The British RML Group has built the first example of its own car: the Short Wheelbase. Taking the Ferrari 275 GTB as an example, this Singer-esque creation is now undergoing an intensive testing program. This year, the company wants to start delivering the first cars to customers.
RML is a company that deals with car modifications at the highest level. Earlier, RML built the crazy Juke R for Nissan and screwed together a racing version of the SLR McLaren 722: the SLR 722 GT. Now the company is venturing into building its own car: The RML Short Wheelbase. The car was previously only seen on computer sketches, but now RML has actually built it. The final car remains faithful to those computer sketches shown earlier. It only differs in detail, the grille comes out a little further and there are no slats in the air slots behind the rear wheels.
RML Short Wheelbase
RML is not yet showing the final interior of the Short Wheelbase. What can now be seen much better is the engine of the Short Wheelbase. It was already known what kind of engine that would be, namely the 5.5 V12 from the Ferrari 550 Maranello, but that 485 hp and 568 Nm strong power source had never been admired in the creation of RML before. A nice detail is that part of the engine can be seen through the air inlet on the hood. Incidentally, the Ferrari logo can only be seen on the engine, on the outside RML provides the Short Wheelbase with its own logo on top of the hood. The Prancing Horse brand is known for not being very lenient when it comes to the rights to its logo.
The price of the RML Short Wheelbase is now also known. The company is asking for £1.35 million (€1.61 ​​million) excluding taxes for its creation, of which a total of 30 units will be built. Each copy takes six months to build, so for now the company is still happy with it.
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