Factory Five 818 Wins Top 10 at SEMA!

[Mad Dog]

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A year ago at SEMA 2012, we showed our prototype 818. This year, we brought four 818s to the SEMA party and walked away with two significant awards and a ton of attention for our newest Factory Five model. The 818 earned Sony Playstation’s Gran Turismo “Best Domestic” Award and it was one of only five finalists to be recognized by Sony Playstation.

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One of the 818s at SEMA was placed in the Wilwood Brakes booth. That car was special because it had custom hand-laid carbon fiber body panels and dash and aero parts. It was also a right-hand-drive model. The car was selected #3 out of 10 finalists for ”Top 10 Carbon Fiber Themed Vehicles of SEMA 2013″!

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The 818S had some VERY exclusive company on this Top 10 list. The number 2 car was GoPro’s Pagani Huarya, a hugely expensive custom supercar. The number 1 position was occupied by a stunning 1969 Mustang by The Ringbrothers with a full carbon chassis and body.

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The 818 has, in one short year, earned a tremendous amount of attention and awards. The car was featured in Road & Track Magazine and Automobile Magazine. It has been on the cover of Kit Car Build Magazine and it was on the cover of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine where it also earned a 2013 Editors’ Choice Award by GRM. Online, the car was featured and earned rave reviews on Yahoo! Autos section. At this year’s SEMA Show, the car walked off with these two major awards.

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This particular 818 was built in-house by tech guru Tony Zullo and his crew. The paint is custom Sherwin Williams green metallic. The carbon panels were molded in-house by our master molder John Crowell. The car was built with a normally aspirated Subaru Impreza donor car.

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The car is on display at Factory Five Racing and may make its way to our distributor down under in Australia.

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Click here to see the full Top 10 List of Carbon Fiber Rides at SEMA 2013. (http://www.drivingline.com/2013/11/weaving-together-prestige-and-performance-top-10-carbon-fiber-themed-vehicles-of-sema-2013/)

[Frank818]

Well there you go!!!! Now we're talking!!!! After all these years and efforts it pays off!

And you can understand why on Saturday the 9th I placed my order, just before those hundreds people from SEMA so that I won't wait longer to get "my" 818. :) Mine will be in my Top 1! :D

[Canadian818]

Congratulations to the entire FFR team and their accomplishments at this years sema! Can't wait for my kit to arrive, and become a part of the 818 community.

Did anyone weigh the green car?

[AZPete]

Kudos, congrats and more to all at Factory Five for an amazing job on the 818. It makes me proud to be a customer!

[Movieman]

I absolutely hate green cars. I don't care what shade I can't stand them BUT this one grabbed my eye.
It is stunning and that is the only word I can think of to describe it.
Now I'm orginally from Mass and you folks are located in Mass but you must all be transplants because
Massachusetts just doesn't produce people with this kind of talent!:D

[Frank818]

Massachusetts just doesn't produce people with this kind of talent!:D

I thought FFR was in Maryland.

[jkrueger]

I thought FFR was in Maryland.

Wareham, MA

[Frank818]

Oh sorry, I did exactly what I always do with the States' ISO codes: I mix up MD and MA!

[THE ITALIAN]

Now I'm orginally from Mass and you folks are located in Mass but you must all be transplants because
Massachusetts just doesn't produce people with this kind of talent!:D

You are allowed only ONE of those, only one and we will forget about it…………………….unless we need it later.
My mom is from there, she likes GREEN and hates cars, My mother used to say "God Will Get ya"

To respond to your statement below; I think Dave Smith is from Huntington Beach Ca.
It's not that us Californians are talented, it's the great weather $. With success comes the ability to pay
the excessive taxes and expensive real-estate, and to tolerate the politics (psychotics)
A mile from me, a 1/3 acre DIRT lot with beach access is 7 million, then you have to "get permission" to build it.
That can take 2 years- HOA fees can be over $500 per month ! we are actually nuts.
We do have the highest prison population also. If F5 was in our state, the product would be much more expensive and only turn left.
That's not a NASCAR joke

[Movieman]

You are allowed only ONE of those, only one and we will forget about it…………………….unless we need it later.
My mom is from there, she likes GREEN and hates cars, My mother used to say "God Will Get ya"
LOL, I spent my first 48 years in Mass. I was making a joke to be blunt.
After visiting FFR, meeting the people there and seeing just how excellent a group of products they have brought to
the public it just surprises me as usually we see state of the art coming out of Calif not the east coast.

[Oppenheimer]

East Coast Yo!