Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Canada, MISC
Just when you thought all Canada was good for was affordable health care and civil political discourse, our neighbors to the north surprise you with a creation like the De Macross GT1. The brainchild of Jahong Mur, the supercar boasts a host of exotic materials and more than a little tech borrowed from the hive mind at Formula One. That includes the vehicle’s suspension system, which uses the same Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve dampers that Multimatic cooked up for various F1 outfits. The four-way adjustable pieces can crop the vehicle’s ride height by over an inch to allow for both a street and a track set up.
A mid-mounted 5.4-liter Roush Yates supercharged V8 engine provides thrust. The mill dumps 800 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque onto the rear wheels only via a six-speed-manual transmission. The company says the gear is good enough to scoot the GT1 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds while dusting off a standing quarter mile in 11.5. That’s mighty quick by anyone’s measure.
There’s no word on how much this machine will cost you, but we’d bet a nickel it won’t be cheap. Hit the jump for the full press blast.
Gallery: de Macross GT1
[Source: De Macross]
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