Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Rides : Yesterday, in Germany, between Brokdorf and Wilster, a 20-year-old driver crashed a Gumpert Apollo sports car with a value of at least € 300,000. The youngster was driving too fast in a curve and lost control of the vehicle.

Gumpert Apollo destroyed by a 20 years old driver

The driver and his 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
For those who don’t know, former Audi engineer Roland Gumpert’s Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH produces the high-dollar, high-performance, gullwinged Apollo supercar.
The Apollo is a 1,100 kg (2,400 lb) to 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) (depending on options), street-legal race car. It is a mid-engined, rear wheel drive two-seater constructed on a tubularchromoly frame, with fiberglass or optional carbon fiber body panels.
The manufacturers, Gumpert, claim the design of the Apollo is optimized so that the car could drive upside-down in a tunnel if driven at sufficiently high speeds (over 190 mph), though this remains to be tested.
There are 3 engine types available:
§  Base version - approximately 650 PS (478 kW; 641 bhp)
§  Sport version - approximately 700 PS (515 kW; 690 bhp)
§  Race version - approximately 800 PS (588 kW; 789 bhp)
Speed overview:
§  Top speed is 360.4 km/h (223.9 mph)
§  0-100 km/h (62 mph) reached in 2.9 seconds
§  0-200 km/h (120 mph) in 8.8 seconds.
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