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Old 05-12-05, 05:35 PM
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Cool Maybach Exelero Showcar

Looks like it will make a great Batmobile I like it except the grille.



Maybach Exelero Showcar reaches 218.38 mph @ Nardo!

Stuttgart/Berlin - The Maybach high-performance show car "Exelero" was unveiled to the world for the first time this afternoon in the Tempodrom in Berlin. The 700-hp two-seater with a V-12 biturbo engine is a unique custom model produced for Fulda Reifenwerke, which is using the Maybach Exelero as a reference vehicle for a newly developed generation of wide tyres. The German manufacturer of luxury cars built the unique model as a modern interpretation of its legendary streamlined sports car from the 1930s, thereby forging a link with the historical predecessor, which at that time was likewise based on a powerful Maybach automobile (SW 38) and used by Fulda for tyre tests.

The Exelero embodies the highest expression to date of the Maybach individualisation strategy of offering specific custom solutions on request. In initial tests on the high-speed track in Nardo (Italy), the unique vehicle reached a top speed of 351.45 km/h (FIA*-standard unit of measurement). Developers at Maybach designed the custom model with the participation of students from Pforzheim College. The Exelero was built by the prototype specialists at Stola in Turin (Italy). There are no plans to produce the model in series



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All I can say is DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is one beautiful automobile!
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Default Specifications of the Maybach Exelero :

Engine

Type: Twelve-cylinder V-engine with twin turbochargers
Displacement: 5,908 cm³
Power output: 515 kW/700 hp at 5,000 rpm
Max. torque: 1,020 Nm at 2,500 rpm


Dimensions and weights

Wheelbase: 3,390 mm
Length: 5,890 mm
Width: 2,140 mm
Height: 1,390 mm
Fuel tank capacity: 110 l
Kerb weight: 2,660 kg
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What...the...hell.....

Someone get that beheemoth some braces please. No thank you, no matter how fast it is!

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Maybach Fulfills Special Order With 218 mph Exelero
Date Posted 05-12-2005


BERLIN, Germany — Fulda is a German tire manufacturer, which recently developed a special tire for high-speed machines called Carat Exelero. In order to have a custom testing vehicle, Fulda comissioned DaimlerChrysler to develop a special Maybach. The result is the Exelero.

The Exelero is based on a Maybach 62, but the twin-turbo V12 engine has been highly tuned and it is now capable of 700 horsepower and 755 pound-feet of torque. The creation claims a top speed of 218 mph.

The dynamic and classy styling is the work of Stola, an Italian coachbuilder that specializes in prototype work.

It is not the first time Fulda has requested a special Maybach. Sixty-six years ago in 1938, one of the last Maybach cars was a one-off, the streamlined SW38, done at the behest of the tire company.

Exelero was first shown at the Tempodrom racetrack in Berlin, but we can be sure it will be exhibited at major auto shows worldwide.

What this means to you: This successful request of a one-off should give all of us the courage to ask for a personal edition of a brand. Maybe not…but the fact that it's being done for some means we're getting that much closer.
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i like it. its sick!
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Look at that interior ...

I'd hit it straight up. That's a profile you couldn't miss from a hundred miles away.

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word up... that look crazy!!!
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whoaaaaaaaaaaa
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wow man, this is nice, looks pretty good!

and indeed it's the batmobile
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Gorgeous!
I love the side port and the rims.
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Na na na na BATMAN!!!!!

LOL but the car is ****ing.....im speechless.....Jaw Dropping!
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