Launched at Gisborne Peak Winery in
Victoria, Australia, the Quantum GP700 is even more mental than the
Ariel Atom 500 V8. Try to visualize a Caterham Seven with five AIM-9
Sidewinder missiles glued to its body and it’s still not enough to
compare it to the mind-bender from the Land Down Under.So the Ariel Atom 500 weighs 550 kilograms (1,213 lbs) and utilizes a 3-liter John Hartley designed V8 with 500 horsepower. Power-to-weight ratio? 909 HP/tonne. 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h)? Less than 2.3 seconds. Compared to the British interloper, the Quantum GP700 uses a 2.7-liter four-banger with twin superchargers for a total output of 700 horsepower and 482 lb-ft (653 Nm) of RWD torque on tap.
Thanks to a six-speed Holinger sequential transmission, cog swapping is motorsport-grade quick, although 0 to 60 mph is dealt 0.1 seconds slower than the Atom 500. The extra tenth can be explained by the 700 kilograms (1,543 lbs) the Quantum GP700 weighs, but here’s the catch: power-to-weight is an incredible 1:1, a ratio that the Koenigsegg Agera One:1 can also boast with. It's mind-boggling stuff, alright.
Extensive aerodynamic trickery, track-centric suspension and ultra-grippy rubber complement the low weight and gargantuan output of the four-cylinder engine. According to Quantum Performance Vehicles, the Aussie machine offers 1G of downforce and pulls 1.9Gs in slow speed corners. It’s an incredible package that gives full-fledged hypercars a roundhouse kick in the teeth because why the hell not?
Production is ultra limited, but that’s to be expected from a track-oriented breed with an aluminum & carbon fiber chassis. Estimated price? Around $700,000 at current exchange rates. That’s a small price to pay for 2.5Gs in corners taken at 112 mph (180 km/h). To boot, this car is theoretically able to drive upside down on the ceiling of a tunnel at 174 mph (280 km/h). Physics are awesome!
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