{{Short description|1980s Concept car}} {{Infobox car | name = Kodiak F1 | production = 1983–1989 (6 units built, 5 destroyed) | assembly = Technical University of Munich Munich, Germany | designer = Mladen Mitrovic | body_style = 2-door coupé | class = Concept car | chassis = Space frame | layout = Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive | engine = {{cvt|5733|cc}} ''Chevrolet L48'' V8 | powerout = {{cvt|450|hp|kW|0}} @ 5000 rpm <br /> {{cvt|600|Nm|0}} @ 4000 rpm <br /> (Projected) | transmission = 5-speed ZF manual | wheelbase = {{cvt|2745|mm}} | length = {{cvt|4340|mm}} | width = {{cvt|1980|mm}} | height = {{cvt|1120|mm}} | weight = {{cvt|1290|kg}} }}
The '''Kodiak F1''' was one of the first concept cars designed with CAD.
== History == The car was first displayed at the 1983 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car was the project of Mladen Mitrovic, the owner of a convertible roof manufacturing company, Speed & Sport, who designed the car with the help of the Technical University of Munich and the help of the first computer-aided design.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kodiak F1 1983 (german daydream) |url=https://gtsupreme.com/kodiak-f1-1983/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=gtsupreme.com}}</ref> The car's frame is a tubular design, made of Kevlar, carbon fiber, and epoxy. The interior of the car is made entirely of off-the-shelf Momo parts. The car had a Chevrolet L48 V8 engine, Brembo brakes from a Ferrari 288 GTO, a ZF 5-speed gearbox, Pirelli tires from a Lamborghini Countach, and Koni shock absorbers. The original concept was proposed with a tuned Chevrolet L48 V8, with new forged pistons, Brodix cylinder heads, a higher compression ratio, and a significantly lighter than stock flywheel. The drag racer Larry Ofria had over 30 orders for the car, and as such took it to California to make the car road-legal, but it could not pass noise regulations. After this, Mitrovic managed to get Waggonfabrik Rastatt to manufacture the bodies for the Kodiak; however, a fire destroyed the negative molds for the car. For the next decade, Mitrovic unsuccessfully attempted to sue the coachbuilding company.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-14 |title=Kodiak F1 Flügeltürer mit bis zu 450 PS |url=https://www.autozeitung.de/kodiak-f1-100307.html |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=autozeitung.de |language=de}}</ref> As time passed with the project still "under construction<nowiki>''</nowiki>, the quoted price of the car rose from $48,000 to $117,000. Short on money and investors, Mitrovic gave up on the project in 1989. Six units were built; however, only one example survives.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Linz |first1 = Harald H. | last2 = Schrader | first2 = Halwart |title=Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie |language = de | year=2008 |isbn=9783803298768 |chapter= Kodiak}}</ref> The surviving unit is the original prototype shown at the 1983 Frankfurt Motor Show, abandoned outside of a Californian car collectors' shop since at least 1990 where it was found and sold on eBay in 2009 for US$50,000.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Dan |date=2009-01-25 |title=Rare Kodiak F1 gullwing prototype on eBay |url=https://www.autoblog.com/features/rare-kodiak-f1-gullwing-prototype-on-ebay |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Autoblog: Car News, Reviews and Buying Guides |language=en}}</ref>
== Acceleration data == In the November 1987 issue of Auto Motor und Sport, a unit of the Kodiak F1 was tested; however, it had to use a stock L48 engine to be road legal in Europe, meaning that instead of having its projected {{cvt|450|hp|kW|0}} and {{cvt|600|Nm|0}}, it would have {{cvt|296|hp|kW|0}} and {{cvt|460|Nm|0}}. This detuned Kodiak F1 would have a tested acceleration of: {| class="wikitable" |0–60 kph |3.2 s |- |0–100 kph |5.8 s |- |0–140 kph |10.2 s |- |0–180 kph |17.0 s |- |0–200 kph |22.1 s |- |1000 m |25.2 s |- |40–100 kph (4th gear) |6.9 s |- |60–120 kph (5th gear) |8.7 s |- |1/4 mile |13.7 s |- |Top speed |230 kph (143 mph) |}
== References == {{reflist}} ;Bibliography *{{cite magazine |date=November 1987 |title=Kodiak F1 Deutscher Super Sportwagen |language = de | url=https://media.fastestlaps.com/f08bc0a3b3cf.png?550x800m |magazine=Auto Motor und Sport |page= 13}}
Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Cars introduced in 1983 Category:Automobiles with gull-wing doors Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany Category:Concept cars Category:Cars discontinued in 1989