German Sportscar Maker Gumpert Goes Belly Up

The German supercar manufacturer has gone under according to insolvency administrator Gorge Scheid after he reported that the company’s mysterious new investor declined to fund the struggling enterprise.

A year after filling for insolvency, Gumpert faced the lack of orders which prompted the dismissal of the last 19 employees on site and the fact that after the March investment announcement and new model nothing had really happened and no money were infused in the company.

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Satriani1 - 8/30/2013 3:03:05 PM

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On-board Video: Gumpert Apollo doing its famous 7:11 min lap on the Nurburgring in 2009. To date its still the third fastest lap on the Nurburgring by a production car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIXK3vsiLkw

Pic: 2009 Gumpert Apollo on the Nurburgring. The Apollo used a bi-turbo version of Audi's 4.2L V8 engine that was on Audi's old S4, S5, A8, etc.
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Gumpert Apollo Sport scored a rare perfect 70 out of 70 on Sport Auto's Supertest conducted by Horst von Saurma.
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From 009's inautonews article: "Founded in 2004 by by former Audi manager Roland Gumpert, the automaker has developed three versions of the Apollo supercar, which was powered by a bi-turbo 4.2-liter V8 engine that delivered 650 HP. More recently, the company introduced the Apollo S at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. It featured a 4.2-liter V8 engine that developed 750 HP (551 kW) and 900 Nm (663 lb-ft) of torque which enabled it to run from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in just 2.9 seconds.

The company rose to fame back in 2009 when it posted a record topping lap on the Nurburgring-Nordschleife track and was subsequently featured during the Top Gear show."
http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/nordschleife.html

Gumpert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumpert

Satriani1 - 8/30/2013 3:17:42 PM

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The Gumpert Apollo Sport's laptime at Germany's Hockenheim racetrack (this was driven by Horst von Saurma) is still the second fastest on that track for a production car. It's this version that von Saurma supertested at Hockenheim and Nurburgring.
http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/hockenheim_short.html

It was the 'Gumpert Apollo Speed' that broke the Nurburgring record in 2009.