EV-Controls.com built a Factory Five 818C with 2 Tesla electric motors, 2 Chevy Volt battery packs and it did a quarter-mile run in 9.3 seconds at 137.9 mph.

Why spend $300,000 on a McLaren when you can get an experience that rivals it for under $30,000? Meet the Factory Five 818, a lightweight, high-performance kit car that blends affordability with ...

The ingenuity of those who want to go fast is something to be admired. Take, for example, one plucky company that combined Factory Five's 818C kit car with powertrain components from both a Tesla ...

Factory Five will give you $500 off the purchase of your kit when you attend the build school. That means your three-day build school would cost you only $200 out of pocket in the end.

But Factory Five has a Subaru-powered alternative that might catch your eye. Called the 818C, it's a tube frame kit car with a fiberglass body and a Subaru WRX or WRX STI engine mounted right ...

To make the 818C even more enjoyable on and off the track, Factory Five gave the kit car a removable hardtop for unlimited headroom. Besides getting a removable top, the new 818C receives a rear ...

When completed, our Factory Five Roadster will weigh around 2,200-2,500 pounds and will have over 500 lb-ft of torque. With these numbers in mind, DTS recommended a 3.27 ratio to match our power ...