- The Garagisti & Co GP1 is a model new carbon fiber V12 supercar.
- It’s the work of ex-Bugatti and Rimac designer Angel Guerra.
- The 2,220 lbs supercar has a turbo-free V12 and 6-speed handbook.
Naturally aspirated engines and manual-shift transmissions was the hallmarks of the commerce’s most simple autos. Now they’re true luxuries on a effectivity automotive, increasingly solely accessible to the wealthiest automotive fanatics looking for an analog buzz. The newest agency to affix that growth is startup Garagisti & Co, whose GP1 might merely be your new favorite supercar.
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Named after a disparaging time interval used in direction of the small privateer upsetters from the Fifties and ’60s grand prix scene, this British agency with predominant Italian DNA says it may well assemble no more than 25 of its £2.45 million plus taxes ($3.3 million at current commerce costs) GP1s.
Analog Inside and Out
For that money you get carbon-bodied missile with one foot inside the present and one different very quite a bit beforehand. Shaped by former Bugatti and Rimac designer Angel Guerra, the surface is impressed by supercar and thought icons like Marcello Gandini’s Lancia Stratos Zero and Lamborghini Countach. The GP1 seems to be like so good on its solid teledial wheels it should jail to configure one with the selection five-spoke rims.
Inside the largely screen-free cabin the rising console reminds us of the Porsche Carrera GT’s and is dwelling to a black shifter linked to an Xtrac six-speed handbook transmission. That sends vitality to the rear wheels – vitality drawn from a 6.6-liter naturally-aspirated V12 developed by Italian motorsport and powertrain specialists Italtecnica.
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The V12 spins to 9,000 rpm and generates 789 hp (800 PS) and 516 lb-ft (700 Nm) of torque. Not giant numbers by fashionable necessities, nonetheless then neither is the one inside the curb weight column. The GP1 is barely 2,200 lbs (1,000 kg) dry, which makes it larger than 40 % lighter than a Lamborghini Reveuelto, one different V12 supercar, nonetheless one weighed down by turbos and hybrid {{hardware}}.
A Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 is equally mild, seats three and its Cosworth V12 revs to an insane 11,500 rpm. However it’s a lot much less extremely efficient – 654 hp/663 PS, 344 lb-ft/467 Nm – and much a lot much less participating, not lower than to my eyes.
Garagisti & Co is also a newcomer, nonetheless with the GP1, it’s making a strong case for the continued relevance of purity over complexity.