The Local Motors Rally Fighter is still going strong
two years after the first deliveries of this 2000-unit purpose-built off-road
racer’s production run. With 50-state compliance on lighting and emissions, the
road-legal Rally Fighter runs a 6.2-liter V-8 to the giant rear wheels before
reaching a tire-limited top speed of 131 mph.
Available for special orders from anywhere on the
globe, the Rally Fighter is one of the most unique and exciting launch models
from a new manufacturer. Outside the muddy ruts of the English countryside and
the mutant Land Rovers , like the Bowler EXR-S and RallyRaid DW3 , most new
supercar ventures are focused on the 6-lane drag strips of central Dubai.
Local Motors takes a totally different path, with
its unique engineering and prototype method leveraging the passion and skills
of the internet to draw in R&D talent from across the world.
The result is a steel space frame and crash cage
that looks Armageddon-proof, and suspension travel and off-road prowess to stop
a 2014 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition in its tracks. The final piece of
the Rally Fighter puzzle is this: styling so otherworldly that it causes more
of a stir in traffic than taking the Gravedigger monster truck to the grocery
store.
