The forgotten Polish Syrena Sport prototype from the late 1950s was revived recently by the brave entrepreneur Rafal Czubaj, who is hoping to see the new car entering production as a modern interpretation of the old roadster.
If you have no idea what a Syrena Sport is, we tell you that it was a Polish prototype sports car designed and built in the late ‘50s by some engineers over at FSO (Fabryka Samochodow Osobowych). It was a 2-door coupe built on a steel chassis and had a light fiberglass body, which gave it a total weight of just 710 kg (1,565 lb). It was powered by a 4-stroke 2-cylinder air-cooled boxer engine that developed around 35 bhp at 6000 rpm. The car never reached production due to general economic and political issues at that time.
The Syrena Sport was now revived, featuring a stunning body design, made by Pavlo Burkatskyy. Unlike the original car, most of the mechanical parts and chassis are coming from a Nissan 370Z. Having the 3.7-liter V6 developing 330 hp (450 hp when turbocharged) and weighting about 1,300 kg (2,865 lb), the car is estimated to have a top speed of 290 km/h (180 mph) and to be able to make a standing 100 km/h (62 mph) sprint in 5.4 seconds.
The Syrena Sport was now revived, featuring a stunning body design, made by Pavlo Burkatskyy. Unlike the original car, most of the mechanical parts and chassis are coming from a Nissan 370Z. Having the 3.7-liter V6 developing 330 hp (450 hp when turbocharged) and weighting about 1,300 kg (2,865 lb), the car is estimated to have a top speed of 290 km/h (180 mph) and to be able to make a standing 100 km/h (62 mph) sprint in 5.4 seconds.