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I don't know whether you can call it a car (it has 4 wheels), or a bike (it only uses 2 above waking pace), but what I do know is that it is other-worldly fast!

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From http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/599/

Acabion rocket hits 375mph

Bugatti Veyron? Pah. MacLaren F1? Not really trying. What you want is an Acabion GTBO 70.

Never heard of it? That's hardly surprising because this 'jet fighter canopy on wheels' only made its public debut at the Geneva motor show.

However, that hasn't stopped the firm claiming a top speed of 375mph for its most powerful model.

Powered by turbocharged 1.3-litre Suzuki motorcycle engine tuned to a demented 690bhp, the GTBO 70 is reckoned to go from rest to 280mph in 19 seconds.

If that sounds a bit too much for you, there's an Acabion with a mere 355bhp that is flat out at only 344mph. There's also an electric motor for low-speed driving.

But before you get carried away with the performance figures, remember that the Acabion runs on two wheels at anything above walking pace, when the rear stabilisers fold out of the way.

The reason for two wheels is to create the leanest front profile possible, hence the jet fighter styling.

Light weight also helps the Acabion along, tipping the scales at just 359kg.

Acabion says the GTBO range is practical too, with a 150-litre boot space and economy of 70.5mpg.

No production Acabions have been delivered yet, but the German firm is taking customer orders.

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of course there wont be production acabions, cause who the hell would drive one on the street? WHERE would you dirve it? itll be like "babe im going down to the local salt flats to take my bike/car/dunno wtf it is for a spin.......

its awesome they are making stuff like this for fun/reaserch though......

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From the Geneva Auto Show press announcement:

Can someone imagine a vehicle that at 110 mph is twice as efficient as a high-tech diesel compact car? Or another that achieves 280 mph with just 50% throttle? What if one could have both with the same vehicle? Well, it is possible. With the Acabion!

Horse-drawn carriages could be named “the first generation of individual vehicles“ and cars as “the second generation“. According to this context the Acabion paves the way for a third generation of individual human mobility.

A new way of thinking is expressed by the Acabion. It combines the best of different traditional approaches. Additionally it integrates certain sophisticated aeronautic and bionic concepts. This way it excels in both at the same time. The Acabion achieves more than the efficiency of a high-tech diesel compact car and the dynamics of even the most power­ful super­cars.

With the Acabion, automotive values are newly defined. The new standard means slim instead of wide. It means light instead of heavy. It means truly bionic and streamlined instead of bulky. Most of all it means to be fundamentally innovative throughout the entire concept, instead of following isolated trends just in isolated aspects.

So how does the Acabion solve traditional contradictions? It is light AND secure. It is slim AND comfortable. It is useful AND beautiful. It is tremendously effective AND extremely fast. A total weight of 359 kg combined with an engine power of 360 hp enables the Acabion to exceed 1000 hp per ton of vehicle-weight. It achieves an electronically limited 280 mph with just 50% of its engine power, accelerating from 180 mph to 280 mph in approximately 10 seconds, which is impossible even for Formula 1 cars. Even with such a performance it consumes 5 to 10 times less fuel than a state of the art two-seater supercar. More than this, cruising at a constant speed, e.g. 120 mph, it is so efficient that it even consumes half the amount of fuel than a 2006 high-tech diesel compact-car. Tailor-made versions of the Acabion can be provided anything up to 700 hp, and a range of internal fittings. All those types are even more dynamic but not less efficient.

The Acabion is a vehicle with a passenger-compartment for two adults. Its security is based on the concept of Formula 1 race-cars. On top of that the passengers are additionally protected with inno­vative passenger-shells.

Each Acabion is a masterpiece of German car design and manufacturing competence, based on most reliable Japanese as well as US-American components, combined with Swiss quality and precision. All Acabions will be equiped with an additional electric drive for zero-emission operation on short distances like on private terrain, in car park areas or central urban regions. A computer network is on board for the passengers, providing a high-tech modular structure and storage capacity in a multi-terrabyte region. All Acabions are conceptually prepared, even for a future, fully-automated, individual traffic-guidance-system.

The Acabion is the mobile trendsetter of the 21st century. This trend means: the environment and the global natural resources are much better protected for our children and for their children, too. Plus, for all generations to come, everyone can be mobile in an almost unlimited way. The Acabion com­bines this environment-protecting, comfortable and extended mobility with a never known sensation of both dynamics and efficiency.

Lucerne, January 2006

Dr. Peter Maskus

http://www.acabion.com/

The company's homepage is full of rediculous statistics too.

All models:

BODY WORK Cabriolet or jet, pilot hood attachable to delta wing at rear

Model Carbon fibre, self-supporting, redundant with the space frame of the chassis, ‘fail safe principle’ as in aeroplane construction, engine frame high-strength steel tubing

Length 4,64 Meter

Width 0,86 Meter

Height 1,25 Meter

Weight m empty 359 kg, Acabion GTBO 70: 300 kg

Total permitted weight 550 kg

cw-value (drag coefficient) 0,18, Acabion GTBO 70: 0,14

Abutting face A = 0,59 m2

Drag coefficient cw*A 0,10

MOTOR

Basis model Hybrid: A) Suzuki GSX-R 1300 Basis, Turbo. B) Electric power system 3 KW for short-range and slow journeies (parking block, private premises, pedestrian zone, etc.)

Enhanced Mechanics >300 different Carillo, Holeshot, JE, HJS and Zorstec, racing and Dragster-components

Cylinder 4

Valves per cylinder 4

Turbocharger GTBO 36: MHI Acabion Extended, All others: KKK Acabion Extended

Displacement 1300 ccm

Bore * stroke 4 units per 81 * 63 mm

Speed value 10.900 U/min

GEARS

Model Circuit / Electrical (Powershift)

Gears 6

Reverse gears Electrical

INTERIOR DECOR Complete leather furnishings incl. side coverings, footwell and cockpit

Seats 2, Carbon, leather

Boot 150 Litres

FUELS

Tank Depending on customer requirements, max. 90 Litres

Motor oil 3,5 Litres

Coolant 7 Litres

FUEL CONSUMPTION AND RANGE with a 90 litre full tank

100 km/h 4 l/100 km | 2400 km

200 km/h 6 l/100 km | 1650 km

300 km/h 9 l/100 km | 1100 km

400 km/h 14 l/100 km | 700 km

450 km/h 16 l/100 km | 550 km

Acabion GTBO 70:

DRIVING POWER

Performance compared to a super sports car ‘Acabion-Index’

Ai = performance / (m Tonnen * cw*A) > 20 MegaWattAi or 27.200 PSAi

Torque Nm 490 Nm at 6.900 U/min

Performance in KW / PS 514 KW / 700 PS at 9.300 U/min

Specific performance 2000 PS / Tonne or 2,0 PS/kg

Specific engine performance PS/Litres 538 PS/Litres

INTERIEUR

Design “Diamond Edition Custom X”

Attributes “Custom Made” according to customer requirements, all instruments Swiss mechanical clocks, “Diamond Line“ body work and interior, Syrincs sound system “Acabion Metropolitan Reference VI“, 10 channels „White¬box“

MILEAGE

Acceleration

0...450 km/h approx. 19 sec

Maximum speed 450 km/h at 200 PS, governor limit

Maximum speed uncurbed > 600 km/h

Price Upon request

Apparently the hand made works prototype is selling for $600,000. The production version would likely be less than this figure then. Competing with the Ferrari F430 then?

Edited by Big Rizza

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