[Zeiss]

Back in October I received a few preview shots of a "in production" GT9 which got us all drewling in the office, but we could offer you no information back than. Today, EVO magazine brings us the story. The GT9 will sport a 910+ hp (9ff hopes for 950) 4.2L flat-six engine which is expected to hit the 409kph (254mph), 1,5kph more than the Veyron.

At the moment the car is beign assembled at their factory in Dortmund, Germany and should be finished before the annual Auto Motor und Sport top speed day at Nardo, where they hope to dethrone the Veyron (or possibly the SSC Ultimate Aero TT by that time). Two GT9's have already been sold, if you want the third, shell out 400.000 Euro (excl taxes btw).

We can't wait for the first official photos and hopefully video!

[spacedogg]

Holy crap...although I wonder how reliable it will be. The Veyron appears to be engineered to last...a very robust cooling system, over-engineered transmission...the brakes took a lot of development work...

The SSC looks interesting too...

[esbezee92]

looks amazing but how do you possibly get those numbers from a flat 6, and i hope they beat the veyron by more than that in terms of speed because it seems kind of cheap if they dont, does anyone know if this car is best in the staights or can it also handle the curves. not that im able anywhere close to even think of buying one just curious if porsche is being one sided on this project

EDIT: didnt know this was an independent tuner doing this

[EOE90]

Originally Posted by esbezee92

looks amazing but how do you possibly get those numbers from a flat 6, and i hope they beat the veyron by more than that in terms of speed because it seems kind of cheap if they dont, does anyone know if this car is best in the staights or can it also handle the curves. not that im able anywhere close to even think of buying one just curious if porsche is being one sided on this project

+2!

[010101]

Originally Posted by esbezee92

looks amazing but how do you possibly get those numbers from a flat 6

Go read about the 1997 911 GT1... it still has the best performance numbers of all time as far as street cars go in a couple categories.

[maq]

Originally Posted by esbezee92

looks amazing but how do you possibly get those numbers from a flat 6,

Or go read about the Dauer 962. 0-60mph in 2.6s and 252mph from a 730hp 3.0L flat-6. And it was street legal. As for race cars, Porsche's Group C 956 and 962 - the most successful cars in endurance racing, were all powered by the humble flat-6 (with big turbos of course).

[mkvboi]

Skeet!

Definitely amazing numbers from a Flat-6

[010101]

Originally Posted by maq

Or go read about the Dauer 962.

Ahh yes.. you've come up with an even better example since we are talking top speed/power. These flat 6 supercars are lighter and have a lower center of gravity than the big v12 super cars. I'd rather have a flat 6. What good is going fast in a straight line when you get left behind in the turns?