HENNESSEY CHEVROLET CAMARO HPE700

2010 HENNESSEY CHEVROLET CAMARO HPE700

Quarter-mile time: 11.2 seconds

The 2010 Hennessey Chevrolet Camaro HPE700 is one of the fastest Camaros of all time with a zero to 60 MPH time of 3.5 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 11.2 seconds. During the quarter-mile run, the car gets up to 126 MPH, and it features a super-charged and inter-cooled pushrod 16-valve V-8 engine that is 6,162 cc and 376 cu inches in size. The engine is rated at 741 lb-ft of torque and 726 brake horse power at 6,400 RPM. The base price for the car when it was produced was approximately $119,500, and the Camaro has an overall curb weight of 3,950 lbs to go with a wheelbase of 112.3 inches.

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CHEVROLET CAMARO SLP ZL1

2011 CHEVROLET CAMARO SLP ZL1

Quarter-mile time: 11.0 seconds

The 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SLP ZL1 is one of the fastest Camaros of all time. The car can go from zero to 60 MPH in 3.1 seconds, and runs the quarter-mile in 11.0 seconds. The car is powered by a 16-valve V-8 engine that is 7009 cc / 428 cu inches, and it is rated at 724 lb-ft of torque and 750 horsepower. The car was manufactured with a six-speed manual transmission, and it can break from 70 MPH in 159 ft. For those who like to hug the corners, the car can hold the road up to 0.9 g’s before the back-end of the auto starts to become unstable making it one of the most enjoyable Camaros to drive.

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ISDERA COMMENDATORE

ISDERA COMMENDATORE

Top speed: 212 MPH

The Isdera Commendatore is a mid-engined concept car created by Isdera in 1993 that features gull wing doors to get in and out of the auto in addition to hood doors. The auto is powered by the Mercedes-Benz 6.0 liter V-12 engine rated at 428 lb-ft of torque and 402 horsepower. The car can go from zero to 60 MPH in just 4.7 seconds, and it was created with a six-speed manual transmission coupled to rear-wheel drive. In order to ensure that the vehicle will handle well at high speeds, there is a velocity-sensitive electronic chassis that lowers the auto three inches.

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GUMPERT APOLLO

GUMPERT APOLLO

Top speed: 220 MPH

The Gumpert Apollo is a German sports car that entered production in late summer of 2012 featuring gull wing doors. The auto was first debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, and it is both street legal and track appropriate. Research for the vehicle started in the early 2000s, and the Technical Unversity of Munich and the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences assisted with the design, construction, simulations, and wind tunnel tests for the vehicle. The car is powered by a 4.2 liter twin-turbocharged V-8 engine that is coupled to a six-speed sequential manual transmission. The overall top speed of the car is 220 MPH making it one of the fastest cars with gull wing doors ever.

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DE TOMASO MANGUSTA

DE TOMASO MANGUSTA

Top speed: 155 MPH

The De Tomaso Mangusta is a sports car produced between 1967 and 1971 that became well-known for having gull wing doors over the luggage compartment and the engine. The car was originally built with a Ford 289 V-8 engine rated at 306 horsepower on the European market and with the Ford 302 V-8 rated at 221 horsepower on the American car market. The car features disc brakes on all four wheels, and other perks like power windows and air conditioning were on the leading edge of technology for the auto’s time. The car is known to be difficult to handle, and it has extremely low ground clearance. Today, there are approximately 250 of the original 401 produced still in existence.

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