By Paul Rachwal
Tuesday, Jul 17th, 2012 @ 11:36 am
 
Aspid, a Spanish performance car brand under the IFR Automotive engineering company umbrella, has recently officially unveiled its second car, the GT-21 Invictus. It will use a 4.4-liter V8 from BMW tuned to about 450 horsepower to propel the sub-2,200lb car to a target top speed of 187mph and sprint to 62mph in three seconds.

While those numbers certainly sound impressive, another one that's even harder to believe is the claimed 1.6g of cornering grip, though exactly how that's measured isn't specified. The power will flow through either a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.

The low weight is thanks to an aluminum chassis and a composite body. The brakes will be large 15.75-inch units up front squeezed by twin calipers, with the same sized ones in the rear, though only a single caliper on each suffices here.

Unlike Aspid's only other car, the Super Sport, the GT-21 will get two small rear seats that are suitable for kids or adults for short trips. Like that two-seater, however, the key information such as road and engine speed will be presented on a screen built into the steering wheel, like on many race cars.

The car will be very limited, with a maximum of 250 built-to-order examples promised for European consumption only. Prices or shipping dates aren't yet revealed. The car is expected to create 200 jobs, though exactly where remains to be seen.

Invictus, by the way, translates to unconquered from Latin, which could certainly be appropriate if the performance numbers above are backed up by testing.

  

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