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Apex Motors will unveil its second supercar AP-0 at the Geneva Motor Show

  • The company released a teaser image of the supercar's silhouette ahead of the unveiling next month.
Photo Courtesy: Apex Motors

British sports car manufacturerApex Motors willpresent theAP-0at the Geneva Motor Show to be held from March 5.The weight of only1,200 kilogramsmakes it the lightest electric supercar ever made to date.

The designers say that the AP-0 is a supercar that promises record-breaking performance withsuperior agilityandacceleration from zero to one hundred in under 3 seconds.

Equipped with acarbon fiberchassis, the Apex Motors AP-0 was developed by a team of engineers led byGuy Colborne, a formerDaewoodesignerand current co-founder ofElemental Motor.

Like the previousAP-1, presented by the manufacturer in 2019, it will be approved for road use but oriented to be used mainly on the track, like thermal models such as theKTM X-BowandAriel Atom.

In design, the Apex Motors AP-0 is characterised by the front part with thestrongly inclined muzzleand the caudal fin in the aerodynamics at the center of the body which recalls the appendix used on the oldFormula 1 cars.

In addition, thebody line seems to draw a very sharp aerodynamics, ready to break all current measurements.But it is not the only thing, since we can notice several very interesting details.

First, we must look at thefront bumper splitter and the shape of the hood.The overhang is practically non-existent and by height and proportions it is bulky and bulbous.Secondly, theshape of the windshield and the roofare characteristic of endurance sports cars.In the central area, drifting towards the rear a diffuser appears that helps to channel the air flow toincrease the aerodynamic load. At the rear it hassharp optical groups.

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Together, it seems a model destined to compete with McLaren or Ferrari products.At the technical level there is no data, although thereis speculationthat there is anelectric motorunder its hood.

First Published Date: 19 Feb 2020, 11:34 AM IST
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