Gumpert Apollo

What would I drive away from the show given the chance? That’s a hard question considering all of the testosterone inspired design and horsepower shown at the L.A. auto show. I was leaning toward the Spyker C8 until I left the hall and stumbled across a pair of Gumpert Apollo sport cars quietly sitting at the end of a less traveled hallway. Having never seen one in person I had to stop and take a look. Hmmm, striking ostentatious design in "look at me orange", mid-engine Audi based bi-turbo engine producing 650 hp and a claimed down force that would enable it to drive upside down in a tunnel at speed. Well, I am living in Southern California and who wants to drive a car I'd see multiple times on my way to work? Yep, I'll take the Apollo in orange please and aren't there a pair of tunnels in Malibu somewhere? I might even have to make a fly-by on Keith and Karla in their Ferrari Californias Top Gun style! -- Ron Perry, Staff Photographer

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