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For the purposes of this list, a production car is defined as: Being constructed principally for retail sale to consumers for their personal use, and to transport people on public roads (no commercial or industrial vehicles are eligible);
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Known as the 004S and 004CS, Glickenhaus' latest design is couched in the proper ways of supercar construction. It's based on a carbon fiber monocoque chassis joined by carbon body panels.
The U9 was developed by German car designer Wolfgang Egger, who previously served as a head designer for Alfa Romeo, Audi and Lamborghini and began working for BYD in 2017.
The car was previewed as "A supercar, for Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime". [8] In November, 2007, Nissan revealed that the car already had a considerable demand, as more than 3,000 buyers pre-ordered the car in Japan before its official launch. The car was expected to sell around 200 units per month, to maintain exclusivity. [23]
Entrepreneur Ian Warhurst bought the car to keep the project alive. A new company called Grafton LSR Ltd was formed to manage the project, which was renamed Bloodhound LSR and moved to SGS Berkeley Green University Technical College. Lack of funds and the COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress in 2020, and in 2021 the vehicle was offered for sale.
The 5.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine. In early development, the car was fitted with a 4.7-litre V8 engine with fixed-vane twin-turbochargers, [8] but the engine was replaced with an in-house developed 5.0-litre V8 engine and fitted with twin-turbochargers which generates a maximum power output of 706 kW (960 PS; 947 hp) at 6,900 rpm and 1,100 N⋅m (811 lbf⋅ft) of torque at 4,000 rpm. [9]
The 2012 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an Australian touring car motor race for V8 Supercars, the twenty-first race of the 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship. [1] It was held on Sunday, 7 October 2012 [2] at the Mount Panorama Circuit on the outskirts of Bathurst, New South Wales, in Australia.