Rodin FZERO: Megabuck Track-Only Hypercar Has World-Beating Aspirations
You may have never heard of New Zealand-based custom automaker Rodin Cars, but its latest creation will make any car lover stand up and take notice. Rodin’s first creation, the FZED, is typically a bespoke F1 racing toy for the biggest (and deep-pocketed) fans. But its next car, the Rodin FZERO, is in a league of its own. Designed from the ground up to be a “no limits” track weapon, the FZERO is what happens when brilliant (and crazy) minds come together to develop the purest and most unadulterated on-track machine that money can buy.
“The Rodin FZERO is the physical representation of the ultimate heights in vehicle performance,” said David Dicker, Founder of Rodin Cars. “The only real restrictions we face are the laws of physics, and we have even pushed those to the absolute limit.”
Setting The Stage
The last time we saw a car this extreme was back in 2006 with the Caparo T1, a limited-production mid-engine sports car developed by the brains behind the McLaren F1’s out-of-this-world engineering. The Caparo T1 could scoot from zero to 100 mph in under five seconds, has double the Bugatti Veyron’s power-to-weight ratio, and has a Nissan/Menard IndyCar V8 engine that screams to a heady 9,000 rpm. It was essentially an F1 car for the road, capable of producing mind-bending numbers unheard of in the day.
However, the Caparo T1 project became the subject of high-profile incidents like suspension failure, shoddy bu...
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