Gumpert Apollo
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It may bear a name that's easy to poke fun at, but this 2009 Gumpert Apollo is also responsible for a record-setting run around the Nürburgring, lapping the iconic track in just 7:11.57 back in August of 2009. At the time, that was the fastest a production car had ever been pushed around the 'Ring. With just 5,792 miles on its odometer today, you can now own this piece of the Green Hell's history. Production cars have gotten quite a bit faster since the Apollo was used to set its delightfully angry lap––the new Porsche 911 GT2 RS shaves just over 14 seconds off Gumpert's...
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Gumpert Apollo crashes during Gumball 3000 rallyThe 2016 Gumball 3000 only started on Saturday but the annual road trip has already seen its first crash. A rare Gumpert Apollo crashed yesterday during the run from the Scottish capital Edinburgh to Manchester, England. According to onlookers, the German supercar spun out of control on a curved...
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Apollo N debuts at 2016 Geneva Motor Show
Alongside the striking Arrow supercar on Apollo’s stand at this week’s 2016 Geneva Motor Show was another, somewhat more familiar model. The car is the N, essentially an updated version of the former Gumpert Apollo. The latter N symbolizes the Nürburgring, the race track Apollo...
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Germany’s Apollo To Sell Former Gumpert Apollo Alongside New Supercar
There was a time when the fastest car in production came from a little-known German firm with the unusual name Gumpert. The car, labeled the Apollo Sport (shown below), managed to lap Germany’s Nürburgring in a time of 7:11.57, a time it achieved all the way back in 2009 and still...
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Are Car Tattoos The Next Big Trend?
For some people, there's nothing better than seeing an inked guy or gal walking down the street. To them, the body is a canvas, ready to accept the work of a needle-wielding artisan in exchange for a fistful of cash and a few hours of pain. But how about a tattooed car? MUST SEE: Dubai Police Cars...
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Gumpert Confirms New Investor, Expanded Model Range
Germany’s Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is a maker of some of the most extreme supercars on the planet, though for whatever reasons its cars, despite outperforming some of the best cars from established marques such as Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini, have failed to ignite the market. This...
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Gumpert’s Apollo supercar is known to be both stunningly quick and utterly unforgiving of mistakes, as British Touring Car Championship driver Tony Gilham found out at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. During what was supposed to be an exhibition run up the Goodwood hill, with automotive and fashion blogger Nancy Atkinson-Turner riding shotgun, Gilham carried a bit too much speed into a right-hand corner, sliding off track and heavily impacting the hay bales. If you missed the crash, you can see it in the video below. As Atkinson-Turner explains on YouTube, the run was never...
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Gumpert Apollo Enraged And Apollo R Debut In Geneva
Germany’s Gumpert unveiled two new supercars at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, both of them based on the existing Apollo model though each designed for very a different type of customer. The exampled finished in black is the Gumpert Apollo Enraged, a limited edition model described as...
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F1 Driver Adrian Sutil Crashes Gumpert Apollo On The 'Ring
Believe it or not, Formula One drivers really are human. Well, most of them are, anyway, and that includes Adrian Sutil, who wrecked a Gumpert Apollo on the perilous Nordschleife today. The damage, as you can see in the image above, isn't terminal--it looks like some bodywork will put the car back...
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20 Year-Old Turns Borrowed Gumpert Apollo Into Scrap
Young men and supercars are the simplest recipe for the heady brew of smashed supercars we all love and yet hate to quaff. The latest bottling has produced the utterly destroyed Gumpert Apollo you see above. While it's only marginally less attractive in 100-mph-yardsale form than with all of its...
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2010 Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2010 Gumpert Apollo Sport
Last year there was the Apollo Speed and before that there was the Apollo Black and White editions so it comes as no major surprise that German sports car company Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is planning yet another variation of its wildly styled supercar for 2010. Set to be unveiled for the first...
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Gumpert Apollo Sport posts 7:11.57 Nürburgring lap time
German automaker and motorsports company Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur (yes, that’s how you spell it) manufactures some of the most extreme vehicles on the planet and has recently proven the merits of this claim with a new Nürburgring lap time for itssupercar. The Sport is a mid-tier...
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German sports car manufacturer Gumpert unveiled a faster version of its Apollo supercar back at March’s Geneva Motor Show named the Apollo Speed. Building on previous versions like the Apollo Sport and Apollo Race, the new Speed had been further engineered to tackle high speed runs. Setting apart the Speed from previous Apollo models are bigger wheel arches, a new front splitter and revised air intakes. However, development of the car is far from complete as evidenced by this prototype version spotted testing at the Nurburgring in Germany. The car unveiled at Geneva was only a display...
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Gumpert Adds 'Speed' Flagship To Apollo Lineup
German sports car manufacturer Gumpert has unveiled a faster version of its Apollo supercar at this week’s Geneva Motor Show, aptly named the Apollo Speed. Building on previous versions like the Apollo Sport and Apollo Race, the new Speed has been further engineered to tackle high speed runs...
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Gumpert Boosting Apollo Supercar Production In ‘09
While it may not have the heritage or sex appeal of traditional supercars, there is no denying that the Gumpert Apollo has struck a chord with many motoring enthusiasts. With its outrageous looks and Ferrari-beating performance, the Gumpert Apollo has been hailed as an impressive piece of...
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Gumpert Confirms Apollo Supercar For U.S.
German supercar manufacturer Gumpert has announced it will be distributing its Apollo supercar in the United States via a partnership with Evolution MotorSport. The odd-looking but ferociously fast Apollo will be shipped to the U.S. for final assembly and performance testing in Tempe, Arizona. The...
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Gumpert Apollo Hybrid Race Car Details
Running alongside all the high-performance race cars from major carmakers like Toyota, Volkswagen and GM at next weekend’s 36th ADAC Zürich 24-hour race at the Nurburgring will be an odd-looking supercar from Germany’s SportwagenManufaktur powered by a unique petrol-electric hybrid...
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Gumpert Prepping Two Apollo Supercars For Geneva
The Gumpert Apollo has remained relatively unchanged since its launch back in 2005, but considering only 31 cars have been produced since then we can understand why. Despite the lack of updates the car will once again be on display at the Geneva Motor Show, with officials planning to show off two...
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German automaker Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur (yes, that’s how you spell it) will be displaying the new Apollo Sport supercar at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. Following the strong response received for its original Apollo model at last year’s Geneva Show, Gumpert has come out with all guns blazing to trump its previous effort. The new Apollo Sport features a tubular space frame of chrome-molybdenum steel with an integrated safety monocoque structure fabricated in carbon-fiber. The huge air intakes on the roof and side panels feed cold air to the twin-turbo mid-engine...
