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Page 1 of 1  The Dutch have a reputation for relentless innovation and honest, unfiltered feedback, making the new Donkervoort P24 RS the most Dutch supercar ever made.In a direct counterpunch to a computerised, homogenous automotive world, the new Donkervoort P24 RS immerses its owners in saturation driving pleasure and pure, direct feedback. It does not isolate its drivers from the road surface or the car’s energy. It exposes them. More than 50 of the planned 150 P24 RS supercars have already been sold to customers in Europe, the US and the Middle East, writing a new chapter of exclusivity in Donkervoort Automobielen’s 48-year, family-owned story. The P24 RS embraces cutting-edge technologies while adhering to Donkervoort’s core philosophies of light weight, no driving compromises and extreme customer service and personalisation. Sitting well below the one-tonne barrier at just 780kg (dry), it uses turbocharging, intercooling and Ex-Core carbon-fibre innovations to meet safety and emissions legislation at a weight unattainable for most supercar rivals. At its heart is an all-new, 600 horsepower (441kW), Power To Choose (PTC) V6 engine, making the P24 RS the only road-going 600hp supercar under the 1000kg barrier. The twin-turbo, 3.5-litre PTC V6 allows drivers to choose between 400, 500 or 600 horespower outputs and it has adjustable traction control to manage its 800Nm torque peak. That gives the P24 RS the astonishing power-to-weight figure of 770hp per tonne (565kW per tonne) and 1025Nm per tonne of torque, generating raw speed to match its agility, featherweight inertia and throttle response. The P24 RS accelerates to 100km/h appropriately quickly, and from zero to 200km/h in just 7.4 seconds* before reaching beyond 300km/h at its upper limits. All this has been achieved without Donkervoort prioritising the straight-line speed of its rear-drive supercar. Instead, Donkervoort delivered the purest, low-inertia driving experience, with its 2.3G of mechanical cornering muscle joined by balanced, user-friendly aerodynamics, with floor-generated downforce. “The key to everything we do is about eliminating weight, minimising inertia and delivering unforgettable driving experiences,” Donkervoort Managing Director, Denis Donkervoort said. “The less weight you carry, the less weight you have to stop, turn and accelerate, and the less fuel you use, the smaller the components can be and the more intimate the car can be for its driver,” Donkervoort explained. “The P24 RS has impressive horsepower and speed and specifications, but it is not about any of that. It’s something personal to us and our owners. It’s about what driving pleasure means to them, because this is everything to us,” he said. The supercar’s long-nose, short-tail stance retains Donkervoort’s traditional exposed front wheel wings to help drivers more accurately place the front tyres and judge suspension movement in corners. It also has an optional removable aero kit for track work, while industry-first swing-out headlights put an exclamation mark on the front end’s new design signature. Donkervoort maintains its driver-first philosophy, with no electronic filters censoring the nuanced feedback from the tyres to the driver. There are no standard skid-control, torque-vectoring, power-steering or automatic brake-assist systems. Donkervoort leaves the driver in total control, all the time, allowing them to revel in the drive, not just the lap time. The interior accommodates drivers up to 2.05 metres tall, even with the removable Twin Targa carbon-fibre roof attached, and it has luggage capacity comparable to a small hatch, at 298 litres. “The P24 RS gives Donkervoort drivers new levels of handling, driving purity, engagement and design, which should leave no doubt about the direction Donkervoort is heading in,” Donkervoort explained. “The P24 RS is designed purely to make the driver feel happy and connected and to forget the world outside the cockpit. Its agility is a constant reminder that no other supercar is worth the weight,” he said. After the sold-out success of the F22, only 150 of the €298,500 Donkervoort supercars will be hand built in Lelystad. Page 1 of 1 |
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