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The Silhouette in a dark studio, front three-quarter view, roof up, in the Heritage pack's British racing green. A long bonnet with a scoop runs between raised front wings that peak over the wheels. Two slim white LED light blades sweep up each wing where headlamps would be. An oval grille mouth with fine mesh sits in a brass surround above a carbon splitter. A thin brass pinstripe runs along the flank to a white roundel with a black 6 on the door, behind four gills. Tan soft top, forged multi-spoke wheels in dark grey with brass calipers. Off brief: the mirrors are round chrome bullets on stalks rather than slim modern pods.

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Kreation Silhouette

A two-seat British roadster with a long Le Mans bonnet and a supercharged 60° V6 made from two Triumph motorcycle triples, revving to 11,000 rpm in an 850 kg car.

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Kreation Silhouette

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issued26 Oct 2026
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The brief

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A two-seat British roadster built around one idea: take two high-revving motorcycle triples, join them on a common crank as a 60° V6, add a supercharger, and put the result behind the front axle of a light, long-bonneted body inspired by Le Mans.

It sits where a Morgan, a Caterham and a 1950s Le Mans racer overlap. It is a road car first, with a proper windscreen, a soft top, a heater and a boot you can use. The character comes from the engine. A bike-derived V6 that revs to 11,000 rpm sounds and responds like nothing else on a UK road at this price.

The engine sits behind the front axle and the gearbox at the rear, which gives close to even weight distribution while keeping the classic long-nose proportions. All performance figures are design targets or estimates, not tested numbers.

headline figures

Item Figure
Power 420 bhp at 10,750 rpm (target)
Kerb weight 850 kg (target)
Power to weight 494 bhp per tonne
Target UK list price £58k
Engine 2,320 cc supercharged 60° V6, front-mid, dry sump
Gearbox 6-speed sequential transaxle, rear mounted, paddle shift
0 to 62 mph Around 3.3 s (est.)
Top speed Around 165 mph (est.)
Weight split 47 : 53 front to rear (est.)

the name

  • Kreation, the marque. An independent British maker that grew out of motorcycle engine tuning, building cars the way 1950s endurance racers were built: light, simple, and fast for a long time.
  • Silhouette, the model. Named for the shape: the long bonnet, rising wings and headrest fairing that make the car recognisable from its outline alone.

Both names need trademark checks before use.

the parts

Each part has its own page.

  1. Exterior design and colours.
  2. Interior.
  3. Engine.
  4. Drivetrain, chassis and dimensions.
  5. Weight saving.
  6. Manufacturing and Teesside.
  7. Costs and build reality.

the renders

Seven AI-generated concept images, in British racing green with the Heritage pack and in the launch colour, Teesside Gunmetal, plus a grid of four more colours. The car comes across: long bonnet, light blades, oval brass mouth, gills and the ducktail. A few things drift.

  • The gear lever. The cabin has a tall lever with a ball knob on the tunnel. The car is paddle shift only, through a sequential box.
  • The mirrors. Round chrome bullets on stalks, where the brief has slim modern pods.
  • The engine cover. It is lettered V6 12000, which the brief doesn't mention.
  • The pinstripe. Clear on the green car, but faint or missing on the other colours, which should all have it.

The two blueprints are concept drawings.

open decisions

  • The headline price. Estimated costs put a realistic price at about £96k to £143k including VAT, well above the £58k target
  • Trademark checks on Kreation and Silhouette
  • An approval route for the LED light blades, probably with hidden projector modules behind them
  • A supply agreement with Triumph for the 1160 triple top ends

