Automotive startup Aspark is getting ready to ship the roadster variant of its Owl hypercar, as evidenced by these photos posted online without comment by Manifattura Automobili Torino.
The company, which previously held the title of the creator of the world’s fastest all-electric car, believes that going roofless in a vehicle nearly two thousand horsepower strong is the best way to “become one with the car and the road.” It also claims that the all-electric powertrain it designed actually takes driving enjoyment “to a whole new level.”
The standard Aspark Owl coupe uses four e-motors jointly rated above 2,028 PS (2,000 hp / 1,492 kW). Its roadster counterpart is marginally less extreme at 1,980 PS (1,953 hp / 1,456 kW) and a peak torque of 1,920 Nm (1,416 lb-ft). It’s also fairly lightweight for what it is, tipping the scales at 1.9 metric tons (~4,200 lbs) with a 69-kWh battery pack installed.
Sprinting from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) succeeds in 1.78 seconds, and doubling that acceleration takes only 4.76 seconds. The theoretical top speed amounts to 413 km/h (256 mph), but all production cars are limited to 350 km/h (217 mph) for safety reasons. Once fully charged, the Owl has only 250 km (155 miles) of range at most.
Drivers get four presets to switch among, including a dedicated Snow Mode and a max performance mode. The body of the car is a carbon-fiber monocoque overlaid with panels made from the same material. The ground clearance can be adjusted within the range of 80–160 mm (3.13–6.25 inches). To ensure adequate deceleration, the EV uses 10-piston brake calipers and carbon-ceramic discs.
Only 20 examples will be made, with all pricing being kept secret.
The original Aspark Owl coupe debuted a couple of years ago and proceeded to make it into the Guinness Book of Records for attaining the highest speeds of any electric car ever at quarter-mile and eighth-mile (402-m and 201-m) distances. The marque’s second production hypercar, the Aspark S660 coupe, also managed to get into the Guinness Book for reaching 438.7 km/h (272.6 mph) in all-electric mode.
