Rodin’s “no limits” FZero to arrive in summer 2023
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Rodin Cars has announced a summer 2023 arrival for its “faster-than-an-F1-car” FZero.
Having previously produced the FZed track day car (which was based on Lotus’ T125 F1-inspired chassis), the New Zealand company is busy with its new project. In a press conference at its Donington Park showroom, company founder and CEO David Dicker revealed what we should expect from the company’s latest track-only single-seater. A scale model of the FZero shows that the car will be Batmobile-like, not too unlike a Le Mans Hypercar, with a covered cockpit. The idea is to give its owner “no limits” performance.
Holy magnesium alloys, Batman! The wheel rims are 18in, fitted with Avon tyres. The FZero cuts an imposing stance
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“We’re going to reduce the weight from 698kg,” said Dicker, “with a downforce figure higher than you get in F1. It will easily be 50kg less than an F1 car.” Propelled by a bespoke 4-litre twin-turbo hybrid V10 which is linked up with a 130kW electric motor, the power unit currently gives 1100bhp, “but we’ll wind it up to 1300,” Dicker added. “The custom electric motor will fill in the torque a bit. It should do 360kph [223mph] pretty easy on the straight – and the straight won’t need to be that long.”
No space for Robin in this Batmobile-like track car.
New 4-litre V10
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The experience will remain exclusive: Rodin will only produce 27 examples of the FZero. The price is yet to be decided.