Quando si parla di supercars esagerate anche la Germania si fa avanti.
No! Non stiamo parlando della Bugatti Veyron della Vw, ma della Gumpert Apollo.
Ex dipendente Audi, Roland Gumpert ha pensato bene di crearsi la "sua" supercars personale, secondo le proprie idee ed esperienze maturate in tanti anni di progettazione all'Audi. Partendo da un motore 8 cilindri di derivazione ... Audi, adeguatamente turbocompresso ... Gumpert ha ottenuto una vera supercars stradale, potente ma soprattutto leggera ed estremamente performante.
Del resto basta guardare le foto e leggere la scheda tecnica per rendersene subito conto ...




GUMPERT APOLLO - TECHNICAL DATA
2-seater super sports car with a mid-engine arrangement chrome-molybdenum steel chassis with an integrated carbon monocoque as safety cell, gullwing doors, fibreglass body, 26.4 gall. (U.K.) stainless steel tank behind the passenger cell with integrated catch tank, long and pushrod-operated double wishbone suspension with fully adjustable dampers front and rear and anti roll bar in front, ground clearance adjustable between 40 and 120 mm, two circuit ABS brake system with six piston callipers, inside ventilated discs (378x32mm) all around, brake cooling system in the front, and presets for wet, dry, and race conditions.
 
Dimensions
 
Length
mm/in
4,460/175.6
 
Width
mm/in
1,998/78.6
 
Height
mm/in
1,105/43.5 (without air intake)
 
Wheel base
mm/in
2,700/106.3
 
Track front / back
mm/in
1,670/65.7 - 1.598/62.9
 
Boot volume
l
150

 
Weight
 
Weight1)
kg/lbs
below 1,100/2,420 (dry weight)
 
Permissible overall weight
kg/lbs
1,450/3,197
 
Load
kg/lbs
200/441
 
Approved axle load front - back
kg/lbs
600/1,322 – 900/1,984

 
Motor
V8-cylinder-Biturbomotor with 90° cylinder angle, Closed-Deck light metal crankcase, light metal cylinder heads with five valves per cylinder, four overhead camshafts, variable time of ignition (Vario Cam direct) on the intake, hydraulic valve clearance compensation, dry sump lubrication2), double-flow exhaust system with 3-way catalytic converter, four Lambda probes for gas mixture and diagnostics, On-board diagnostic system, Intercooler, engine management ME7.1.1, electronic ignition with a rested ignition distribution (eight ignition coils), sequential multipoint fuel injection, electronic accelerator system (drive-by-wire)

 
Cylinder / type / valves per cylinder
 
8 / 90°-V/5
 
Cubic capacity