Most people know Saleen for either their S7, or their special editions cars like the Saleen Mustang.

At the New York Auto Show, they unveiled their latest supercar, the S5S Raptor:

Saleen has done a great job with this car, I think it looks like a nice mix of a Lotus Elise, Tesla Roadster and Lamborghini Gallardo. I’d like to see it in person to see how small it really is…hopefully more like the Lambo over the Lotus (which the press release seems to say it is).

The Saleen S7 is priced well over $500,000, the new S5S Raptor is a much more reasonable $185,000. With a 5.0L 650hp 630 lb-ft of tq, the car is capable of doing 0-60 in just 3.2 seconds with a 200mph+ top speed…all while using E85 ethanol. It features 13″ rotors in the back, and massive 6-piston 15″ slotted rotors on the front:

I need to see it in person, but looks alone, I think I’d rather have this over a Lamborghini Gallardo…which was my previous upper $100k range favorite.

[Source: Autoblog]