California efficiency marque Rezvani late on Wednesday revealed the 2024 Beast, the successor to the corporate’s debut mannequin launched a decade in the past.

Key options embody a mid-engine format, courtesy of a donor C8 Chevrolet Corvette chassis, in addition to a light-weight carbon-fiber physique and twin-turbocharged 6.2-liter V-8.

Rezvani builds all of its autos on donor chassis. The unique Beast used the chassis of the U.Okay.’s Ariel Atom, which helped cut back the curb weight to a lithe 1,470 kilos. The 2024 Beast is heavier at 2,960 kilos, but it surely additionally has much more energy.

The height output is 1,000 hp, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 9.6 seconds, in keeping with Rezvani. Drive is to the rear wheels through the donor Corvette’s 8-speed dual-clutch automated.

The 2024 Beast rides on 20-inch wheels up entrance and 21-inch wheels on the rear. They’re wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires measuring 275/30 on the entrance and a large 355/25 on the rear.

Distinctive dihedral doorways open vertically, whereas a detachable roof panel provides the automobile a targa-style opening for an open-air driving expertise. Rezvani additionally redesigned the donor Corvette’s inside for the Beast.

The 2024 Beast is restricted to twenty examples, every priced from $485,000. A protracted listing of choices will shortly inflate that value. The listing contains a variety of options usually discovered on armored sedans and SUVs, together with ballistic safety for the physique and home windows.

Rezvani additionally gives a 007 Bundle, the identify chosen as a nod to the world’s most well-known spy. Included within the package deal are security options like sirens, blinding lights, magnetic useless bolts, electrified door handles, a thermal evening imaginative and prescient digital camera, military-rated run-flat tires, a pepper spray dispenser, and even a smoke display.