Gumpert has released today the first teaser images of the Gumpert Tornante by Touring, their new model. The Gumpert Tornante is still in a concept phase, but it will make it into production soon. The world debut of the Gumpert Tornante will take place at the 2011 Geneva motors how in March.
Designed by TOURING SUPERLEGGERA, the Gumpert Tornante is a two-seat coupe, with a mid-engine, rear--wheel-drive architecture, built on a completely new chassis. The power of the Gumpert Tornante comes from a 4.2 liter V8 engine developing 700 hp and at this moment, an unknown amount of torque. The performance figures of the Gumpert Tornante will be revealed at the time of its premiere.
The engine of the Gumpert Tornante is coupled with a TT40e gearbox with paddle shifters. The car is equipped with the same double-wishbone suspension from the Apollo, but adjusted to offer increased comfort.
Rooted in motorsports and competition engineering, the Gumpert Tornante aims to give birth to a new market segment - fast tourers. This means that the Gumpert Tornante will also offer a higher level of comfort in comparison to the Apollo.
The Gumpert Tornante is built on light chrome-molybdenum steel space frame with a carbon fiber monocoque, and has composite body panels.
Apart from respecting the principles of aerodynamics, ground effect, engine and brakes ventilation, the Gumpert Tornante was developed to also offer comfort and ergonomics.
Gumpert also announced today that it plans to launch an alternative energy version of the Tornante in 2012.
Gumpert Press Release:
700 HP announced for the new GUMPERT Fast Tourer designed by TOURING SUPERLEGGERA
First image of the new TORNANTE
The international stage of the 2011 Geneva Motor Show will witness an extraordinary world premiere. TOURING SUPERLEGGERA will unveil its design concept for GUMPERT. The GUMPERT TORNANTE by TOURING is a static style model projected and engineered to match a new central engine chassis with V8-powered
driveline. The Tornante is scheduled as an addition to the GUMPERT model range as of 2012.
In the development of the 2-seater coupe, TOURING was commissioned a design adding elegance, space and comfort to a package rooted in motorsports and competition engineering. The result aims at opening a new class with attributes of superior efficiency, performance and pleasure: the Fast Tourers.
The car’s performance and dynamic properties generated tight constraints for the designer. While respecting aerodynamics, ground effect, engine and brakes ventilation, special attention was given to comfort and ergonomics.
From two fairly different perspectives, GUMPERT and TOURING share the philosophy to remove everything that is not essential. Hence the shape is clean, efficient, and well-balanced. Innovative proportions were achieved in the rear section. A typical feature is the gull-wing opening of both the doors and the wide rear hood.
Featuring composite body panels over a light chrome-molybdenum steel space frame with carbon fiber monocoque, the Tornante aims at lightness and torsional stiffness. This principle mirrors the original Superleggera construction method patented by Touring in 1936.
The Tornante has the genes of the GUMPERT apollo and inherits its impressive V8 Biturbo engine. The 4.2 liter unit delivers 700 HP in the basis version. The drivetrain is also an apollo derivative, featuring as standard for the sake of comfort the TT40e gearbox with paddle shift control. The built-in double-wishbone suspension scheme from the apollo is adjusted to the requirements of the Fast Touring mission profile. Alongside the basic version, an alternative powered Tornante is also planned for 2012.
The GUMPERT TORNANTE by TOURING will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, March 1st 2011 at 15:00 on the booth of TOURING and GUMPERT (Hall 2, booth 2055/2057).
