Bertone Mantide Looking To Tear Up The 'Ring

Is the extraordinary Bertone Mantide out for the Nurburgring lap record?

Reports have reached us that the owner of the first Mantide, British gentleman racer Dan Watkins, is planning to take his £1.3 million supercar to the ’Ring with the aim of smashing the Corvette ZR1's production car record.

That record stands at 7 minutes 26.4 seconds, but on paper the Mantide should go quicker: it shares its underpinnings and 6.2-litre, 620bhp V8 with the ZR1, but is 100kg lighter, 25 per cent more slippery and generates 30 per cent more downforce. It'll manage the 0-60mph sprint in just 3.2 seconds, while the ZR1 takes a pedestrian 3.5 seconds.
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bfghemicuda - 7/11/2009 2:54:22 PM

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Inline6 you are correct

rxh8me9000 - 7/11/2009 2:56:39 AM

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and than nissan will throw 5 hp and new tires on the gtr with an unknown driver and beat that record.

bfghemicuda - 7/11/2009 2:55:51 PM

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Its going to take more than 5hp,tires and an unknown driver. Get real

rxh8me9000 - 7/11/2009 7:37:46 PM

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It was a joke...you know,a hehe haha lol type of thing