Vanwall has announced the opening of orders for Vanderwell, an electric sports proposed in three power steps to ensure performance and fun, also on the track
About two years after the preview of 2023, the return of the glorious and unfortunate Vanwall brand is completed with the opening of the orders for the electric sportsman Vanderwell. It is proposed in three versions, all with all-wheel drive: 325 HP H-GT, 625 HP and N-GT THIN WALL SPECIAL, always 625 HP but with a mass of less than 2 tons. Based on the 800 Volt E-GMP platform of the Hyundai-Kia group, it shows off dimensions and proportions similar to the IONIQ 5, in addition to the 650 HP of power shared between the top of the range of the two models. Vanwall It has not spread information on the type of battery of Vanderwell, or if it is the same accumulator, 84 kWh, which allows the Ioniq 5 n to touch the 500 km of maximum autonomy. The support on the ground is entrusted to wheels of 22 -inch wheels, while only high quality materials such as Connolly skin and velvet are used for the interiors. Produced in series limited to 500 specimens, each of which can be customized at the request of the owner. Instead, the performance of the top of the range declared N-GT Thin Wall Specialable to sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds. The price of Vanwall Vanderwell starts from 128,000 euros.
Vanwall: the triumph and the tragedy
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The triumph and the tragedy, on the same day. The year 1958 ran, the first in which the Formula 1 World Cup was offered for the manufacturers alongside the Piloti World Cup. A historic year for the top flight but, as often happened in those years, marked by a tragic accident that occurred in the last GP of the season, played in Morocco. He cost the life of the British pilot Stuart Nigel Evans under the VanwallEnglish stable founded by the Industrial Tony Vanderwell. Evans died in England six days after the accident, due to the very serious burns reported in the impact during the race that cost the title to Stirling Moss in favor of Mike Hawthorn, a British pilot in force at Ferrari. It was the umpteenth tragedy of those years, in addition to the mockery suffered by Moss who lost the world championship despite the final victory over the Ferrari driver, to whom the second place was enough to bring the fourth World Cup to the 9th players played until 1958 to Maranello. An epilogue tragic occurred just one year after the tragedy of Guidizzolo della Mille Miglia, who pushed Vanderwell, in the grip of despair, to dissolve the team that had just hit the First manufacturers title. A story in some ways similar to that which took place three years earlier with the death of Alberto Ascarifound while trying in Monza La Ferrari di Castello in the year in which he ran for the Spear. The tragedy induced Gianni Lancia, son of the founder Vincenzo, to abandon the adventure in Formula 1 with the sale of his single -seater to Ferrari.
rebirth
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The rebirth of the Vanwall brand is the daughter of the spirit of the initiative of Colin Kollesin the past CEO and Team Principal of several teams of Formula 1. “I have always been a great enthusiast of engines thanks to my involvement in F1 and my activities in other categories in the world of motorsport, and therefore initially I was critical of electric vehicles. However, now I have to say that I converted. We wanted to create something new and extreme to get more intense emotions and driving pleasure. The development of these electric cars has opened a new world to me. The reactions of the people who saw Vanwall Vandervell are overwhelming. People stop amazed when they see this car. So I know that we have created something truly unique, not only from the point of view of performance, but also in terms of style. A car that can be driven at the same time as a luxury limousine, or like a racing machine. Do we have something comparable on the market in this price segment? I say no. What are the disadvantages perceived with electric cars? The autonomy and weight of the battery. Today there are constant developments in the battery sector, which we will also implement in our vehicles during development activities. However, despite these current progress, the weight must always be reduced to the maximum, where possible, to increase autonomy. We therefore decided to build a car with a body completely in carbon fiber. It is efficient and represents enormous weight saving. No competitor in the high -end luxury segment can match this aspect. That’s why we are a leader in this segment. I say in this segment, because there are cars made entirely of carbon, but only in much higher price ranges. Thanks to decades of experience in F1 and in other categories in the racing field, we have an experience in the use of carbon that no competitor can offer. The carbon bodywork and the E-GMP platform, the most advanced in the EV category, are an unbeatable combination, synonymous with driving emotions, avant-garde performance and engineering “. Vanwall’s relaunch is not over: they are about to arrive, in fact , the 1000 HP Vanwall LM Hypercar intended for the endurance world championship and a Hyperbike.
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