Sprint to 100 km/h in 3 seconds? Here is Tera T63 - an ultra exotic from the Land of Smiles
Go on vacation to Thailand and come back with a... supercar? You wouldn't expect that Thailand would be associated with it, would you? Thailand isn't known for producing hardcore sports cars. In fact, it's not known for producing any cars. Until now. Here comes the Tera T63.
The founder of Teraz S Motor is Silapa Teeraniti, a Thai racing driver and motorsports promoter. In 2023, at the Bangkok International Motor Show, he presented the Tera T63 – a super sports car ready to compete in the Le Mans 24h race. But to be successful on the track, apart from its appearance, you have to take care of other parameters. It is worth considering the weight. The Tera T63 weighs only 890 kilograms (dry). This is comparable to the Oreca 07 car, with which the Inter Europol Competition won the most famous race in the world this year (it weighs 950 kg with fluids and the driver).
Tera T63 / press materialsAnother checkbox to tick off is the driving characteristics. The T63 has a racing suspension with double wishbones and adjustable stabilizers, AP Racing brakes and forged rims with slicks. A spectacular rear wing, advanced front splitter, a fin on the back and a giant diffuser - this is how the Tera looks aerodynamically. Functional and efficient.
Tera T63 / press materialsThe power source of the racer is a two-liter, turbocharged Honda engine. Following the example of the turbo-bakers Oreca, it is placed centrally. Silapa Teeraniti squeezed as much as 560 HP out of it, and to transfer the power to the rear wheels he employed a six-speed sequential gearbox. Thanks to all these procedures , the sprint to 100 km/h takes three seconds, but as you probably feel in your bones, this is not the most important parameter during the competition on the track during long-distance marathons. What counts is a sufficiently large downforce in the corners, and at the same time a sufficiently small one on the straights. What counts is the feel of the chassis and solid brakes. And in the event of a collision, safety counts - the Tera T63 has six-point seat belts and an on-board fire extinguishing system.
Tera T63 / press materialsThe Thai racing car does not yet have road homologation, but the plans are ambitious and perhaps one day you will see the ultra exotic weaving between the swarms of scooters on the night streets of Bangkok.
