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)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
ruggels @ Jul 21st 2006 1:13PM
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.
Otto Ingineer @ Jul 21st 2006 1:18PM
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.
Michael Karesh @ Jul 21st 2006 1:19PM
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?
Speed42 @ Jul 21st 2006 1:23PM
I can't find a weight claim for this thing. Anybody else as skeptical as I am about that 1.67 seconds to 60?
AutoFan @ Jul 21st 2006 1:28PM
Fugly.
Bob @ Jul 21st 2006 1:35PM
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.
verdegrrl @ Jul 21st 2006 1:35PM
Another Vector. Long on promise and short on delivering. Owners will end up doing final development, chasing those impossible numbers.
Tim C @ Jul 21st 2006 1:36PM
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.
Root16 @ Jan 21st 2008 11:07PM
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 @ Jul 21st 2006 1:37PM
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.
jdrober1 @ Dec 12th 2007 12:03AM
And now it has the Ascari to compete with!
SoloTwo @ Jul 21st 2006 1:37PM
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.
k0an @ Jul 21st 2006 1:39PM
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.
bccarguy90 @ Jul 21st 2006 1:43PM
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
ruggels @ Jul 21st 2006 1:44PM
“I can't find a weight claim for this thing. Anybody else as skeptical as I am about that 1.67 seconds to 60?”
Yes, very much so. I’m not concerned with power to weight as much as I am about actually translating all that HP to the ground, especially if the car happens to be light.
“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.”
Yup, considering the Veyron is capable of traveling faster, and VW has repeatedly indicated it’s governed at it’s top speed because of tire technology (the same limit Brabus and the rest keep running into with large cars and high rates of travel), I’m going to call BS.
“Another Vector.”
Yup, another in a long line of blown American v8s with huge promises. Silly VW using that crazy W16, they should have just used a v8 with a pair of turbos, what were they, a few hundred million dollars and dozens and dozens of engineers thinking?
I’m not holding my breath on this one. Especially given the company is incapable of filling out the ‘about Barabus’ section on their site? Erm… what’s wrong, didn’t have that extra 10 minutes free while scrambling to go live last night?
Not to mention it looks like ass.
AKK @ Jul 7th 2008 12:07AM
Dude Think about it bugatti was smart technically they did get a twin turbo v8 but they thought 2 would be better ha ha and anyone know that cobra concept that ford did the one frm XXX2 the nxt level? ford claimed that would do 60 in under 2 and with the right conditions hit 300 mph... yeah right they weren't exagerating it barely hit 200mph.
Jeremy @ Jul 21st 2006 1:46PM
Seeing all your comments... I only have one thing to say....
I don't give a damn wheter or not it looks like a trash dump on wheels (which is slightly resembles)... as long as it can get anywhere near those numbers that it claims.
Can you name another sub 2 second 0 to 60 supecar?
ruggels @ Jul 21st 2006 1:58PM
"Can you name another sub 2 second 0 to 60 supecar?"
Nope, hence the large amount of doubt given the R&D resources and funding Lambo, Bugatti, Pagani, Ferrari, Porsche, and everyone else have, not to mention all the factory supported tuners like Ruf, MTM, etc. But one lone company, who can't even be bothered to mention anything about themselves on their site, any details about power delivery or even the weight of their car has bested every other car maker on the planet. Erm. Yeah sounds pretty plausible given my understanding of cars and the industry as a whole and the limitations placed on reaching v-max and specific 0-60 times. I'm going to go ahead and release a car and claim it hits 100mph in 1 second, just for kicks. no one will be able to name another sub 1.5 second 0-60 supercar, so what? what relevance does that bare on any of our concerns?
Hernan @ Jul 21st 2006 1:58PM
I am sure someone here has a friend who thinks his Supra or Civic is faster. LOL
chewy @ Jul 21st 2006 2:03PM
ruggels,
Where can I buy your car, you should get some mockups and take orders. This gets a 10 on my BS meter. To achieve that acceleration time, it should weight no more that an Elise, I think it weights more. Also, with no AWD, there is NO way they can not spin the rear tires and therefore get about 3 seconds 0-60. Also, the top speed is theoretical at best, based on hp and gearing not aerodynamics. Bugatti with much more advanced aerodynamics only gets to 254.