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Thread: Maybach: Exelero Show Car Handed Over to Fulda Reifenwerke

  1. 05-12-2005 12:07 PM #1

    The Maybach high-performance show car "Exelero" was unveiled to the world for the first time this afternoon in the Tempodrom in Berlin. The 700-hp two-seater with a V-12 biturbo engine is a unique custom model produced for Fulda Reifenwerke, which is using the Maybach Exelero as a reference vehicle for a newly developed generation of wide tyres. The German manufacturer of luxury cars built the unique model as a modern interpretation of its legendary streamlined sports car from the 1930s, thereby forging a link with the historical predecessor, which at that time was likewise based on a powerful Maybach automobile (SW 38) and used by Fulda for tyre tests.

    The Exelero embodies the highest expression to date of the Maybach individualisation strategy of offering specific custom solutions on request. In initial tests on the high-speed track in Nardo (Italy), the unique vehicle reached a top speed of 351.45 km/h (FIA*-standard unit of measurement). Developers at Maybach designed the custom model with the participation of students from Pforzheim College. The Exelero was built by the prototype specialists at Stola in Turin (Italy). There are no plans to produce the model in series.

    Specifications of the Maybach Exelero

    Engine

    Type: Twelve-cylinder V-engine with twin turbochargers
    Displacement: 5,908 cm³
    Power output: 515 kW/700 hp at 5,000 rpm
    Max. torque: 1,020 Nm at 2,500 rpm

    Dimensions and weights
    Wheelbase: 3,390 mm
    Length: 5,890 mm
    Width: 2,140 mm
    Height: 1,390 mm
    Fuel tank capacity: 110 l
    Kerb weight: 2,660 kg


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    05-15-2005 03:46 AM #2
    That car is CRAZZZZYYYY. Over 5000 lbs - 700 bhp - two turbos - and it probably has umbrellas still in the doors

  3. 05-20-2005 03:03 PM #3
    It's cars like this that remind me that I dont have the million or so dollars it'll cost to buy one.

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    05-26-2005 10:56 PM #4
    I love it!

    On a humorus note, it looks like Bruce Wayne had a hand in designing it. It's sick looking, even without the jet-turbine peaking out of the rear.

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  5. 05-27-2005 03:57 PM #5
    the car looks like it should be in an anime movie or something. very stylish

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    06-05-2005 12:45 AM #6
    How long is that thing? Looks looooooong.

  7. 06-05-2005 07:46 PM #7
    heh. i've got the same gas cap.

  8. 06-07-2005 01:28 PM #8
    Quote, originally posted by inivid1.8t »
    I love it!

    On a humorus note, it looks like Bruce Wayne had a hand in designing it. It's sick looking, even without the jet-turbine peaking out of the rear.

    Dont get me wrong, I love it, I just have to come to terms with the fact that I'd never have the money to buy one.


  9. 06-08-2005 02:45 PM #9
    Holy Bat-mobile! That thing is crazy.

  10. 06-24-2005 01:03 PM #10
    That's until you get to the front, where it looks like Superfly got his hands on it...not that that would slow me down a bit.

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  12. 07-16-2005 12:53 PM #12
    Looks like it would fit right in with Batman - The Animated Series. I like it.
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    Now would you unhook this already please? I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment!!

  13. 07-18-2005 04:20 PM #13
    thats hot

  14. 07-21-2005 07:03 PM #14
    THe only guy I can see getting out of that car is Hannibal Lector

    I love it


  15. 07-24-2005 03:18 AM #15
    that's sickk gotta agree with most of the comments abovee

  16. 08-01-2005 01:38 PM #16
    It shocked me at first but the radical style has slowly been growing on me. I guess I just like hot outrageous it is.

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