The Noble M500 Is the F-150 Raptor-Powered Supercar That We Hope Gets Made

Noble isn't a well-known automaker here in North America. Most of our Noble knowledge comes from watching Richard Hammond drive one in an old Top Gear special. For those who don't know, Noble is a very small, boutique supercar maker from England and it continues to make old-school, driver-focused cars, while its more well-known competitors get more and more high-tech. Its latest project, the Noble M500, is still in pre-production but we sincerely hope it reaches actual production because it's one of the coolest supercar projects we've seen in ages. Not only is it a new mid-engine supercar with a manual transmission but it's powered by an F-150 Raptor engine.

Using a semi-pedestrian engine isn't unheard of for Noble. Its previous M600, the car Hammond drove for Top Gear, famously used a the Yamaha-built V8 from a Volvo XC90. Now, Noble turned to Ford and borrowed the F-150 Raptor's 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 for the M500 and the best part is that it's barely modified for supercar-duty.