VEHICLE SPOTLIGHT | 2020 APOLLO INTENSA EMOZIONE “ORANGE DRAGON”

2020 APOLLO INTENSA EMOZIONE “ORANGE DRAGON”

On Display September 17, 2022 - May 14, 2023

ENGINE: 6.3-liter V-12
TOP SPEED: 208 mph
HORSEPOWER: 780
0-60 MPH ACCELERATION: 2.7 seconds
NUMBER BUILT: 10
PRICE: $3 million

Formed from the company that built the record-setting Gumpert Apollo supercar, Apollo Automobil unveiled the IE hypercar in 2017. The IE, short for “Intensa Emozione” (“Intense Emotion” in Italian), was co-developed with AMG founder Hans Werner Aufrecht and his firm, HWA AG, designers of the Mercedes CLK-GTR. An homage to the well-remembered GT1 racing class of around 1994 to 2012, the IE has a lightweight carbon-fiber chassis and body panels. This example, chassis 002, is nicknamed “Orange Dragon” and was the first IE delivered to a customer.

COURTESY OF BARRY SKOLNICK – IKONICK MOTORS