Veritas reportedly planning RSIII coupe and aircraft-engined SUV
Veritas RSIII – Click above for image gallery
The RSIII roadster is powered by an uprated V10 pulled from the BMW M5/M6, and is available in either 500 or 620-horsepower specifications. Veritas will only build 30 examples, but an additional 30 coupes are planned as well, with an eye on "markets like the Middle East, where they need air conditioning." And the plot thickens even further with word that Veritas is reportedly working on a sport-utility as well. Little details are known on the SUV, but Veritas reportedly wants to cradle a small aircraft engine in a carbon fiber body for a package that promises to give Spyker's long-time-coming D12 Peking-to-Paris SSUV a run for its money.
Gallery: Veritas RS III
[Source: Autocar]
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dukeisduke 2:14PM (7/23/2009)
So why can't we post comments on the AB 4.0 thread?
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Mike7 2:21PM (7/23/2009)
Neff spilled coffee on his computer.
larry a 7:51PM (7/23/2009)
I guess cause they don't want people talking all this crap on the new AB on their official thread about it.. something along those lines
Mike7 2:20PM (7/23/2009)
I'm not sure I like the new, production version (if the one in the link is the new one) as much as I liked the prototype.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsGallery.aspx?AR=241799&EL=-1
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dukeisduke 2:24PM (7/23/2009)
An SUV with an aircraft engine? What, like a Lycoming TSIO-320, or a Rolls-Royce RB211?
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Gary 2:34PM (7/23/2009)
Funny, those in the aircraft industry are looking at ways to use automotive engines. Aircraft engines are air-cooled, low-horsepower lumps that have not progressed much since the 1940's. How would you like to drive a car with a 2700 rpm redline?
But is does "sound" cool. Sounds like their marketing guy is a descendant of Mr. Tucker.
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PJ 3:05PM (7/23/2009)
I was thinking the same thing. It's amazing that, with all of the aero-engined and tank-engined specials that have come and gone since the 1920s, people still can't resist the idea--even though all of them, to a car, have ended up being slow, low-revving, cabin-searing, teeth-rattling bastards.
Kattleox 2:40PM (7/23/2009)
I love this car. There I was, in my naivety, thinking Lamborghini and Koenigsegg were crazy! Oh, what a young fool was I!
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Redline 2:44PM (7/23/2009)
Not too fond of the styling, but I guess they are trying to be different.
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Mike7 2:54PM (7/23/2009)
"...I guess they are trying to be different."
Not so much different as "modern interpretation of..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Veritas_RS_2000ccm135PS_1948.JPG
Redline 2:56PM (7/23/2009)
Ah, I see. Still think the RSIII is pretty ugly though.
Kevin 3:06PM (7/23/2009)
All this is time, it was the windshield and roof that's been holding back auto performance!
Let's see what removing them can do for your car. Especially those with under 150 hp.
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skablaw 3:18PM (7/23/2009)
I like that roadster one heck of a lot. It evokes more purposeful cars of the past - not only eschewing creature comforts like the Exige does, but taking it one step further and being as impractical and singularly focused as a four-wheeled vehicle can be.
I think it would be cool if some company would take a stab at making a modern interpretation of the Auto Union Type D, actually. I would probably sell my house to buy one if it were pulled off effectively.
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jasondy 4:58PM (7/24/2009)
Looks like Veritas picked up a not so dead Black Stig and put him in the RSIII.
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