Gumpert Apollo-S grabs Ring record - 7:11min

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Gumpert Apollo Speed sets new Ring record (7:11) - Confirmed!
17.08.2009
Update: SportAuto has confirmed the laptime of 7:11.57 as the new record for Nordschleife. It is safe to say now that we have a new king-of-the-ring!

Is it just another rumor or speculation (just like the 7:40 Bugatti Veyron time), or is it a fact?

Several sites (none of which are very well known or trusted) have published an article claiming that the new Gumpert Apollo Speed, with a guy named Florian Gruber behind the wheel, has broken (or shall I say - completely destroyed) current Nurburgring Nordschleife record for road legal vehicles (ignoring the barely legal Radical SR8). The current record holder is Dodgle Viper SRT-10 ACR with a laptime of 7 minutes and 22 seconds. The supposed new record by Gumpert is 7 minutes and 11 seconds - more than 10 second improvement!

I have no idea whether or not this is true and legit and unless it's official and confirmed, the 7:11 laptime will be prefixed with a big question mark on our Nordschleife laptime sheet. Fastest car status on the ring is a very sensitive issue and we do not include rumors in our laptime sheets.

Either way I will keep you posted on how this develops. I really do hope this laptime get's confirmed because I believe that car is capable of such speeds. Viper ACR is great but it clearly isn't the fastest road-going race car you can buy.

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The Apollo is the first creation of former Audi motorsports boss and Audi chief engineer Roland Gumpert. The car features a lot of Audi parts and it is powered by a twin turbo Audi 4.2L V8 (used as well in cars like the R8, RS4 etc.). Its carbon fibre body sits atop a chrome molybdenum alloy and steel frame with a better power to weight ratio than a Mc Laren F1. There are 3 engine types available, a base version with about 641.11 bhp (478 kW; 650 PS), a sport version with around 690.42 bhp (515 kW; 700 PS), and a race version with around 789.06 bhp (588 kW; 800 PS), all street legal. Top speed is 360 km/h (220 mph) with 0-100 km/h (62 mph) reached in 2.7 seconds and 0-200 km/h (120 mph) in 7.9 seconds. The car creates so much downforce that the manufacturers claim that the car in theory could drive upside-down in a tunnel if driven at sufficiently high speeds (over 190mph, though this remains to be tested. )

the one that clocked the 7:11 was the 690BHP (Speed) version and it isn`t even the most powerful in their line-up

here is a link and the lap video, the driver is Florian Gruber (an Audi R8 LMS pilot), enjoy:

http://www.fastestlaps.com/article_Gumpert_Apollo_Speed_sets_new_Ring_record_ 7_11_Probably.html

[dstyle]

wow.
its still fucking hideous though

[Pav]

I don't reckon it's that ugly.

I've been waiting to hear more about this car. It appeared on Top Gear once and then I never heard another thing about it.

[yeahlow34]

I like the look of it. Mean looking front, with a business looking rear.

Reminds me alot of the Mclaren.

[MaTMaN]

I like the look of it. Mean looking front, with a business looking rear.

Reminds me alot of the Mclaren.

+1

[dstyle]

it looks like a expensive boy racer's car, not to mention the colours they have used are tacky as fuck, lacks taste all over

[Mad_Aussie]

it looks like a expensive boy racer's car, not to mention the colours they have used are tacky as fuck, lacks taste all over

A stock skyline with a URAS kit and ( lol ) deathnote graphics is an expensive boy racer car.

A Gumpers Apollo S is an expensive race car

quite a difference

[dstyle]

i am talking about its "looks", not its "performance"
quite a difference

[Alt_F4]

i am talking about its "looks", not its "performance"
quite a difference
Function over form, it wasn't designed to be eye candy.
You'd probably think f1 cars look shit also.

[manna_85]

looks better in black.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbrown37/2854924709/

[Crimson]

Wouldn't mind seeing (and more importantly hearing!) a vid of this in action around the 'ring.

[mys1]

would sell testicals to own!

[miksta]

Linky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK3vsiLkw

[TJ]

Would sell Tysons testicles to own.

[Lonewolf]

yeah, bombed car.
dont doubt the time with the power, weight, aero and grip... mind you it did that time on pirelli's, love to see it on some proper r-comps!

looks very stable at high speeds on that vid

as for the looks, looks tough to me, but the baby blue colour scheme isnt the best

[KPWISHN]

SR8LM - 6min 48sec (http://ninemsn.carpoint.com.au/news/2009/sports/british-car-smashes-ring-record-16370)

[DCIEVE]

SR8LM - 6min 48sec (http://ninemsn.carpoint.com.au/news/2009/sports/british-car-smashes-ring-record-16370)

You wouldn't exactly class a radical as a street car haha. Nice race car though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwtyZosuPNE

[PAGZ]

i am talking about its "looks", not its "performance"
quite a difference

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/thumb/d/d2/Goshposh.JPG/300px-Goshposh.JPG

Hardly a difference when its "looks" contribute to the "performance".

[adrenalin]

It looks awesome.

Also +1 on looks like McLaren F1 on roids