Hand-built in Britain by a small team of experts, the Carbon Sport is the latest addition to the Noble M600 lineup. In many ways Noble were pioneers in the art of the fully exposed carbon body. After many exasperating experiments the company finally perfected this finish. Carbon Fibre is in its natural state a fabric. It stretches, it moves and however carefully you, lay-up, you can never be sure that the weave will look perfect. Therefore, only the very best panels are utilised for the build of a CarbonSport. Although an incredibly time consuming task, the originality and rarity of this finish makes it almost unique in automotive finishing. Noble took up the challenge of painstakingly mastering the perfect blend of carbon weave and colour. With its 90’s super-car appearance, its savage performance figures and its luxurious exclusivity, the Carbon Sport not only looks the part, but it would happily chew up a race track and then drive you home in relative comfort afterwards. The Carbon Sport shares the same specifications as its siblings, the ‘M600 Coupe’ and the ‘Speedster’.
The interior of the car has twin hide upholstery and gloss carbon-fibre trim as standard. Buyers have the choice to choose from leather, suede an advantage upholstery along with knurled wood trim and wool carpeting. The switches and instrumentation are bespoke to the M600, although some components are shared with Jaguar and Aston Martin models. The car is equipped with an adjustable steering column and driver’s seat while the pedals are offset to the left. The pedals are adjusted according to the owner’s preference in order to provide a good driving position. A highlight of the interior is the engine power control knob, similar to Ferrari’s Manettino dial, which allows the driver to choose from variable engine power outputs along with related turbo boost pressure (Road, Track and Race). The knob is present ahead of the gearshift knob on the dashboard. A traction control switch activates the limited traction control which is present to avoid oversteer. The interior is based on simplicity and is driver focused, inspired by the Ferrari F40 and due to this, it does away with climate control and modern infotainment systems.
The Noble M600 is a handbuilt British sports car manufactured by low volume automobile manufacturer Noble Automotive in Leicestershire. Construction of the car is of stainless steel and carbon fibre.The M600 comes in three specifications, the standard; which uses a fibre glass body; the carbon sport which uses a carbon-fibre body and the Speedster which is basically a targa top version. The M600 is hand-built by a team of 20 workers at the company’s Leicestershire facility. The M600 uses a steel backbone and aluminium chassis which is the same chassis used on the stillborn M15. The standard model uses carbon-fibre for vital body parts of the car and this allows it to have a curb weight of 1,250 kg (2,756 lb), although when independently tested, the standard model weighed 1,305 kg (2,877 lb). The M600 uses a 4.4 L (4,414 cc) Yamaha-built Volvo B8444S 60º V8 engine which is also used in the Volvo XC90 and S80. The engine used in the M600 is manufactured by Motorkraft in the US from B8444S crate engines with Garrett AiResearch twin-turbochargers equipped with variable boost.
