Guy in a Shed has Design Insight

2012 Gumpert Tornante

Well, he didn't design it, but you see what I mean. If you guys a familiar with Gumpert, you may know that they're known for making the Apollo, a street-legal hyper car racing machine. It had from 600 to 800 horsepower on a Twin-Turbocharged 4.7-liter V8 engine. Although it was fast, light, and very grippy, it wasn't that much of a looker. Well, Gumpert has fixed that with their newest creation, the Tornante. Clearly they didn't design it, that's why a lot of people didn't buy the Apollo. No, this time they got help from Touring Designs, and as you can see they have produced a fairly remarkable product.

Front View

It looks much better than the Apollo, by a country mile. And these good looks do translate into performance. The car features a new 4.2-liter Twin-Turbocharged 690 horsepower V8 engine connected to a 6-speed TT40e transmission with paddle-shifters, so expect this car to be doing well over 200 MPH. That's all the performance data I have for now, but I'll receive more in time. This is only the base model, by the way. Gumpert has announced plans to produce a faster, more powerful Tornante, and that ought to be good, since Apollo owners are right now crying for a Million-Dollar refund.