Apollo Automobil has released a teaser video of its upcoming IE hypercar that will be officially unveiled on 24 October in Italy.
IE stands for ‘Intensa Emozione’ and has been developed by Apollo in Italy from a blank sheet of paper. Apollo’s aim is to bring back the connection between driver and car that it claims has been lost due to the increasing presence of autonomous technology.
The teaser video shows the various angles of the new car and Scottish racing driver Marino Franchitti climbing behind the wheel. The car is aimed at exclusive exotica such as the LaFerrari and Aston Martin Valkyrie.
The chassis is made entirely out of carbon fibre, although nothing has been officially revealed regarding engine and performance details.
It’s likely that the engine featured on Apollo’s Arrow concept from the 2016 Geneva Motor Show will power the new IE. The Arrow featured a 4.0-litre twin-turbo Audi V8 producing 986bhp and 1,000Nm of torque, allowing it to hit a top speed of 224mph.
Following the Arrow, the IE is Apollo’s second entry into the hypercar world since it was rebranded from Gumpert. As the German-based brand it produced the Apollo that set the then-production car lap record at the Nurburgring in 2009 with a time of 7:11.57.
Now with Chinese backing it has shifted resources from Germany to Italy in order to develop the IE hypercar, which will be unveiled at an exclusive three-day event from the 24-26 October.
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