Sunday, February 21, 2010

top speed cars

HP 4.2L Audi bi-turbo V8

664 lb-ft (torque), 0-60 in 3.0 sec., 224 MPH Top Speed, 2,645 lbs, About $423,000.

Gumpert Apollo Speed

This car just set the Nürburgring Production Lap Record;

of 7:11.57, the car that set the record has the tuned down 700 hp engine. Amazingly, the Nissan GT-R posted a time of 7:22 on this 14.21 mile Nürburgring track.

The Apollo Sport is built on a tubular-aluminum space frame wrapped around a lightweight carbon-fiber body, thus yielding safety and weight savings.

The two-seater has sporty and elegant alcantara interior, air-conditioning, CD-player, navigation system and reverse view camera as standard equipment. A two-layer metallic finish available in any conceivable color, gives it a particular luster. As a special accessory the Apollo is equipped with an airjack, a pneumatic jackin