We all know that the best way to make a small fortune from motorsports is to start with a large one, and the same cash-reducing shrink ray operates in the supercar business. None of which has discouraged Jim Glickenhaus from embarking on a journey that has taken him from commissioning a Ferrari-based special endurance racer to the creation of what?s pretty much his own car company, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus. Now, following on from the competition-spec SCG 003C, comes the roadgoing 003S.
We already told you a fair bit about the 003S?the S is for stradale, as opposed to the C for competizione?ahead of its official unveiling at the 2017 Geneva auto show. But now we?ve learned more, including the company?s confident belief that the car will prove to be the fastest ever street-legal car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife ?with a lap time anticipated to be nearly half a minute faster than the current production-car record.? When that statement was released, the record was held by the Porsche 918 Spyder; since then, it was claimed just days ago by Lamborghini with its Huracán Performante. SCG?s goal, however, translates to a time of roughly six minutes and 30 seconds for the 13-mile course, which would be some 22 seconds quicker even than the Lambo.
There?s many a slip ?twixt cup and lip when it comes to ?Ring records, of course. Koenigsegg was equally determined to break the 6:57 time set by the Porsche with its One:1 megacar and predicted it would be able to take ...