The Aspark Owl: The electric hyper car with a £2.5m price tag
The Aspark Owl hyper car, claimed by its makers to be the fastest accelerating car in the world, capable of zero to 60 mph in just 1.69 seconds, was unveiled at the Dubai international motor show yesterday.
And now its Japanese makers claim the model will attempt to break the world record for fastest ever lap around the German Nürburgring race track early next year.
A prototype of the car had been proposed since 2017, however its latest reveal is set to be the final production model - a limited fifty of the cars are to be produced at a eye watering cost of £ 2.5 million each.
With its 64- kilowatt- hour lithium- ion battery packing a range of 280 miles the car would run out of charge within approximately 69 minutes at its top speed of 249 miles per hour.
Makers revealed that the model will be attempting to beat the lap time record of greats such as the Aventador SVJ, the Nio EP9, 911 GT2 RS and SR8 at the Nürburgring race track through the Eifel forest, Germany, in March 2020.
Aspark boss Masanori
Yoshida told Top Gear: ' We're aiming to achieve a new lap record'.
Adding: ' We've been testing conditions and details, and as a result the speed is much greater than when we first announced the car.'
When the car was first announced it claimed a zero to 60 speed of 1.921 seconds, it is now said to be capable of zero to 60 mph in just 1.69 seconds - with the world's second fastest acceleration in a production car the Rimac Concept Two coming in at 1.85 seconds.
Despite the futuristic design with huge arches over the front wheels the car's interior is fairly simple with no assisteddriving systems.
The front design is intended to be 'intimidating' for drivers who see the electric vehicle behind them in a rear view mirror, the company said.
The brochure described the Owl as 'a gorgeous, voluptuous shape that will draw envious glances from others on the road'.
The c o m p a ny said: 'Conventional electric cars are easy to make. But then, where's the fun in that? The Owl lets drivers experience faster acceleration than anything previously possible.