Gumpert Appollo

[gareth_oau]

No doubt you would have heard about and drooled over the not-too-well-known Gumpert Appollo.




It turns out that its just done a lap of Nurburgring in 7.11, compared to Nissan's claim of 7.26.


Just reading Motor magazine and what I wasnt aware is two things:


1/ the Gumpert uses a twin turbo 4.2L Audi V8, offering 515kW and 848Nm.
2/ company founder Roland Gumpert was the man who introduced Quattro to Audi's WRC program

[static1800]

It also happens to be the quickest road legal car around the top gear test track.

[velly_16v_cab]

the blue one was at the GTI Internation this year in the uk....and was up for sale on Piston Heads sortly after.

lovely looking car IMO

[MattyT]

I think the Apollo is quite the ridiculous looking car and would point and laugh at anyone who dared take one onto city streets.

That said, if it rocked up to the track I would be on my knees in worship

[Blitzen]

I think it is an amazingly sexy car...

[gareth_oau]

I think the Apollo is quite the ridiculous looking car and would point and laugh at anyone who dared take one onto city streets.

That said, if it rocked up to the track I would be on my knees in worship

too bad Matty, I'm picturing myself going shopping in it on a saturday

[static1800]

Just watched the Top Gear review of it, hey bag it out big time for how it looks.

Function > Form any day

[Treza360]

Yeah I think it looks alright hey. I think they get confused often on Top Gear about style and fashion in exactly the same way people get confused about it in the clothing industry.
Fashion is fleeting. Style is forever.
Cheers,
Trent

[MattyT]

Fashion is fleeting. Style is forever.

This is true, and what I was getting at this that the style of the gumpert is just far too race car for city streets. It is purely functional sure, but road cars are meant to look at least kind-of nice since all they'll ever do is 110kph, riiiight? ;P

[team_v]

I never really liked the Appollo.
Sure it has a lot of power and is lightweight but it has no appeal.

It may beat the GTR around the ring but it has a V8 TT as opposed to a 6 Cyl TT.
It is also more of a race spec'd car than a GTR so it isn't really comparable.
As said previously, the GTR just has more visual appeal as a normal car.

[Golf Houso]

I never really liked the Appollo.
Sure it has a lot of power and is lightweight but it has no appeal.

Sure it can beat the GTR around the ring but it has a V8 TT as opposed to a 6Cyl TT.
It is also more of a race spec'd car than a GTR so it isn't really comparable.
As said previously, the GTR just has more visual appeal as a normal car.

Yeah, but for all intensive purposes the GTR that did that mythological 7.26 was never revealed to the public, nor could the times ever be replicated to within even 10 seconds by a third party; is even less of a street car than the Gumpert.

[team_v]

Yeah, but for all intensive purposes the GTR that did that mythological 7.26 was never revealed to the public, nor could the times ever be replicated to within even 10 seconds by a third party; is even less of a street car than the Gumpert.

To a degree you are right.
It was probably some super tuned beast with race spec'd go fast bits.
However, you can still buy a GTR here and make it go fast for a lot less than a gumpert appollo.

You can also drive one down the street and it can look like a normal car.
I never really got the idea behind trying to pass the Appollo off as a street car.

[Mrk_Mickey]

I love it, I think it looks awesome I agree that it's pretty full on for a supposed street car, but hey....i wouldn't laugh at the person who owned one if i ever saw one - i'd probably dribble and get my words all muddled up instead

[mikepologti]

can only agree i have no problem with the way it looks, if anything it looks sexy. they may not be the jen hawkins of the car world but there definatly jessica alba league.

[dubbed]

I never really liked the Appollo.
Sure it has a lot of power and is lightweight but it has no appeal.

It may beat the GTR around the ring but it has a V8 TT as opposed to a 6 Cyl TT.
It is also more of a race spec'd car than a GTR so it isn't really comparable.
As said previously, the GTR just has more visual appeal as a normal car.

lol geeze, even a couple of seconds around a legendary track like the 'Ring is a massive difference.

I suppose a McLaren F1 shouldn't compare either as it's a V12. Or a Veyron because it's a W16 and has four turbos. And AWD. And and and....