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Mulgari. Sounds like a knock-off aftershave from Brixton market, doesn"t it? Turns out it"s actually a Berkshire-based BMW tuner. One that"s been burning the midnight oil to "create a car full of purist driving dynamics" in order to be a true "homage to the great Bavarian driving machines, past and present". It"s all well and good saying that, but let"s talk real for a minute: what we have is a modified 240i that"s been fettled to go faster. It"s called the ICON03. And, as you can see, it"s quite a bit wider than standard. Front tyre width has been bloated out to accommodate 255 cross-section tyres with 275s out back. That extra rubber helps get the 435 lb ft of torque from the modified turbocharged straight-six to the road. However, we"ve not been given any power figures. Mulgari says "performance of the engine hasn"t been a focus" but "under 500 bhp is where a true drivers" car lies". So, after consulting our giant Top Gear calculator, we"ve deduced it will have somewhere between 1 and 499bhp. We"d like to think it"s nearer that upper limit. Where the engine wasn"t an area of focus, we"re told that the chassis and suspension were "a major focus" when developing the ICON03. However, Mulgari has failed to say exactly what it"s done. Or who has done it. So if we use their previous system of vagaries, it could either be fitted with suspension off an old mountain bike they bought from GumTree, or trick multi-link suspension with horizontal coil over shock absorbers. Or something in between.
Date written: 9 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15966
Mulgari. Sounds like a knock-off aftershave from Brixton market, doesn"t it? Turns out it"s actually a Berkshire-based BMW tuner. One that"s been burning the midnight oil to "create a car full of purist driving dynamics" in order to be a true "homage to the great Bavarian driving machines, past and present". It"s all well and good saying that, but let"s talk real for a minute: what we have is a modified 240i that"s been fettled to go faster. It"s called the ICON03. And, as you can see, it"s quite a bit wider than standard. Front tyre width has been bloated out to accommodate 255 cross-section tyres with 275s out back. That extra rubber helps get the 435 lb ft of torque from the modified turbocharged straight-six to the road. However, we"ve not been given any power figures. Mulgari says "performance of the engine hasn"t been a focus" but "under 500 bhp is where a true drivers" car lies". So, after consulting our giant Top Gear calculator, we"ve deduced it will have somewhere between 1 and 499bhp. We"d like to think it"s nearer that upper limit. Where the engine wasn"t an area of focus, we"re told that the chassis and suspension were "a major focus" when developing the ICON03. However, Mulgari has failed to say exactly what it"s done. Or who has done it. So if we use their previous system of vagaries, it could either be fitted with suspension off an old mountain bike they bought from GumTree, or trick multi-link suspension with horizontal coil over shock absorbers. Or something in between.
Date written: 9 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15966
