Infiniti FX50 Sebastian Vettel
Intention Infiniti car manufacturers to make FX50 special edition -inspired of F1 driver Sebastian Vettel finally step away present to the world. Official pictures of this crossover car has been published along with the promise that Infiniti says that this car is capable of penetrating speeds up to 300 km / hour.
As is known, some time ago that Infiniti conduct cooperation with Red Bull Racing race team held a number of testing. Vettel was asked to test the Infiniti cars.
From testing, the Infiniti took some advice from world champion F1 cars are to applied in newfangled Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging to them, FX50. The result, a special edition of the Infiniti FX50 Vettel was born into the world.
According to the plan, the car will be out at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which officially opened on 13 September and will be produced in limited quantities starting next year.
Well, because the special edition car that will be named FX Version Sebastian Vettel was created based on some refinement of a Formula 1 world champion, it is not wrong if the power of this car was growing fierce.
V8 engine with a capacity of 5.0 liters is still believed to fill bonnet Infiniti FX50, it's just a standard power FX50 which only amounted to 390 hp now increased to 423 bhp. Increased considerably.
With his new power, the Infiniti FX50 Vettel style is also claimed to be able sped up to speeds of 300 km / h and accelerates from rest to 100 km / h in just 5.5 seconds. 3 seconds faster than the standard model.
While it looks, Infiniti will also dress the special cars with new grill that will be coupled with a front spoiler made karbonfiber inspired by Formula 1 car. Lights will use LEDs. While the back will be placed a 'wing' to support the downforce of the vehicle.
"I first met Sebastian in Geneva and has since been in contact constant. He has seen about three versions of this car and has provided input in its development at every stage," said boss Infiniti's design, Shiro Nakamura as quotes from Autocar Sunday (04/09/2011).
"Sebastian has a real eye for detail and enthusiasm for the project. We talked a lot of ideas, take some and reject others. I really want the car to be 'fine' not too 'hard'. We tried a larger rear wing, for example , but not attractive when seen, "he added.
