Bristol Readies Bullet Sports Car

The relaunched Bristol Cars Ltd. plans to make a production version of the camouflaged Project Pinnacle concept car it showed at last month’s Goodwood Festival of Speed near London.

The U.K.-based boutique carmaker is expected to unveil the new sports car, which will be called the Bristol Bullet, as early as next week. Sales will begin in the first quarter of 2017. The car will feature a carbon fiber body and be powered by a BMW-sourced 4.8-liter V-8 engine, Autocar reports.

The Bullet will be the last Bristol car equipped with a naturally aspirated engine, according to the British enthusiast magazine. Previous reports have suggested Bristol will switch to hybrid-electric power systems in coming years. Bristol’s first vehicle, the 1947 400, also featured a BMW engine, although carmaker has used a variety of Chrysler powerplants in the past.

Formed in 1945 as a spinoff from Bristol Aerospace, Bristol Cars hasn’t produced a vehicle since it stopped making the Fighter sports car in 2011. The company was purchased out of receivership in 2013 by the U.K.-based Kamkorp Group, which operates Frazer-Nash Research Ltd.