The arrow Gets a V12 cleaner, a twin-turbo V8

Turin (Italy), 27 October 2016

Since the Thuringian sports car smithy Gumpert filed bankruptcy in the year 2013, is built by her Supersport Apollo a little in the air. But even 2014, a Chinese consortium called ideal team Ventures acquired the company and renamed Apollo of automobile. Also, you want to bring a new model on the market this arrow is called Apollo. As a study with a 1,000 HP of strong Twin-Turbo V8, it was 2016 unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. This car now but apparently Gets a completely new direction.

Cooperation with Glickenhaus

Developed is the car of Apollo in cooperation with the Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG, this is Jim Glickenhaus's company) and the Manifattura Automobili Torino (MAT). The super sports car specialist SCG was known by the racing car SCG003C competed at the 24 hours of Nürburgring and other VLN race, as well as at the Renntourenwagen event DMV GTC at the Hockenheimring in 2016. SCG developed also the corresponding vehicle called SCG003S (apparently the S for street, opposite C like circuit stands), 2017 will be presented at the Geneva Auto show.

New Apollo with a V12 engine from 2017?

First results of the co-operation is now not a gently further developed (series) version of the study shown 2016 in Geneva, but a totally redesigned car, so Apollo. This looks like doesn't show us the manufacturer still, but will put a V12 aspirated engine instead of the Twin-Turbo V8 in it. The vehicle with the project name Titan to be unveiled in the spring and 2017 participate in the Goodwood Festival of speed. The Twin-Turbo v-8 of the study is set but not shelved. He is the Apollo arrow drive S, a street version of Apollo. Both models use the chassis technology, which was developed for the SCG003C. (sl)

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