20 October 2009 - 11:00
Veritas RSIII: now on sale, still scary
Hammond may have driven it a year ago, but the insane Veritas RSIII is finally going on sale to the general, unwashed public.
Veritas says it has already sold five of its planned run of 30 RSIIIs, and expects to deliver its first cars in January. Prices start at 342,000 Euro - or around £300,000. Ouch.
You get a whole lump of speedsterish fastness for your Euros, though. The RSIII is powered by the 5.0-litre V10 from the BMW M5, putting out 500bhp through a seven-speed sequential manual gearbox.
That's good for a 0-62mph dash of 3.2 seconds (yowch) and a top speed ‘in excess of 215mph' (yowch, again).
And then there are those looks, those scary, scary looks.
"What counts for the design of a good sports car is the proportions and we have placed great emphasis on these," says Veritas designer Michael Söhngen. "Even at first sight, the Veritas RS III produces an unmistakeable overall impression."
We can't argue with the ‘unmistakeable overall impression' bit. You're really not going to confuse with anything else, are you? Apart from... no, we're not even going to go there.
So, you with your hypothetical three-hundred-and-something grand, where's it going: this, or the Lexus LF-A? Or, er, six Nissan GT-Rs?
Now watch Hammond muller the RSIII around our test track:
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it looks like an evil snake. that to be honest is not so bad on a crazy super car. cool.
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WOW what a different, aggressive, snakelike design. That´s a great thing. The price tag is ridiculous, admitted.
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I just took a look on german websites. They will only handmade 30 of them, period. 5 clients transferred the money already and the have 100 serious requests. Means you will have to hurry up to buy one, with the 345k? in your hands. http://www.auto.de/magazin/showArticle/article/28871/Veritas-RS-III-Ein-Traumsportwagen-geht-in-Serie
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I just took a look on german websites. They will only handmade 30 of them, period. 5 clients transferred the money already and the have 100 serious requests. Means you will have to hurry up to buy one, with the 345k? in your hands. http://www.auto.de/magazin/showArticle/article/28871/Veritas-RS-III-Ein-Traumsportwagen-geht-in-Serie
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That's some scary s*** right there. Seriously, this looks scary and I wouldn't want to have one. There are better cars for sale for that kind of money.
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lexus LF-A is way better but it looks mook better now
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That car looks MEAN, and I like that! If only I had the money >_<
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I'm not sure on the new look, but even if it looked great, I'll take 6 GT-Rs please. Or 4 GT-Rs and 1 GT-R V-Spec...
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Love the face. Love the comedic but mean cartoon eye brows.
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COOL! Is that the one made out of Kevlar?
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o my god. if somebody is really going to spend 300.000 euros for that thing .please think twice and give that money for charity
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great looking car for halloween wonder if it comes in two seater.
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Uhm... I'll take a Nissan GT-R, a McLaren MP4-12C, an Ariel Atom or Caterham and a Citroen C6, thanks.
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@ncocknill: they're all two seater but theres a little hatch covering the passenger side.
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I can't think of a reason why I would rather have that than an Atom or a Caterham. Or any other car, what with the price tag and all.
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a bit more edgy than the one hammond drove
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Reminds me a lot of the Disney-Pixar animation 'Cars'.
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Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Bambloni, Ferrari 458, Aston Martin DBS all probably better options.
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This makes me want to dig-up the Hot Wheels car and find this thing. I swear I've seen something this crazy before. It wont let me watch the vid, but if I can remember right there was a steering ratio issue with the old one. If that's all well and good now, it's price matches the performance and build numbers and who else is going to have one. Diamonds are expensive because of their "rarity", and they're flawed as well.
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It looks like the green goblin from spiderman, those colored head lights enhance the effect
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I'll save myself £260k and go with the R500.
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It's a Zombie Stomper...just in time for Halloween!
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Wow that sure is out there... OK I just realized I just said "The Truth" is out there.... hmmm... do you think they planned that?
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very scary yet great looks. The price is somewhat not as appealing.
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if i had it i would only be able drive it a couple times a year
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it kinda looks like they choped the top of a z4
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It a horrible looking car, I say. It's just... creepy, looks like it's going to eat you alive. I'd better buy a Mini Cooper than that! And the car don't look very secure, the front is pretty high. It's just like a comic car, like Batman or something. Who would buy that? At the price tag added to it, it's like buying shoes made out of real gold, you wear them a couple of time but really, it's no use. They've tried to put to much in one, let the low rides to Corvettes and the power to the Lamborghini. Better try next time maybe.
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Very daring and very ugly
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It's got Angry Eyes. -BJ
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The back end is all wrong on the one Hammond is driving, and it's clearly not all that in the handling department, but I still kind of like it, because it's different, and different is good. I'd still rather have a decent Caterham though.
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Trick quiestion, TG. The answer is the Swizter 850/800 GTR R35 since it is a better value. LF-A isn't really a better value but it is comfortable with you know...a roof, a/c, stereo. Leave this outside during a thunderstorm and it becames a bloody swimming pool.
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quote (carjunkie) "it kinda looks like they choped the top of a z4" nah, reminds me more of a z3 coupe (http://www.dragtimes.com/images/7841-2000-BMW-M Coupe.jpg) on pic 5 out of 5 in the gallery if i had the money i would deffinately have one to all the haters..hyper cars are meant to be radical and aesthetically inovitative, you dont have one because its practical, you have one because you want one and are prepared to put up with the inconviniences ski
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that looks like distilled evil. thoes head lights look like a physcopaths eyes
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It gives Christine a run for its money- it looks like it's got a cunning plan, and humans don't feature very highly in it. Positively venomous.
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This or Merc Stirling Moss? Well this is cheaper and smaller, but the Merc is faster, has a slightly better interior, and in my opinion, better to look at.
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Cappe commented on this article
20 October 2009
Like the design a lot more than the one Hammond tesed.. But i'll still have the Caterham please, if i had the money, which i don't. :)
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