Powered by a twin-turbo V8 of Audi parentage (company boss Roland Gumpert is an ex-Audi employee) the Tango-hued show car featured little luxuries such as air-con, satnav, rear-facing camera (for reversing and seeing what you've just overtaken) and a sound system, although given that the Apollo remains a barely disguised racecar, that latter item would seem to be largely for display purposes only. Gumpert concedes that there's still work to be done on the cabin to make it more habitable, although some buyers would no doubt get a kick out of having to remove the steering wheel to get into the driver's seat. Both seats are fixed in position, moulded into the rear bulkhead. The pedal box has electrical adjustment.
Since we first drove the prototype (081), there have been changes to the front and rear spoilers. The mods at the front are purely cosmetic, but the new rear wing boasts stability benefits. The bodywork of the show car was in optional carbonfibre, which lifts the price to £190,000; stay with the standard glassfibre and the bill is reduced to £160K. Right-hand-drive production starts in 2007.
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