• The Nuvolari is Audi’s most powerful car ever.
• With a whopping 987 horsepower on tap, the limited-run supercar ties the original Bugatti Veyron.
• But while the Veyron had a huge, W16 engine doing the heavy lifting, the spaceship-like Nuvolari has electric power on its side.

This is the Audi Nuvolari, the German automaker’s most powerful production car ever. With up to 987 horsepower on tap, the angular Nuvolari is as powerful as the original Bugatti Veyron.

Unlike the legendary Veyron, however, the Nuvolari has a much smaller gas engine. So, how did Audi stuff this much power into a car that has half the displacement and half the cylinders of the Veyron? Simple: electric motors and batteries.

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While the 2005 Bugatti Veyron is powered by a marvelous 8-liter, W16 lump, the new Audi Nuvolari has a 4-liter V-8 engine sitting behind the driver and passenger. It also has not one, not two, but three oil-cooled axial flux electric motors that chime in when necessary, providing extra oomph, as well as enabling a modern iteration of Audi’s legendary Quattro all-wheel drive system.

Two electric motors power the front wheels, providing up to 1,585 pound-feet (2,150 Newton-meters) of torque and supporting variable torque distribution. A third axial flux motor is sandwiched between the mid-mounted V-8 engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Each of the three electric motors makes up to 147 hp (110 kW). Meanwhile, the gas engine can rev up to 10,000 rpm and delivers a maximum of 788 hp and 538.4 lb-ft (730 Nm) of torque.

A 7.3-kilowatt-hour (gross) lithium-ion battery that can be topped up from a Level 2 charger or through the car’s regenerative braking ties everything together. In other words, Audi’s most powerful and fastest road car, with a top speed of 217 miles per hour, is a plug-in hybrid. So much for the argument that hybrids and plug-in hybrids are useless, then.

The German automaker didn’t say how many miles the Nuvolari can drive on electricity with a full battery, but it should be more than the roughly 5-10 miles that the Lamborghini Temerario, which has a similar powertrain but a smaller battery, can do.

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Compared to conventional electric motors, axial flux motors are considerably smaller and lighter, enabling automakers to integrate them in smaller packages without compromising performance.

The Audi Nuvolari pays tribute to Tazio Nuvolari, a legendary Italian race driver who won races in the late 1930s behind the wheel of Auto Union-badged cars—the precursors to the Audi we know today. While similar in shape to the discontinued R8, the new Nuvolari supercar is not its successor. Instead, Audi wants to make a statement, building just 499 units of its new flagship, each with an eye-watering starting price of roughly $700,000 (€600,000).

The Apollo Evo is probably the most extreme hypercar ever to come out of Germany, and it will soon be part of the Hamilton Collection. The car is expected to be delivered by the end of this year.

The Apollo Evo is an evolution of the equally outrageous Apollo IE (Intensa Emozione). While the company has made several improvements to make the car more usable, it still looks like a fire-breathing creature from Avatar.

Only 10 examples are being produced, and the final chassis has been reserved for the Hamilton Collection. The carbon fibre monocoque that will form the backbone of the Apollo Evo is ready. It even has a plaque with the Hamilton Collection logo.

At its heart is a 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine that revs to 8,500 rpm and produces 800 hp and 564 lb-ft of torque. It uses a Hewland sequential six-speed transmission, which is operated via paddle shifters, with 100% of the power going to the rear axle.

The Apollo Evo is capable of accelerating from 0-62 mph in just 2.5 seconds. and will reach 208 mph on the open road.

Gordon Murray’s second V12 supercar is finally taking shape, four years after it was first revealed.

The GMA T33 is a grand tourer that’s supposed to be less hardcore than the T50. The design hasn’t changed much in the last four years, as the prototype looks similar to the concept. It’s a simple design, featuring clean surfaces with fewer sharp edges, a low-slung nose section and stacked headlamps.

In the rear, the T33 has round taillamps and twin central exhausts with a diffuser around them. The engine scoop has also been retained.

The T33 is powered by a Cosworth-built 3.9-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine that produces 607 hp @ 10,500 rpm with a red line at 11,100 rpm. The engine is bolted to an H-gate 6-speed manual gearbox

Source: Autocar