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 Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: 950bhp "Bugatti Buster" Porsche planned |
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Picture of article from Autocar magazine - can't find anything online about it yet:
From Autocar magazine
Porsche is poised to burst Bugatti's bubble when it rolls out the fastest road car in the world in 2009 - and Autocar can reveal how it will look.This radical supercar is expected to be dubbed GT1, and will be a 950bhp road-legal version of Porsche's future Le Mans challenger. According to insiders, the target top speed is 254mph - a crucial 2mph faster than the claimed top speed of the 987bhp Bugatti Veyron. The core of the new car is the Carrera GT's carbonfibre chassis, fitted with modified nose and tail structures. The interior is also based closely on the Carrera's distinctive dashboard and centre console.This highly accurate exclusive illustraton is drawn entirely from leaked official technical drawings of the car.Sources have also revealed that a full-bore 950bhp engines are under test, as well as work on weight distribution and aerodynamics, both of which will differ from the competition versions of the car.One thing that's not clear at this stage is how the massive slug of power will be delivered. One suggestion is that it would have to come from a turbocharged version of the Carrera GT's V10 engine.However, other motorsports sources say it will be powered by an enlarged, twin-turbo, 5.5-litre version of the Cayenne's V8. In fact, Porsche is already racing a 600bhp, normally aspirated V8 engine in the American Le Mans series with a Penske-perpared RS Spyder, and it's expected to be adopted by Porsche's own European Le Mans racer. Interestingly, Le Mans racers will switch to the closed-coupe format from 2010.
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