aspirated V12 ‘de tomaso P900’ hypercar
De Tomaso Automobili unveils the automobile idea of its debut track-only car, the P900 (named after its whole dry weight), a naturally aspirated V12 hypercar restricted to 18 items globally. Designed by Jowyn Wong, the person behind Apollo IE and De Tomaso P72, the automobile design of the two-seater P900 oozes De Tomaso’s signatures with its sharp traces, swooping curves, and race-focused exterior and inside.
Wong shares that the design crew has spent their time overhauling the visible queues of the P72 into the performance-focused P900. ‘The end result, we really feel, is a automobile that’s evidently aggressive by nature but nonetheless romantic, invoking the feelings of 60’s or 70’s Le Mans Prototypes whereas sustaining a particular design language,’ he provides within the information launch.
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The 18 unique house owners of De Tomaso P900 are sure to benefit from the car’s energy pushed via the rear wheels with a sequential gearbox on the coronary heart of the automobile and a full carbon fiber exterior physique and chassis. The automobile producer’s lips are sealed in regards to the full efficiency figures and particulars of the P900. It states that this information will solely be accessible to chose individuals, together with the house owners.
Not like its predecessor, the P72, De Tomaso P900 whips up a full redesign with its all-carbon chassis system. Its confused engine helps the P900 acquire a weight of round 900 kilos with a projected energy determine of 900 horsepower. De Tomaso additionally underlines that the aerodynamics of the car have been exactly tuned by a Method-One racing crew who left ample room for the design crew to play with the outside styling.
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Whereas De Tomaso acknowledges the way forward for electrical car know-how, their focus stays on creatinglong-lasting aspirated, inside combustion engines. Their reply to firms electrifying their automobiles isn’t to show De Tomaso P900 into an electrical car, however to offer it a 12-cylinder platform that may be run solely on artificial gas.
De Tomaso CEO Norman Choi feedback in a information launch that the corporate believes that options exist, however that the event of its new platform, pushed by artificial fuels, is its resolution for maintaining its ardour for combustion engines alive. ‘This enterprise into artificial fuels, represents our dedication to the pursuit of a zero-emissions mobility future with out sacrificing the essential aspect which all of us maintain so pricey – the soul and symphony of an engine,’ he provides.
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De Tomaso Automobili has introduced collectively a cohort of main motorsports specialists from Method One, endurance racing, and aerodynamic improvement. De Tomaso P900 is ready to launch within the second quarter of 2023 whereas the automobile firm will proceed the car’s powertrain improvement till late 2024.
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