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Radical update

British sports car maker boasts new models and record sales

Plenty of good news from Radical, manufacturer of some of our favourite trackday tools. Bucking the trends of the current climate, it has announced record sales, a big turnover and plenty of orders in the bag for 2009.

In 2008 there's been 120 cars sold leading to a £10m turnover, and there's 40 customers with an order down as they await their car.

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Radical's range has also seen a host of updates, with the SR8 in particular gaining a stiffer, crash-tested chassis - improving safety and handling - while the steering is uprated and it comes complete with a 460bhp V8 that should see it smash the SR8 concept's unofficial sub-7min Nordschleife time, apparently.

The SR3 Supersport, Radical's best selling car, with more than 400 produced so far, also gets a host of revisions, with a revised chassis to comply with FIA production sports car safety standards, and a new front aero package to boost downforce. New Powertec Suzuki engines also gift the SR3 extra power.

The Radical SR5 Endurosport gets chassis and engine tweaks while the SR4 - evo's Trackday Car of the Year 2004 - gains a new variant with a 150bhp powertec engine which takes the price below £25k.

Read about the Radical SR3 taking on the Ferrari Enzo, McLaren F1, Ford GT and more right here.

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