Gumpert Apollo Enraged

Gumpert have been taking names since 2005 when they rolled out the very first Apollo. Since then they’ve also developed the more mild mannered Tornante GT car. But the brutal Apollo has always been kinda their thing. Now, just in time for the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Gumpert have developed two even more hardcore versions of the Apollo, one for the track and one for the road. The track car, called the Gumpert Apollo R is an 860 hp monster. While the Apollo Enraged is a limited edition street car – limited to just three units.
The Apollo Enraged is fitted with a 780 horsepower 4.2 litre Audi-sourced V8, and it’s about the closest you can get to a Le Mans car and still be road legal. Weighing in at just 1,175 kgs (2,590 lbs) the Apollo Enraged has a phenomenal power to weight ratio, and that’s backed up by a chassis which has proven itself time and time again to be one of the world’s best.

Commenting on his latest creations, Roland Gumpert said; “Ok, so perhaps it is a bit crazy to take the most extreme, barely still street legal vehicle and make it even more extreme. But the idea behind the enraged, just like the Apollo R itself, embodies our philosophy and our understanding of PURE GERMAN SPEED with absolute consistency.” And lets face it. There’s no arguing with German engineers.

Porsche 913

Forgetting the Panamera, Cayenne and Macan, Porsche offer a pretty well-rounded sports car range. Starting with the Boxster and Cayman, and moving up the multitude of variations of the Porsche 911, all the way up to the 918 Spyder supercar. But there is a HUGE price gap between the top of the range 911 Turbo ($250,000 will all the options ticked), to the 918 Spyder ($800,000). Somewhere in that range Porsche could surely offer something to compete with the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. Something like the 913 possibly? Conceived by the fertile mind of Rene Garcia, a professional 3D modeller who has created conceptual vehicles and highly detailed models for some of the biggest movies of the past decade, including the Matrix Trilogy, Transformers, the latest Star Trekthrillers and The Avengers, the Porsche 913 is an exquisitely rendered design in every detail. It has a bit of the 918 Spyder about it, but there’s also a lot of originality to the design. It looks like a Porsche, but a

Lamborghini Canto – What the Murcielago could have been?

Back in the late 1990s, when Lamborghini were starting to realise they needed a replacement for the ageing Diablo, they started reviewing design proposals from various automotive design firms. Zagato’s offering was the Zagato L147 SuperDiablo, or as it was to be later known, the Lamborghini Canto. The Lamborghini Canto first appeared in 1998, it arrived only two years after another Zagato designed Lamborghini concept had been unveiled, the Diablo-based Raptor. The cars shared a number of similar features, including the wraparound windows, triangular lateral air intakes, and trademark double-bubble roof. However of the two, the earlier Raptor was probably the better looking. Clearly Ferdinand Piech – head of the Volkswagen Group – thought so too. After VW bought Lamborghini in 1999, one of his first decisions was to review the Canto’s development and redesign the concept. The car was re-engineered and the rear extensively restyled to include smaller air intakes. The engine was also up

BMW DK Concept

Lucas Herman Lopez (31) was born in a small town in Argentina. After high school, he perfected his techniques of drawing and learning about design. He now has six years working experience as a designer and is currently working in his own small design studio where he is making a sports car concept designs. Have more information about this car than please comment us or email us at roadstrikersIN@gmail.com Thank you

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