Everrati and Superformance team up to build 800hp electric GT40

Britain’s Everrati and America’s Superformance are teaming up to build all-electric continuation models of the iconic GT40 race car. Everrati, which has developed electric overhauls for the Porsche 911 (964), Land Rover Series IIA and Mercedes-Benz SL Pagoda, will take the lead on the powertrain, with Superformance supplying the body. 

Superformance has pretty much always left powertrain decisions up to the end customer, letting them choose from existing vintage and modern powertrains for its licensed replicas. For now, there’s only one option available for the GT40: An 800-horsepower dual-motor setup which will allegedly propel the replica to 60 mph in under 4.0 seconds on the way to a top speed of 125 mph. That’s not exactly earth-shattering straight-line performance, especially for an EV; in fact, that lines up pretty nicely with a first-generation Tesla Roadster. 

There’s not much room under the GT40’s body for batteries, so you’re stuck with a 60-kWh pack. Range will be limited, but at least it comes with a 700-volt charging system that can juice the battery fairly quickly. The performance may not light the world on fire, but Superformance’s licensed replicas may conjure images of America challenging the best from Italy at Le Mans, but that was a trans-Atlantic effort as well; the body for the original was built in Coventry. The roles may be reversed, but the pairing is as old as the idea of dethroning Enzo Ferrari. 

“The Everrati and Superformance partnership will allow enthusiasts to drive an electric-powered GT40, with development of this first model already underway,” the two said in their announcement. “A prototype chassis has been built and is being comprehensively adapted from ICE power to advanced electric propulsion at Everrati’s UK development centre in Upper Heyford, a former U.S. air base in the English Cotswolds.”

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