BAC is widely regarded as a technological front-runner in the automotive industry. As an agile SME, the company acts as the perfect incubator for the latest innovations and has proved ground-breaking concepts within its pioneering research and development projects. As such, BAC has a number of impressive world-firsts under its belt that have hit headlines around the world.

WORLD FIRSTS

2011: In a world where first never follows, BAC was the first manufacturer to create a road-legal, single-seater supercar.

2016: BAC became the first company in the world to develop hybrid carbon-composite wheels, which were revealed at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The BAC team designed the carbon-composite wheels in collaboration with British performance wheel manufacturer, Dymag.

2016: BAC scooped another world-first when it became the first manufacturer to develop a car featuring panels incorporating the use of graphene – an innovative and lightweight material. Graphene enhances the structural properties of carbon fibre to make panels stronger and lighter with improved mechanical and thermal performance. 

BAC first implemented graphene-enhanced carbon fibre composites on the rear wheel arches for the original Mono, but the company has gone on to produce the Mono R and new BAC Mono with every single panel made up of the material.

2019: BAC worked with engine partner Mountune to transform Mono’s 305bhp engine into a record-breaker. The team increased the cylinder bore size and reduced the billet crankshaft stroke to optimise power, resulting in a staggering 340bhp unit for the Mono R. This engine claims the highest normally aspirated specific output of all time for a road-legal production model – with its 2.5-litre unit delivering a truly remarkable 136bhp per litre.