Barabus TKR: 0-60 mph in 1.67 secs, 270 mph top speed
Do we have your attention? The Barabus "1005 bhp" supercar we've been updating you on has finally been unveiled and the details on this machine are astounding. It's a true Italian-built exotic, though its twin-turbo 6.0-liter V8 that produces 1005 bhp is sourced from the U.K. According to Barabus, that motor will propel the all carbon-fiber car (body and chassis) to 60 mph in a mere 1.67 seconds, and on to a top speed of 270 mph. For those who didn't think this supercar was meant to be a Bugatti Veyron slayer, the new Barabus website that just went live today states, "The TKR is designed to compete with the world's fastest, quickest, best handling, most luxurious grand touring cars in the world" (our emphasis). Barabus will be producing 300-400 TKRs over a three-year production period, and fetching one will cost you £360,000. A sharp bargain compared to the Veyron's £600,000 (USD$1.1 million) asking price.
(Detail and interior shots after the jump)
[Source: Barabus Sportscars Limited)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
Casper 4:44PM (4/23/2008)
0-60 in 1.67 is a joke. I met Andy Green and he said that the Thrust SSC didn't even do that.
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Mike D 10:49PM (6/14/2008)
In my opinion It looks rather ugly, especially the zonda type rear. As for this claimed ''0-60mph in 1.67 seconds'' pfff... I doubt that very much. I mean... carbon fibre aswell, hows it gonna get the traction down? I agree It would be nice to see it round the Top Gear track to see what its capable of, however I'd still rather see the McLaren F1 XP1 go round as its yet to be tested and Im pretty confident it would even beat the likes of the Ascari A10 and the CCX on a hot lap.
Please Top Gear producers... McLaren F1 is still the best production track car ever made, lets see it in action already!
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ollie 3:43PM (8/20/2008)
1005bhp. Wow big deal. Most car manufacturers these days could create a car that powerful. The thing that matters is actual use in the every day world 1.67 seconds seems a bit dodgey to me considering there is no official weight figure. 270 mph. That may be very fast but its not all that much better than the Veyron. Bugatti LIMITED it to 253mph. It wasn't because that was the very limit of their technology.
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josh 11:36AM (12/22/2008)
i care about speed i was searching through the net to find a good car to purchase it looks fantastic on the inside i think its a beauty its probably rubbish but again i like speed that car is mine
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Car Lover 12:14PM (1/16/2009)
http://www.carzi.com/2007/09/05/worlds-fastest-car-1972-vauxhall-victor/
check out that link above - this has been properly timed.
If i recall the Koenigsegg CCXR Edition all carbon weighs about 950kg and this Barabus with a carbon EVERYTHING is possibly around 800kg due to the fact that it looks smaller (only an assumption) but the Koenigsegg HAS to use bio-fuel(!?!?!) to reach its best performance i mean come on that isn't cheap
Think about it a Caterham R500 can do 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and barely has 300BHP . So 1005BHP in less than 950KG has the possibility to do sub 2secs but i think it will be closer to 1.9 or 2 secs rather than 1.6 as it's an estimate.
I mean the Pagani Zonda R (carbon one) has 750BHP and its a 2.8 second 0-60 time and will probs weigh the same as this. If you think the SSC Ultimate Aero was fast - let me say it could have been a lot quicker (accel wise and top speed) i meant for god sake its made of STEEL with little Carb Fibre patches on it.
I also found info on a 2.5 second !! car with only 575 BHP ! - Caparo T1 and its road legal with it being a bit like a Formula 1 shape its understandable it has 0-60 2.5secs and 200mph+ top speed. its running a V8 but i think non super or turbo charged.
if the Barabus is as light as i think it is its gonna need to have most of its own weight in the back to keep those tyres from spinning all over the place. But 1.6 secs is not impossible, its just not viable with the limits of tyre technology.
And i know this doesn't probably matter to anyone but there is a wooden car, yes thats right wooden ! called the Splinter it does 0-60 in 3 seconds and theoretically could top 240mph and its not even as light as Carbon F so i don't see why people deny a cars ability purely because it sounds bonkers. i mean think about it would you believe that a space shuttle produces 37,000,000 BHP (yes 37 million)
ruggels 1:13PM (7/21/2006)
I predict it has absolutely zero problems putting all that hp down to achieve that claimed 0-60 EVERY time... and that it's just as reliable as the koenigsegg (anyone seen the gumball where the owner hires a tow truck to follow him) O_o.
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Otto Ingineer 1:18PM (7/21/2006)
Unreal! That will give the Enterprise, the Millenium Falcon, and a DeLorean with Flux Capacitor a real run for the money. Imagine the poor sport-bike rider who sees tailights.
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Michael Karesh 1:19PM (7/21/2006)
Must hit sixty in first gear. And how large and sticky are those rear tires?
How long before someone produces a street legal top fuel dragster that'll hit 300 in the quarter?
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Nikita 6:23PM (12/20/2008)
Americans are producing car calld vector WX8, they say it will top 300mph ( not sure if in 1/4?)
Speed42 1:23PM (7/21/2006)
I can't find a weight claim for this thing. Anybody else as skeptical as I am about that 1.67 seconds to 60?
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AutoFan 1:28PM (7/21/2006)
Fugly.
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Bob 1:35PM (7/21/2006)
I'd like to see the tires able to handle 270 mph from a heavy road car. They must be using slicks to acheive that number for the 0-60.
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verdegrrl 1:35PM (7/21/2006)
Another Vector. Long on promise and short on delivering. Owners will end up doing final development, chasing those impossible numbers.
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Tim C 1:36PM (7/21/2006)
For goodness' sake. We've already been through all this yesterday.
1. VAG have spent $5m per car developing the Veyron. Some plastic pig nailed together in the back yard with boost pressure set at Krakatoa-spec will not be a real challenger.
2. I'll eat a hat of the reader's choosing if this device turns out to be a reliable and practical alternative to the Bugatti. To fulfil this it should be able to complete hot & cold weather tests. Given the massive heat rejection problem VW had to cope with I'd like to see it handle stop-start traffic for three hours around Hong-Kong without overheating or burning the clutch out.
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Root16 11:07PM (1/21/2008)
Maybe not what the car was designed for... if you are going to be driving around for 3 hours in stop and go traffic, maybe you take the Boxster out instead....
Graham 1:37PM (7/21/2006)
For $670,000 I would expect some better design work. Could they have possibly made the rear end any uglier? The car as a whole really looks to me like a S7/Zonda-bodied Fiero conversion.
That said, I'm looking forward to seeing it go up against the Koenigsegg CCX on the Top Gear test track.
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jdrober1 12:03AM (12/12/2007)
And now it has the Ascari to compete with!
SoloTwo 1:37PM (7/21/2006)
Jeeze its like a Chinese supercar or something. The back is totally a ripoff of the Pagani Zonda. Might be fast, but that doesn't mean its not ugly.
Most unoriginal supercar ever built.
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k0an 1:39PM (7/21/2006)
I can't find anything on the site about RWD or AWD so I'm amazed by that time because of potential traction issues. The front is OK looking but the rear makes me want to puke.
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bccarguy90 1:43PM (7/21/2006)
No way can that thing get to 60 in 1.67sec. The Veyron can only get there in 2.9!! There's gotta be some kinda fraud here
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