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2010 Saker Sniper

2010 Saker Sniper

2010 Saker Sniper

The Dutch-made Saker supercar uses a fiberglass body supported by a steel spaceframe and 2.0-liter Subaru engine.

Press Release

Just another new car manufacturer in the Netherlands? No, the Dutch car manufacturer called Saker Sportscars has already produced about 70 Saker sportscars, and its production department is able to produce about 25 Sakers a year.

Saker might not ring a bell to most people, but quite a lot of motorsport fanatics are most definitely familiar with the Saker sportscar. Saker Sportcars has been producing two different kinds of models since 2003, the Saker GT and Saker Sprint.

The cars are exclusively developed for the racetrack, and have won quite a number of championships already.

Saker Sportscars is a car manufacturer that works to Dutch standards, a highly developed product and production process are the main principles to offer the driver extraordinarily performances against appealing prices.

For the first time since Saker’s founding in 2002, Saker has revealed two new models on the 20th of October, called the Saker RapX and Saker Sniper! The outbalanced design has been realized with a great sense of detail and intensive aerodynamic analyses.

The Saker RapX and Saker Sniper are ready to cross boundaries to be shown to the rest of Europe. Saker has distributors in England and Belgium, Germany will be the next in line.

In England the Saker Sportscar Challenge UK will start in 2011, a championship with Sakers only, exactly like it has been done on the Dutch racetracks for some years already.

In Detail

type Racing Car
built at Holland
engine Subaru B4
displacement 2000 cc / 122.05 in³
power 205.1 kw / 275 bhp
specific output 137.5 bhp per litre
bhp/weight 359.48 bhp per tonne
torque 350 nm / 258.1 ft lbs
body / frame Fiberglass body over Steel Frame
driven wheels RWD
front brakes Slotted Discs w/Tarox 6-pot Calipers
rear brakes Slotted Discs w/Tarox 6-pot Calipers
front wheels F 38.1 x 21.6 cm / 15 x 8.5 in
rear wheels R 38.1 x 26.7 cm / 15 x 10.5 in
curb weight 765 kg / 1687 lbs
wheelbase 2580 mm / 101.6 in
front track 1540 mm / 60.6 in
rear track 1440 mm / 56.7 in
length 4280 mm / 168.5 in
width 1830 mm / 72.0 in
height 1030 mm / 40.6 in
0 – 100 kph ~3.4 seconds
fuel capacity 70 litres or 18.48 gal.