Arash Farboud is a British based Iranian entrepreneur. He is responsible for the development of the Farboud and Arash cars.

The Farboud Marque

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Biography

Arash Farboud attended St Faith's School and then The Perse School, Cambridge. He founded a company, Farboud Sports Cars making exotic British automobiles in 1998. The original car design was prompted by the refusal by Porsche GmbH to sell Arash Farboud a GT1 Road Car. The Porsche 911 GT1 had just swept to victory in the 24 hours of Le Mans, but road cars were sold by invitation only. Only five road going GT1s were made and used, ironically, mostly for racing, with one saved for the Porsche Museum. The sale of the Farboud family business, specialising in sterile medical supplies provided the funds, and the snub by Porsche provided the raison d'etre. Arash Farboud continues to be involved in the family's property, land, investments and other medical businesses. He is now not financially connected with Farboud Sports Cars, rebranded Farbio Sports Cars in 2007, but is currently working on his new range of supercars badged 'Arash Cars' including his AF10 and racing car projects. Arash is renowned for his collection of supercars from Lamborghinis to a Porsche Carrera GT featured in Evo Magazine as part of "The Incredibles" group test. St Faiths School is an independent preparatory day school at Trumpington Road, Cambridge, England, for boys and girls aged four to thirteen. ... The Perse School is a fee-paying secondary day school for boys 11–18 and girls at 16+ situated in Cambridge, England. ... Car redirects here. ... This article is about the auto company. ... The Porsche 911 GT1 was a racing car designed for competition in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and sold as a road car for homologation purposes. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... The Porsche Carrera GT is a supercar, manufactured by Porsche of Germany. ... Evo magazine is a British car magazine dedicated to performance cars, from hot hatches to supercars. ...

Arash explained in his blog at Lusso Magazine that he is now looking to place a deposit on a Bugatti Veyron, and is speculated to have done so already ^[1] Issue 9 Front Cover Lusso Magazine is a United Kingdom-based quarterly magazine dealing with all aspects of the luxury lifestyle market. ...

The GT and GTS

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The first Farboud, the GT, was similar in appearance to the 1996-99 Porsche 911 GT1 but powered by a twin-turbo v6 derived from the Audi S4. Porsche complained about the styling but only one vehicle was made and never sold on the open market. The Farboud GT turned up at the start of the 2005 Gumball 3000 rally in London as a star vehicle and continues to make appearances in the UK. Arash then turned his mind to a more marketable car and hired a stylist fresh out of school to help him develop a compact supercar formed around the same drivetrain. The Porsche 911 GT1 was a racing car designed for competition in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and sold as a road car for homologation purposes. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... Before the start of the Gumball 3000 in Pall Mall, London, 30 April 2006 The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000 mile (5000 km) international rally which takes place on public roads, typically in Europe. ...

The resulting prototype, the GTS, was a compact car with a steel tube frame, carbon fibre body panels, pushrod suspension with Öhlins dampers, and with engine power expected to be up to 580 hp on production models. The GTS was well received as a stunning looking car and expected to perform up to the promise of its appearance but had a high price tag. Link to Evo Pictures Öhlins Logo Öhlins (sometimes spelled Ohlins, pronounced: OH-LEEN) or Öhlins Racing AB, is a manufacturer of high-performance automotive, motorcycle, snowmobile, and ATV suspension systems based in Upplands Väsby just north of Stockholm, Sweden. ...

Farboud and Farbio Sports Cars

Farboud Sports cars was started in 2004 by Arash.

It was thought that the GTS was too big a project for so small a team; Farboud had hired ex-MTM engine tuners and ex-Lotus chassis engineers. So Chris Marsh was asked by Arash Farboud in 2004 to take the reins of daily running of the company so Arash could concentrate on supercar projects, racing, and his other family business commitments. Marsh had previous experience working on the Marcos and Invicta British Sports cars. Lotus Logo with monogram of its founder, Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. ... Marcos may refer to: // Dayton Marcos, a Negro League baseball team from Dayton, Ohio Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver Marcos Armas, Venezuela-born American baseball player Marcos Assunção, Brazilian football player Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player and 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Carvajal, Venezuela-born American baseball player Marcos... Invicta (meaning undefeated) is the motto of the county of Kent, England. ...