The plates

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The Silhouette in a dark studio, front three-quarter view, roof up, in the Heritage pack's British racing green. A long bonnet with a scoop runs between raised front wings that peak over the wheels. Two slim white LED light blades sweep up each wing where headlamps would be. An oval grille mouth with fine mesh sits in a brass surround above a carbon splitter. A thin brass pinstripe runs along the flank to a white roundel with a black 6 on the door, behind four gills. Tan soft top, forged multi-spoke wheels in dark grey with brass calipers. Off brief: the mirrors are round chrome bullets on stalks rather than slim modern pods.
01 · The Silhouette in a dark studio
Side profile in the studio, nose on the left, roof up. The long bonnet and low wraparound windscreen give way to the tan soft top. The wings rise over both wheels. Light blades sit in the front wing and red blades in the rear haunch, and four gills sit behind the front wheel. A brass pinstripe runs nose to tail and a white roundel with a black 6 is on the door. Forged wheels with brass calipers. Close to the brief.
02 · Side profile in the studio
Rear three-quarter view in the studio, roof down. A green headrest fairing rises behind the driver's seat, and the tan soft top is folded under a rail behind the seats. A small ducktail spoiler crowns the tail. Twin red LED blades sweep up each rear haunch above a carbon diffuser with twin centre exhaust exits. The brass pinstripe and the 6 roundel run along the flank. Through the riveted windscreen frame you can see the right-hand drive dash and a tan wheel. Off brief: the mirrors are round chrome bullets rather than slim pods.
03 · Rear three-quarter view in the studio
The right-hand drive cabin from above the passenger side, roof down. Quilted tan leather bucket seats with green Alcantara inserts and carpets, and a tan-rimmed three-spoke wheel with carbon paddles behind it. A machined aluminium dash carries a large central rev counter reading to 12,000 rpm with a small digital insert, flanked by round gauges, and a row of metal toggle switches labelled IGN, FUEL, LIGHTS, WIPERS, DRIVE and HAZARD. The dash top is green Alcantara under a riveted windscreen frame. Off brief: a tall gear lever with a ball knob and a leather gaiter stands on the tunnel, where the brief has paddle shift only for a sequential box.
04 · The right-hand drive cabin from above the passenger side
The engine bay with the front-hinged carbon bonnet raised, in British racing green. A polished, belt-driven supercharger and plenum sit on a V engine set back in a tubular spaceframe, with an aluminium radiator and chargecooler ahead of it at the nose. Light blades glow in the wing, and the brass grille surround and 6 roundel are in view. Off brief: the engine cover is lettered V6 12000, which nothing in the brief names.
05 · The engine bay with the front-hinged carbon bonnet raised
Seven views of the launch colour, Teesside Gunmetal, in a grid. In the studio with the roof up. From behind, roof down, on a terrace above a sea bay at sunset. In side profile, roof down, by a stone house. Driving a coast road. The cabin. The engine bay. From above, roof up, on stone paving. Clean finish with no roundel, brass grille surround, light blades and tan leather throughout. Off brief: the brass pinstripe is barely visible along the flanks, the cabin again has a gear lever, and the mirrors are chrome bullets.
06 · Seven views of the launch colour
Four colours, roof down, in a grid. Top left, Silhouette Red on cobbles above a sea bay at sunset. Top right, Harbour Blue on a wet quay in a marina at dusk. Bottom right, Midnight Black outside a lit building at night. Bottom left, Paddock Ivory in the courtyard of a stone villa. Every car has the brass grille surround, light blades, tan interior and brass calipers. Off brief: the brass pinstripe is faint or missing along the flanks.
07 · Four colours

The model

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Screenshot of the 3D model from the front three-quarter, untextured, on a road. The long-bonneted roadster in Teesside Gunmetal with its roof down: the oval brass-rimmed mouth over the carbon splitter, the wings rising over the front wheels, the side gills, the thin brass pinstripe, the low wraparound windscreen, the roll hoop and the headrest fairing behind the driver, on dark multi-spoke wheels with brass calipers.

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The drawings

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Blueprint-style cutaway, roof up, nose on the left. The radiator and chargecooler sit at the nose, with the supercharger fed by the bonnet scoop. The 2.32 litre 60° V6 sits fully behind the front axle in the steel spaceframe. A carbon prop shaft in a torque tube runs back to a six-speed sequential transaxle with a limited slip diff at the rear axle, and the 45 litre fuel cell sits above it. The exhaust runs under the car to the tail. Also marked: the roll hoop, the tan soft top, the LED light blades and the carbon splitter. A wheelbase of 2,400 mm and an overall length of 3,950 mm are dimensioned.
01 · Blueprint-style cutaway
Blueprint-style engine cross-section. Two three-cylinder banks, A and B, each with a 90 × 60.8 mm bore and stroke, stand at 60° on a shared crankshaft. The boosted plenum sits in the vee between them, on a bespoke billet crankcase with a dry sump.
02 · Blueprint-style engine cross-section

The parts

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