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Apollo, racer for the road The Gumpert Apollo, race car for the road, is the end result after a combining of skills between Roland Gumpert (ex boss of Audi Sport), Roland Mayer (owner of 
MTM) and Audi (world famous car manufacturer). Audi plays somewhat of a back seat role in the production, Audi technology is avilable to the Apollo, however the car cannot rival existing Audi products, and Audi owns any subsequent patents. The Apollo concept uses an Audi sourced 4.2 litre V8 (like the one used in the new Audi R9) enhanced by twin turbochargers making 650 horsepower, all this power runs through a six speed sequential gearbox to the rear wheels, and the car is capable of reaching 60 mph in 3 seconds. The Apollo is a two seat mid-engined race car which makes few concessions to be road legal. However, the production cars do harbour some Spartan comforts. Overall the car has a purposeful look, Audi design influence creeps into the centre grille, other than this the concept is quite original. The front wheel arches hug the tires in a perfect circle before dissolving into the multiple vents down the sides. Noticeable race inspired design cues include the front lip air splitter and and roof mounted triangular air intake, no doubt necessary to feed the hungry monster lurking below. |