Competition makes the car fast and strong ongoing. From mainland France are now getting born a powerful 1,200 horsepower car capable of driving up to 354 km / h .
As reported by Left Lane News, Monday ( 17/02/2014 ) the car is about to be born by the name Genty Automobile Akylone . Formerly Akylone was shown by Genty at the Top Marques with grim and futuristic design .
Equipped with a chassis made of a mixture of carbon fiber and aluminum , Akylone would only weighs 1,088 kg with 58 percent of its weight located at the rear of the car . The new 42 percent on the front .
Meanwhile , the power comes from a V8 engine car that is equipped with a twin - turbocharged , 4.8 -liter capacity engines developed in- house by Reinhard Konneker it is capable of displaying tremendous power .
For Konneker , a former engineer at Porsche , BMW and Mercedes - Benz was able to make the eight-cylinder engine that sends more than 1,200 horsepower and 861 ft - lg torque to the rear wheels via a 7-speed sequential gearbox .
With that much power , Akylon able to reach speeds of 100 km / h in less than 2.7 seconds and reaches a topspeed 354 km / h ,
According to the plan , Genty Automobile will conduct roadshows prior to the United States , Russia , Qatar , and China to seek potential buyers and investors who will fund the production of this car that is planned to be conducted at the end of this year .
Total , Genty Akylon version will only build 15 units of course coupe and roadster versions of 10 units in a small town in central France named Saint - Pourcain - sur - Sioule .
