Apollo ran 7:11:57 @ Nurburgring - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Muscle Master · 08-18-2009, 07:06 PM

To think we had something to brag about .....

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Porsche GT2? Get lost. Godzilla? Scram. Corvette ZR1? Take a hike. Dodge Viper ACR? Nothing but a big sissy. There's a new sheriff in Nordschleifeland and its name is Apollo, Gumpert Apollo. Actually, the proper name is Gumpert Apollo Sport, and on August 13, one piloted by a 26-year-old named Florian Gruber ran around the Nurburgring in 7:11:57, shattering all the other production car "records" by eleven seconds or more. Dang, right?

What makes the Apollo sport so fraggin' fast you ask? How does a 700-hp, twin-turbo'd Audi 4.2-liter FSI V8 strike you?

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That's okay, The Viper ACR is getting a Fiat V12 in a few, and who know what GM gonna do, ... wonder if Ford.s contemplating a Eco-Boost V8

*Mr. Wyndham* · 08-18-2009, 07:21 PM

When you get up into those speeds, and level of 'vehicular talent'....I don't care who's faster than the next -- they're all going "liquify-your-face-and-melt-your-eyeballs-insane fast".

That's still brag-worthy, imo.

*Camaro_Corvette* · 08-18-2009, 07:33 PM

Your link Fails for me.

Zabo · 08-18-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by camaro_corvette

Your link Fails for me.

Check the URL..

*Mindz* · 08-18-2009, 08:05 PM

I saw the apollo on Top gear. I actually like the look of it. =P

Cool that it set a new record.

*radz28* · 08-18-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindz

I saw the apollo on Top gear. I actually like the look of it. =P

Cool that it set a new record.

Good episode

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08-18-2009, 08:05 PM	#5
Mindz E.B.A.H. Drives: you wild... Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In the happy padded room wearing a jacket that makes me hug myself... Posts: 18,421	I saw the apollo on Top gear. I actually like the look of it. =P Cool that it set a new record. __________________ Blue Rush, 2010 SS [Car of the Week 3/22/2010] Traded in on...ZLZBUBB, 2013 ZL1