Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus 007 LMP1 hypercar is right here to take America to Le Mans
In 1966, a automotive made in America took first place total within the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2021, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus is seeking to take the win and beat the world once more.
The automaker revealed the SCG 007 LMP1 hypercar—effectively, a minimum of digital renderings of it—on Wednesday. The automotive it would race within the 2020/2021 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season.
Founder and CEO James Glickenhaus mentioned in June the SCG 007 could be a mashup of the 003 and 004 supercars, and the corporate has delivered simply that. At its core, the SCG 007 is an “003 with an 004 nostril and 004 tub.” In contrast to the 004, the 007 doesn’t function a central driving place because it has a typical two-passenger seating format contained in the cockpit.
Powertrain particulars are slim, however Glickenhause mentioned on Fb the SCG 007 is powered by a three.Zero-liter twin-turbo V-6. Previously, Glickenhaus mentioned the engine would ship 650 horsepower to the rear wheels whereas a KERs-based hybrid system would add a further 150 horsepower to the entrance wheels.
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhau 007
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus mentioned it would construct and promote buyer LMP1 race automobiles and “a restricted variety of road-legal 007s.”
The foundations for the brand new yet-to-be-named hypercar class within the WEC sequence require producers to construct and promote a minimum of 25 road-legal variations of the automobiles set to race within the sequence.
Up to now, solely Toyota, Aston Martin, and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus have dedicated to race within the new hypercar class within the 2020/2021 season. Lamborghini and Koenigsegg have mentioned they’re open to racing within the new class, however no agency commitments have been made. It is reported that Ford and Ferrari pulled out of the dialogue surrounding the formation of the hypercar class in 2018.
Pricing hasn’t been introduced, however the SCG 007 is anticipated to value round $1 million. Like Ford again within the day, SCG plans to make use of the cash constituted of promoting the SCG 007 street automotive to fund its racing program.
