Melbourne Motor Show: Wolf In Sheep's Clothing

As promised, I’m at the Melbourne Motor Show this week. As soon as I got in I made a beeline for the one car that I had to see at this year’s show: the Bolwell Nagari. Australia’s Bolwell produced only about 800 cars in the 60’s and 70’s, and I was left wondering if the legend was ‘bigger’ than the car. But the redesigned Nagari did not disappoint. Unlike other car makers that have hopped on the retrostyling bandwagon, Bolwell designed the Nagari as a breed apart from its 20th-century predecessors. With its supercar lines, it doesn’t actually bear much resemblance to the original Nagari at all; the old and the new share only a name and a basic body style. The new Nagari has all the updated internals like a fully independent suspension and power-assisted ABS.  And powered by a 3.5 litre, all-alloy V6, with an optional supercharger, it’s a thoroughly upgraded in the power department as well—it really is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Go below the jump for some more views.