Los Angeles and Montreal - The launch of the magnificent Callaway C16 was the result of countless hours of preparation. Reeves Callaway, president of Callaway Cars and Callaway Golf, asked Paul Deutschman to design the new C16 back in April 2006. He also gave him the task of supervising the development process and making sure the entire project gets completed... all the way to the assembly phase.
In less than five and a half months, Paul managed to find craftsmen who helped him build his first pre-production model, an orange-colored C16 that was introduced last December at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. Callaway then honored us by choosing Montreal as the launch site of the first production model -- a strikingly good-looking red C16.
Longtime collaborator
Paul Deutschman has been working with Reeves Callaway for over 20 years. His first-ever rendition of the Callaway car (C4), nicknamed the "Sledgehammer", had a top speed of 406 kph (264.76 mph). It was actually based on a 1988 Corvette ZR-1 and the body was tuned in order to achieve record speeds. Under the hood was a 880-hp turbocharged engine.
In 1994, Paul designed a Callaway Corvette LM to race at Le Mans. That car proved to be the fastest, earning the pole position in its class. It would have won the event, but one of the drivers ignored the stop signs in the pits and vanished in the crowd. To this day, Paul still believes in a sabotage. The following year, Paul penned the carbon fiber C7, which went on to become the fastest car at Daytona. However, electrical problems doomed any chance of crossing the finish line, let alone winning the race. Never giving up, Paul then created the C12 from a Corvette Z06.
The last-born
The C16 is the newest Callaway. Working on the chassis of the C6 Corvette -- one of the greatest cars in the world, according to Mr. Callaway -- Paul began building a carbon fiber body. The prototype was entirely developed in Quebec. Thanks to the computer-generated plans obtained at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Paul was able to design all the body components in a way that would fit exactly with the car's anchor points.
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| The first production model of the Callaway C16. |
In less than five and a half months, Paul managed to find craftsmen who helped him build his first pre-production model, an orange-colored C16 that was introduced last December at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. Callaway then honored us by choosing Montreal as the launch site of the first production model -- a strikingly good-looking red C16.
Longtime collaborator
Paul Deutschman has been working with Reeves Callaway for over 20 years. His first-ever rendition of the Callaway car (C4), nicknamed the "Sledgehammer", had a top speed of 406 kph (264.76 mph). It was actually based on a 1988 Corvette ZR-1 and the body was tuned in order to achieve record speeds. Under the hood was a 880-hp turbocharged engine.
In 1994, Paul designed a Callaway Corvette LM to race at Le Mans. That car proved to be the fastest, earning the pole position in its class. It would have won the event, but one of the drivers ignored the stop signs in the pits and vanished in the crowd. To this day, Paul still believes in a sabotage. The following year, Paul penned the carbon fiber C7, which went on to become the fastest car at Daytona. However, electrical problems doomed any chance of crossing the finish line, let alone winning the race. Never giving up, Paul then created the C12 from a Corvette Z06.
The last-born
The C16 is the newest Callaway. Working on the chassis of the C6 Corvette -- one of the greatest cars in the world, according to Mr. Callaway -- Paul began building a carbon fiber body. The prototype was entirely developed in Quebec. Thanks to the computer-generated plans obtained at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Paul was able to design all the body components in a way that would fit exactly with the car's anchor points.
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| From the back, one can actually recognize a few traits of the C6 Corvette. |