(I hope if releasing day by day format will be not cheating here squid
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Airborne Automotive at their exhibit showed today one new car, the Knossos and basic specs of F15 Patricia well known from AMWEC 2015, this one from the start line.
First car, the Knossos, is a huge SUV that works as replacement for Arthemis, one of longest-produced vehicles for company which was also the only vehicle available in Africa oficially from 1990 to November 2006. New SUV is practically the opposite of it's precedessor - it's no longer spartan, it's fitted with luxury but it's still capable in offroad thanks to AWD and lifted suspension configured specially for mud roads and various surfaces (except rocks - this car is not rock crawler). It utilises hard long life road to be useful as in off-road, as on the street. Design features clues from newest Airborne cars, such as F15 Patricia, Cerera, Megi or even some clues from Auxuras vehicles, because some designer from them helped us (we won't tell which one, due to his boss and wife
). Knossos appears in three versions of engines, but the cars look the same in fact (except rims):
1. Standard (with turbocharged inline 6)First engine available for Knossos is 2500cc inline 6 with turbocharging known from new Alpha, but tuned for moving such a heavy vehicle as the Knossos is. With tune-up to 400 hp, cutting redline down for better off-roading, automatic torque converter (which is uncommon gearbox in our company and in fact for now appears only in Knossos), McPherson struts in front and MultiLink suspension in rear this two ton tank can go to 100 km/h in time not exceeding 7 seconds and can reach acceptable top speed of 219 km/h.
Price (MY2016): 168.720 $
2. Knossos S (with NA V8)Second engine that you can select for Knossos is V8 NA one delivered from Cerera and slightly detuned for better off-roading use (505 hp vs 494 - not really a difference, huh?). It features the same equipment as the I6 - just another engine. Of course, suspension is slightly stiffened in comparison to the weaker one, and the car is really faster - Knossos S can reach 254 km/h and 4.4 seconds to 100 with ease despite fact it weighs 2139 kilos! Currently it's the heaviest car we offer in the company, by the way.
Price (MY2016): 204.390 $
3. Knossos Speed 12 (V12!!!)The last one is the best one - what will happen if you will give Knossos S to Airborne Speed Division which is featured with speed freaks? Knossos Speed 12! It features V12 engine with no turbocharging specially made for Knossos. It has over 600 hp and with sequential gearbox it can move itself to 100 in unreal time of 3.5 seconds and can reach 290 km/h which pulls Knossos into performance area of Bentley Bentayga! The Knossos S12 is put on display in fact - don't be fooled by V8 badges, it's just our mismatch which we decided to trick out spy photographs.
Price (MY2016): 254.800 $
F15 Patricia basic specs:Top Speed: ~340 km/h
0-100: ~3.3 sec
Engine: V6 DOHC 3899cm3
Maximum Power: 479 hp @ 7900 rpm
Maximum Torque: 461 Nm @ 6500 rpm
Weight: ~1150 kg
Airborne Automotive is open for interviews and questions, we will answer them all!
Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:02 pm 
Prices start at $78,595 for the I6 Diesel, and go up to $123,845 for the L12X trim. All Monolith M161 come fully equipped. 
