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Remember the ridiculous Veritas RSIII that Richard drove in the last series?
Well, how do you fancy an SUV version? Seriously. Reports are reaching us from Germany that Veritas is planning a limited run of carbon fibre off-roaders.
We can't imagine, even for a second, what the hell it's going to look like. Bizarre, we'd guess.
But, should it happen, the Veritas SUV will be fast. The open-cockpit RSIII, remember, hits 60mph in something pretty close to three seconds flat, courtesy of a 620bhp BMW-sourced V10.
The SUV could be equally perception-bending, especially if it's powered by... an airplane engine.
Oh yes. We hear rumours that the Veritas SUV will pack a small aircraft engine. May we humbly suggest the 27-litre, V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin?
It also looks likely that, in addition to the 30 or so open-cockpit RSIIIs planned for production, Veritas will build roughly the same number of coupe RSIIIs.
Starting price? A mere £250,000...
Now watch Richard thrash the lightweight German racer:
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What do you think?
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 12:19 pm on 24 July 2009
An awful looking car and an awful idea to build an SUV. Might be a first though to have one built out of carbon fibre, bizarre!
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Nikfam commented on this article
at 01:22 pm on 24 July 2009
car is not awfull. but idea of building a SUV may have an awful result. Building SUV'v is not a type of evolution that every car producer must reach. You can do good sedans, or good sportscars, or good SUV's, but not all toghether
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P2nkzSB commented on this article
at 07:24 pm on 24 July 2009
the video clip says that the car has a BMW V8. So which one is it?
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alex.benjamin commented on this article
at 03:07 pm on 25 July 2009
Now the Veritas looks like a brilliant car but can you imagine driving it in london in the pouring ran. I don't think so unless you have an umbrella. Also if the engines from a BMW why don't you just buy the BMW. Hammond ROCKS
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Hu1chy commented on this article
at 09:18 pm on 26 July 2009
Why? Just why? Well at least a SUV version couldn't really look any worse. I'd love to see it built though. Just so i could laugh in its ugly face!
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