Saleen published a video on their official Facebook page announcing “new and exciting visionary products, including an electric supercar” in a quest to attract investors. According to the video, “big things are happening at Saleen”, although the only cars we get to see are the Saleen S1 that was unveiled back in 2017, along with a trio of tuned Mustangs. A link below is sending us to a landing page on Saleen’s website that has a prospective investor form.
The company that once created the Saleen
S7 supercar will soon start accepting investments from any interested parties
with a minimum of $500. The goal is “to fund the next chapter of the Saleen
story”. The public announcement states that Saleen is “entering an explosive
growth cycle” while hinting at exciting projects including the electric
supercar. We guess that major investors will be given a more detailed
description of the upcoming projects.
Concerning the electric supercar, we have
nothing more but a teaser sketch included in the gallery that could be a sign
of things to come. The yellow-painted vehicle appears to have classic
mid-engined supercar proportions but most of its bodywork is intentionally
blurred hiding the design details. The last time Saleen was in a state of
growth was back in 2019 when it was launched in China with the help of Jiangsu
Secco Automobile Technology. The presentation included the unveiling of the MAC
electric crossover, and the MaiMai electric city car, together with an
announcement of an updated Saleen S7 in limited production form. Unfortunately,
the aforementioned and pretty ambitious plans have yet to materialize, while
Steve Saleen claims that the venture has stolen 40 years’ worth of intellectual
property from him.
The current range of the tuner includes
the Saleen 302 based on the Ford Mustang, the Saleen Sportruck based on the
Ford F-150, the Saleen GTX based on the Tesla Model S, and the upcoming Saleen
Bronco. The website is also mentioning the Saleen S1 mid-engined sportscar
featuring an aluminum chassis, a carbon-fiber body, and a turbocharged
2.5-liter four-cylinder engine producing 450 hp.