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Sunday, December 20, 2015

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...

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,...

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,...

Saturday, December 19, 2015

MELKUS RS 1000

MELKUS RS 1000 Top speed: 130 MPH The Melkus RS 1000 is a sports car that was popular in East Germany and features gull wing doors. The auto is powered by a mid-mounted Wartburg three-cylinder. The production variants of the vehicle used the 992 cc version of the engine; however, there were a number converted for racing that were upgraded to the 1200 cc version with a top speed of 130 MPH. This version of the auto also came...

MERCEDES-BENZ SLS

MERCEDES-BENZ SLS Top speed: 196 MPH The Mercedes SLS is one of the better known sports cars with gull wing doors still found on the roads today. The auto was the first car to be fully designed by in-house engineers at AMG, and it was the designated successor to the McLaren. The auto was fully assembled by hand when in production to include the engine. The car first debuted in 2009 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and was sold...