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* [http://computified.blogspot.com/2007/02/gumpert-apollo-car-made-to-take-on-911.html Gumpert Apollo - A car made to take on 911 GT3 (Apollo Review with Pics. and videos).]
* [http://computified.blogspot.com/2007/02/gumpert-apollo-car-made-to-take-on-911.html Gumpert Apollo - A car made to take on 911 GT3 (Apollo Review with Pics. and videos).]
*[http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/19/gumpert-apollo-hybrid-begins-testing-at-nurburgring/ Gumpert Apollo Hybrid begins testing at Nurburgring]
*[http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/19/gumpert-apollo-hybrid-begins-testing-at-nurburgring/ Gumpert Apollo Hybrid begins testing at Nurburgring]
*[http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/12/gumpert-apollo-speed-to-debut-at-geneva-show/ Geneva Preview: Gumpert Apollo Speed promises ludicrous velocities]


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Gumpert Apollo
Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH
aka Type aka here, not up there
Production produced from when to when+total units made (optional)
Class Supercar
Body Style how many doors+how many seats+what type of body
Length length - type here
Width Width - type here
Height Height - type here
Wheelbase wheelbase - type here
Weight Weight - you get the point
Transmission transmission + drive
Engine 4.2 litre Audi-sourced twin turbo V8
3.3 litre V8 + 100kW electric motor
Power 650 hp @ N/A rpm
850 N·m of torque @ N/A rpm

630 hp @ N/A rpm
N/A N·m of torque @ N/A rpm
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Designer Designer (lead designer if it was a team effort)

The Gumpert Apollo is the first supercar produced by Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur GmbH in Germany. The Apollo is a street-legal race car with up to 650bhp weighing less than 1100kg. It has an Audi-sourced, 4.2L V8 engine with two turbochargers.

Prices start at 198.000 EUR (£190,000 GBP[1]) $380,000 USD

Designed to take on the Porsche 911 GT3, it is a mid engined, rear wheel drive two seater constructed on a tubular Chromoly frame, with fiberglass or optional carbon fiber body panels. An Audi 4.2L V8 engine is joined to a six-speed sequential gearbox. Estimated top speed is 360 km/h (223 mph) with 0-100km/h (0–62 mph) reached in 3.0 seconds.

The project is the creation of Roland Gumpert, a former Audi employee who oversaw many a rallying success working as competitions chief in their Quattro division. Gumpert's partner is Roland Mayer, the boss of German tuning house MTM.

Gumpert claims the car has as much downforce as any car that would run in the DTM German touring car championship and hopes to produce 150 Apollo's between 2005 and 2008.

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  • Gumpert is preparing a hybrid version of the Apollo supercar and plans to enter it in the 2008 Nurburgring 24-Hour race piloted by Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Dirk Muller. The vehicle is powered by a 3.3-liter 630 hp V8 supplanted by a 100kW electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack weighing 190 kilos in place of the regular car's 4.2-liter Audi twin turbo mill. Like other hybrids, the Apollo's setup will make use of braking energy to recharge its batteries.

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  • As of October 13, 2008, the Gumpert Apollo is the record holder for the fastest lap of a production car on the Top Gear test track.

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See Also

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GUMPERT

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Apollo


Roland Gumpert


Roland Gumpert Corporate website Indepedent


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