a flat, wedge-shaped body with sharply defined edges, gull-wing doors and a distinctive rear. The design is the work of Jakub Štarman, a student at the time who now works for Škoda.

One of the key aspects of the paint job was to avoid unnecessary weight. In order to achieve the required minimal coating thickness, the refinish professionals from Color Centrum Vráble s. r. o. used products that can be applied extremely efficiently in 1.5 spray passes, which helps to save material. Using Spies Hecker’s Permasolid® HS Vario Primer Surfacer 5340, Permahyd® Hi-TEC Base Coat 480 and Permasolid® HS Optimum Plus Clear Coat 8650 the team produced some impressive results. The snow-white Brutal S1 is real eye-catching and  has already attracted a lot of attention at trade shows and exhibitions.
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