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Need for Speed SHIFT CAR OF THE DAY: Gumpert Apollo

March 11, 2010

Tags: Gumpert Apollo, Need for Speed Shift, PC Games
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Need for Speed SHIFT CAR OF THE DAY: Gumpert Apollo

Apollo is constructed entirely upon a tubular chromoly frame and depending on options, weighs anywhere from 2,400-2,600 pounds.

But that’s not what anyone who owns or obsesses over the Apollo cares about.

The 4.2-liter, 40-valve, mid-mounted, 90-degree bi-turbo V8 engine is the star of the Apollo show. Gumpert has three different ‘levels’ of their vaunted mill: the ‘base’ engine has 641 horsepower, the ‘sport’ level boasts 691 ponies, and the ‘race’ Apollo has 789 pavement-eating German thoroughbreds.

On the track, Apollo burns from 0-to-60 in only 3.2 seconds, equaling the time set by the legendary McLaren F1.

Apollo is an outstanding blend of technology and raw engineering, with its drive-by-wire acceleration system, dry sump lubrication and on-board diagnostic system supplementing its prodigious power.

Gumpert claims the Apollo is so perfectly engineered that it can drive upside-down in a tunnel at around 190 mph.