The Apollo supercar might come from a company (Gumpert) that sounds like the name of an irascible troll from Middle Earth, but we actually think it's kind of cool in a really expensive brick sort of way. At Geneva, the Gumpert boys unveiled the Apollo Speed, apparently out of fear that the standard Apollo was not speedy enough.
With "up to 800 hp" we're thinking it's time for this upstart to take on the undisputed heavyweight champ of the world, Mr. Apollo Creed.
Join us after the jump for a blow-by-blow and also some more pictures.
Round I:
Apollo Creed has been variously known as "The Master of Disaster," "The King of Sting," and, wait for it, "The Count of Monte Fisto." The Gumpert Apollo Speed is called the Gumpert Apollo Speed.
Advantage: Apollo Creed
Round II:
Apollo Creed wears stars-and-stripes shorts. The Gumpert Apollo Speed has a two-tone blue-and-white paint job and doesn't even have a 'fro.
Advantage: Apollo Creed
Round III:
The Gumpert Apollo Speed has flat carbon-fiber manhole covers over its wheels and "delivers an ingenious interplay of cutting-edge technology and precise hand-crafted workmanship." Apollo Creed is just a character in a movie.
Advantage: Apollo Creed.
Win: Apollo Creed
--Â Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit
subytrojan says:
10:02 AM, 03/ 3/09
Clubber Lang > Apollo Creed
He pities the fool...
lenoroc says:
10:33 AM, 03/ 3/09
I'd like to see what the Russians what have to say about this.