British start-up Dendrobium has announced that former Lotus chief designer Peter Stevens has made design tweaks to the firm’s D-1 electric supercar.
Stevens, known for designing a number of British sports cars including the McLaren F1 and Jaguar XJR-15, has made “small but beneficial changes” to the D-1, resulting in the new XP-2 concept.
With a target weight of 1750kg, Dendrobium says the fully carbonfibre XP-2 will “rewrite the rules for the hypercar ownership experience”.
Stevens said: “My small changes to the D-1 to create the new XP-2 were inspired by improving airflow of the car, as well as visually enhancing the drama of this exceptional electric hypercar.”
The XP-2 retains the striking styling of the D-1 on which it is based, with wide air channels between the two-seater cabin and wings to improve aerodynamic efficiency, and a prominent rear diffuser aimed at maximising downforce.
Revealed in 2018, the D-1 is aiming for a top speed of 200mph and a 0-60mph time of 2.7sec. The model is expected to use a four-wheel-drive system and three electric motors to produce 1475lb ft, nearly 300lb ft more than the all-electric Rimac Concept One.
Despite the uncertainty posed by Brexit for manufacturers, Dendrobium remains committed to manufacturing the D-1 in the UK.
Ahead of the concept’s Salon Privé reveal last year, company boss Nigel Gordon-Stewart said: “We are developing unique cabling and connector systems, as well as our own complete vehicle integration and ADAS hardware and software. From a technical perspective, the D-1 will be a British engineering tour de force.”
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Its funny how britain has
Its funny how britain has become the home of small independant high-end car manufactures.
They all make pretty awesome cars, but it surprises me how they make a profit. The answer is obviously selling them for crazy prices.
Imagine if there was a small japanese car manufuacturer that made crazy cars for crazy prices. It wouldn't work.
Thursday's supercar
Yup, time for another supercar concept that has a nominal chance of becoming a 3D reality. Although TVR seems to be slipping away, at least its founders talked a decent game of running the brand's resurrection as a business. Talking about developing "unique cabling and connector systems" isn't really convincing me that this isn't more than a bunch of enthusiastic engineers having a go. Like Wednesday's Ginetta that seemed to make so many people ill, one has to hope that there are not too many people that lose money on supercar-of-the-day.
Thursday's supercar
Yup, time for another supercar concept that has a nominal chance of becoming a 3D reality. Although TVR seems to be slipping away, at least its founders talked a decent game of running the brand's resurrection as a business. Talking about developing "unique cabling and connector systems" isn't really convincing me that this isn't more than a bunch of enthusiastic engineers having a go. Like Wednesday's Ginetta that seemed to make so many people ill, one has to hope that there are not too many people that lose money on supercar-of-the-day.