Sentences with phrase «homologation road»

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Also coming to Goodwood is one of the rarest McLaren road cars in history, the F1 GT, which was built to satisfy FIA homologation requirements for the McLaren F1 GTR «Longtail» race car during the 1997 GT racing season.

The 288 GTO was designed for this series using the 308 road car as a starting point, but by the time homologation cars had been built, the series was deemed too dangerous and canceled.

As such, it no longer needed to produce 200 GTOs for homologation, but the demand was so great for what, upon its launch in 1984, would be the fastest production car in the world that Ferrari went ahead and built the road cars anyway — 272 of them.

After the handful of GTO homologation specials (racers disguised as road cars), the California Spider is the most auspicious child in the Ferrari 250 family.

A Sport homologation special was available for the road, but only 200 were made and they cost twice the price of the standard version.

Unlike most other GT1 projects with designs on Le Mans, Nissan built the road car necessary for homologation first and developed the racer from it.

In contrast to the race version of the MC12, of which street - legal versions were produced for homologation purposes, the MC12 Corsa is intended for private use, albeit restricted to the track, as the Corsa's modifications make it illegal to drive on the road.

One MC8 road car was built in order to meet homologation requirements.

Like a lot of the legendary road cars from this era, the 911 GT2 road car was built due to a homologation requirement for a rear - wheel drive version of the 993 Turbo, to be used in various racing series.

However, delays in parts from suppliers meant that the HDT had not built enough road going Group A cars to pass homologation on 1 August, delaying the cars on track debut until 1 January 1986.

For homologation purposes, a limited number of road - going cars were built, giving BMW Motorsport its first experience with road cars.

Porsche's 2014 911 911 Turbo S is the quickest - accelerating road - going series production 911 to date: faster than the latest 911 GT3 («Reloaded,» Sept. 2), faster than the 997 GT2 RS and faster than the road - legal homologation version of the Le Mans - winning 911 GT1.

With 300bhp in race trim, and close to 200bhp for the road - going homologation version, the BMW E30 M3 arrived just in time for the 1980s yuppie generation to idolise and aspire to.

BMW produced the M3 as a road - going homologation version of its 3 Series to gain eligibility to compete in the German Touring Car Championship.

The engine is significantly detuned for homologation, with a strong, linear torque curve designed specially for road racing.

BMW built 167 road - legal versions based on the European ETCC - spec racer for homologation purposes.

McLaren have released their first GT qualifying road car as part of the homologation process to enter the FIA GT3 European Championships.

New rules for the 1997 World Rally Championship season allowed manufacturers to diverge radically from production - based vehicles, which meant teams no longer needed to build homologation specials that brought the competition vehicle to the road.

In order to fulfill the homologation requirements, the M3 GTR road car was built in parallel with the racing program in the special vehicles department of the BMW Regensburg Plant.

Serving as the homologation basis for Porsche's 911 GT3 RSR racecar, the 911 GT3 provides enthusiasts with an uncompromising road car that can easily transition to weekend track - day outings.

Oct 4, 2016 — Model updates: The CBR1000RR SP2 is a road legal homologation special using the CBR1000RR SP as a base, ready for race use.

1997 Lotus Elise GT1 - A by - product of GT homologation regulations at the time, the one - off Lotus Elise GT1 is about as extreme as road - legal Lotus Elise variants come.