With the aim of maintaining the looks of the GTS and the expected performance, Marsh is rumoured to have addressed some points such as the low windscreen header (raised for production but with the profile maintained), the partially obscured rear window (the original GTS had a decorative vent right in the middle), the expensive pushrod suspension (now replaced by upright coilovers positioned nearly vertically above the control arms), the expensive Öhlins dampers, and most disruptively, replacing the defunct Audi-derived longitudinal mounted turbocharged engine(s) with transversely positioned naturally aspirated or supercharged, Cosworth-tuned Ford V6's based on the current Duratec found in Mondeos, Escapes and Five Hundreds. Cosworth Logo Cosworth is an automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958 specialising in engines for automobile racing. ... The Ford Mondeo is a large family car sold by the Ford Motor Company in various markets throughout the world. ...

The badge of the company is a yellow bow and arrow taken from the character Arash, an archer from Persian mythology. The mark is a lucky charm that Arash hit upon, after learning stories about the mythical character as a child. Statue of Arash in Borujerd Âraŝ, the Archer (Persian: Ä€raÅ¡-e KamāngÄ«r) is a heroic archer of the Persian mythology. ... Anthem SorÅ«d-e MellÄ«-e Īrān Â² Capital (and largest city) Tehran Official languages Persian Demonym Iranian Government Islamic Republic  -  Supreme Leader  -  President Unification  -  Unified by Cyrus the Great 559 BCE   -  Parthian (Arsacid) dynastic empire (first reunification) 248 BCE-224 CE   -  Sassanid dynastic empire 224–651 CE   -  Safavid dynasty...

Farboud exports to the USA will be handled from Miami, Florida. Farboud plans to have 50 GTS cars for export to the USA when production models are complete by 2007. Farboud also hope to export 20 GTS cars to Japan once final production model is under way. On-road production for the GTS is on track to be completed in late Summer of 2007. The suggested price of the GTS so far listed is £48,175. This article is about the city in Florida. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ...

In April 2007 it was announced that the company would be renamed Farbio Sports Cars.^[2]

The Farboud GTS is featured in the Xbox 360 game: Project Gotham Racing 3 and Test Drive Unlimited. It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. ... Test Drive Unlimited is an arcade-style racing game that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modeled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways. ...

Arash Cars

Arash Farboud, unhappy to see the planned GTS (Öhlins pushrod suspension, longitudinal 2.8L twin-turbo Audi-derived v6) so watered down from his original concept of a road-going racecar, has created a separate brand, Arash Cars^[3]. In mid-2006 Arash published sketches for the new car, the Arash AF10. Based on the graphics released, the car looks similar to the Enzo Ferrari, but powered by a Corvette V8 engine. The AF10 is to be priced at £170,000 apiece, about a third of the Enzo's list price. Although the original sketches have been compared to the Enzo, a mock up of the proposed shape showed an evolution away from the sketches in order to compensate for door openings and the result of wind tunnel testing for air vents. The wheel base has also been extended after a secret running prototype had revealed a better stability at higher speeds. This article is about the car. ... The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by Chevrolet since 1953. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle. ...

The AF10 is now being designed and assembled at his Cambridge facilities, with a close knit team able to make the car exactly as he wishes. The car is not likely to be produced in high volumes.

Arash Cars is a brand owned by Farboud Ltd, of which Arash Farboud is the sole shareholder. The AF10 is branded under the 'Arash Cars' banner and is gearing for production by November 2007. An body shell model was presented to the world press in conjunction with Carole Nash Motor Insurance as a taster of the car being prepared. A fully running prototype has been constructed and final touches to the car's styling are being made.

Other Activities

Arash Farboud is also the CEO of Unisurge, a pharmaceuticals company based on the same industrial estate as his supercar manufacturing workshop. He writes and gives interviews for many magazines, and also commonly writes for Lusso Magazine (including a blog covering the purchase and use of his Porsche Carrera GT). Issue 9 Front Cover Lusso Magazine is a United Kingdom-based quarterly magazine dealing with all aspects of the luxury lifestyle market. ...

External links

• Media:Arash Farboud.jpg
• Picture of Arash Farboud and the Farboud Cars GTS, courtesy of worldcarfans.com
• Arash Cars
• Farbio Sports Cars
• Lusso Magazine
• Arash's Staff Profile at Lusso Magazine
• Arash's Blog on the Porsche Carerra GT at Lusso Magazine
• Arash buys a Veryon over the phone from HR Owen, whilst going through a McDonalds drive thru
• Unisurge International Ltd

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