Delage he was part of the circle of glorious past car manufacturers, which for one reason or another is no longer on the list today. The past is used because the brand has actually come back to light, thanks to the project D12. It’s about a hypercar, whose first presentation dates back to December 2019 in Los Angeles. Delage has chosen a very limited production for this car, between 20 and 30 units at most, with a modern design and lots of power on board.
At Goodwood Delage has announced that he will try to beat the record time at the Nurburgring Nordschleife with a 996 horsepower D12 Club. The car has a futuristic look and absolutely wants to shatter any certainty of the great manufacturers. His goal is to lap in 6 minutes and 40 seconds, less than the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ which currently holds the record on the lap of the German circuit for production cars: 6’44 ″ 97.
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The attempt to break the record will be carried out in 2023, thanks to a very interesting technical equipment. The car is equipped with a 7.6-liter V12 capable of delivering 976 horsepower, and in addition also a 20 horsepower electric motor which is used exclusively for parking operations, for reversing and for walking at a crawl. The torque guaranteed by the car is 884 Nm, with a weight of 1,300 kilos. The Club can sprint from zero to one hundred hours in 2.9 seconds and is designated for the Ring test, especially given its agility.
There is also an even more powerful version, the D12 GT, with 1085 horsepower thanks to the presence of an electric motor that adds 109 units to the amount of the V12, and with a loss of 1390 kilograms. The new Delage will succeed, reborn thanks to Les Amis de Delage and Laurent Tapie, to revive the splendor of a brand that had lost its traces back in 1953? Part of the answer will come from the terrible Nordschleife.
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