Apollo Arrow

Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur at one point was the maker of the fastest road car in the world. The car was the Apollo Sport, which in 2009 set the fastest lap time for a production car at the Nürburgring. Even today the time of 7:11.57 remains one of the fastest set at the Green Hell. Unfortunately, Gumpert’s cars proved a little too extreme and sales never took off. The company in 2012 was forced to file for bankruptcy. Thankfully, new investors saw the potential in Gumpert and its founder Roland Gumpert. The engineer, who in a previous role led a successful rally campaign for...