HWA
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Apollo is a Chinese-backed supercar startup born out of the ashes of Gumpert, which ran into financial troubles in 2012. The company's first product is the Intensa Emozione, a track-focused supercar with a screaming V-12 and a hyper-aggressive design that makes a Lamborghini look mild in comparison. Apollo is now in the final stages of development of the IE and has called on HWA to help hone the car's dynamics. For readers unfamiliar with HWA, it’s the German motorsport and engineering skunk works formed in 1998 by Mercedes-AMG co-founder Hans Werner Aufrecht. HWA has run various...
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600-hp Pininfarina Fittipaldi EF7 track toy debuts in GenevaHow would you like driving instruction from a man who won the Formula One World Championship twice and then went on to take two checkered flags at the Indianapolis 500? What if he also developed the car for you, with the help of the legendary Pinninfarina design firm and some German engineering? At...
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New supercar to be first of a series of models from Fittipaldi Motors
In early February we learned that Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi was developing a new supercar with Italian design and German engineering, courtesy of Pininfarina and HWA, respectively. Fittipaldi has since revealed that the new car, called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by...
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Fittipaldi EF7 supercar coming with V-8, 2,200-lb weight
Set to star at next month’s 2017 Geneva auto show is a new supercar developed in partnership by Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, Italian design house Pininfarina and German motorsport and engineering firm HWA. The car is called the Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo by Pininfarina...
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Fittipaldi teams up with Pininfarina, HWA to develop supercar
As a two-time Formula One world champion and Indy 500 winner, Brazilian racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi certainly knows a thing or two about fast cars. He’s now applying that knowledge on a supercar being developed in partnership with Pininfarina and HWA. For those readers unfamiliar with...
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HWA rejects Mercedes F1 rumours
German racing car company HWA has denied reports that it is likely to enter formula one in 2007. The German news magazine Focus last week claimed that the company, which since 2000 has built Mercedes-Benz’s cars for the DTM series, could become involved in the current McLaren collaboration...
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German racing car company HWA is reportedly likely to enter formula one in 2009. The news magazine Focus reports that the outfit, which since 2000 has built Mercedes-Benz’s cars for the DTM series, could become involved in the current McLaren-Mercedes collaboration. It was reported in June that, despite McLaren and Mercedes’ collaboration on the SLR supercar, Mercedes would pair with HWA alone for the SLR’s successor. Interestingly, HWA is run by the former CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Jurgen Hubbert; a fact that could spark new speculation that the largest shareholder of Ron...
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Mercedes and HWA prepping second sports car
Mercedes-Benz and its performance divisions AMG and HWA are planning to release several new models in coming years with the first car likely to be a high-performance coupe slotted between the SLR and the SL55 AMG. Despite its racing background, HWA has produced several production vehicles for...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
