2011 TransStar Dagger GT

[Brainhulk]

Veyron Super Sports killer?

---- Specifications ----


Price
$450,000 Production
5 for 2011 model year
Engine
9.4 liter GM V8 Weight
--
Aspiration
twin turbochargers Torque
2000 lb-ft
HP
2000 hp HP/Weight
--
HP/Liter
212.8 hp per liter 1/4 mile
under 6.7 seconds
0-60 mph
under 1.5 seconds Top Speed
over 300 mph

(from TranStar Racing Press Release) The 2000 horsepower, 300 mph Dagger GT by TranStar Racing, LLC

Join the rebellion!

It's time to smile and have fun again! "Extreme" is back! The 2000 hp, 300 mph Dagger GT's design objectives are to be the best-looking, fastest Supercar in the world. This Supercar is being specially designed, very deliberately and explicitly, to break all world records and to bring back the most popular class of race car: the unlimited class which has been regulated, restricted and compromised into extinction. Join the rebellion as we break every rule there is, and break every world record for production Supercars. We will not quit until we achieve these goals:

-- Top horsepower/torque: 2000 hp/2000 ft lbs (given)
-- Top Speed: 300 mph, plus
-- Quarter mile: 200 mph and < 6.7 seconds
-- 0 to 60 mph: < 1.5 seconds
-- Lap records at: Nurburgring and Virginia International Raceway.

Each Dagger GT will be carefully hand-made by exceptional, enthusiastic craftsmen. Each car will be custom-made to the owner's preferences and desires. You can order: one of three (3) hard-core racing models; a street-legal comfortable-riding sport model, or a soft-riding, luxurious GT-X model that looks and feels like a million-dollar car, but runs like a bat-out-of-hell. We plan to deliver 5 production Daggers in 2011. Each Dagger will be 49-state street-legal if desired by the buyer.

The base MSRP of the Dagger GT-S or "Sport" model is $450,000 plus custom work, if requested. Deliveries are scheduled beginning in the first half of 2011. Production is very limited to maintain exceptional, over-the-top quality and fine craftsmanship. We have 2 more sales to go before we close out our 2011 production allotment of five (5) units. After the first five units are under contract, we will begin negotiating purchase orders for 10 units to be delivered in 2012.

The Dagger GT is based on an exceptional mid-engine concept car, the Corvette Cheetah, created by the brilliant industrial designer, Ivan Luccion. Our consulting lead designer is Phil Frank, designer of the world record-setting Saleen S7 Supercar which recently won the 24 hours of LeMans. Each Dagger GT is custom-made from 100% proven, guaranteed, off-the-shelf racing components and hand-built to the highest standards by experienced, exceptional supercar craftsmen. The car features an over-the-top big block, 2000 hp aluminum, twin turbo 572 multifuel racing engine, routinely built by Nelson Racing Engines. The engine is also "streetable." A custom TranStar/Mendeola 6-speed transaxle geared to 308 mph is also featured. The transaxle is designed to withstand the 2000 foot-pounds of torque delivered by the engine. The Dagger GT also features a high-strength 4130 Chromoly Steel chassis. A space-age carbon fiber body will be fabricated by the aerospace industry.

 

[J-PaP]

I saw this on seriouswheels a few days ago and had to double check it wasn't April 1st. It looks great and all and I'd love to see one on the road. But seriously those figures are plain lies.

Good luck getting 300mph in a convertible.

 

[McLaren]

-- Top horsepower/torque: 2000 hp/2000 ft lbs (given)
-- Top Speed: 300 mph, plus
-- Quarter mile: 200 mph and < 6.7 seconds
-- 0 to 60 mph: < 1.5 seconds
-- Lap records at: Nurburgring and Virginia International Raceway.

Yeah, good luck with that in what they're aiming for.

Wait, what?

You can order: one of three (3) hard-core racing models; a street-legal comfortable-riding sport model, or a soft-riding, luxurious GT-X model that looks and feels like a million-dollar car, but runs like a bat-out-of-hell.

1. Street-legal, comfortable-riding sport model.
2. Soft-riding, luxurious GT-X runs like a bat-out-of-hell.
3. ???
Sounds like the same thing?

 

[Omnis]

Business success tip: You've spent the past year in Maya creating your 3D art piece. Don't put yourself in charge of PR.

 

[Paulie]

A 9.4L GM V8? Using which engine exactly? Production of the big block has ceased. I think those numbers are either wishful thinking or more likely designed to get some publicity.

 

[Mr. Apex]

How can it be Mid-engined AND transaxle? Wasn't the cheetah front-mid?

And good luck trying to achieve a Nürburgring lap record with this

 

[Ingram]

I saw this on seriouswheels a few days ago and had to double check it wasn't April 1st.

+1.

I remember designing a car with those performance figures when I was four years old. Though my car probably came equipped with a minigun too.

I must say I'm a big fan of the looks, and fair play to them if it makes 300mph, but it would be quite an understatement to say that I have my doubts.

 

[Dave A]

I can imagine the people at Bugatti feeling terrible after reading this.

All that laughing must have made them feel ill.

 

[Jim Prower]

Transtar? What is this, a Bus manufacturer going into the supercar business?

Note on the displacement - 9.4 liters is roughly equivalent to 572 cubic inches...

http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/E...720&engine=ZZ 572/720R&sku=12498827&engCat=bb

Which GM just happens to make a crate motor for. I still doubt they'll make cars by 2011. They've only got six months to make more than a Render...

 

[Jay]

A 9.4L GM V8? Using which engine exactly? Production of the big block has ceased. I think those numbers are either wishful thinking or more likely designed to get some publicity.

GM still make big blocks for crate engines and Marine (Mercruiser), GM's ZZ572 is 9.4litres

https://store.gmperformanceparts.co...5&prodsFound=1&redir=true&category=Big Blocks

(official GM website)

 

[Stotty]

Looks 👍

Performance claims

 

[Boffin]

Hahaha - and 2000hp going through those lo pro tires?

And at 300mph?

Jog on. I'd have more fun in something with 10% the power, let alone 20%....

 

[TheCracker]

Excuse me for not getting too excited about yet another largely unheard of small volume car manufacturer marketing a generic looking supercar with outrageous performance figures.

 

[Tornado]

Sometimes I have to wonder whether some of these companies even plan on producing cars at all rather than just putting together Ponzi schemes.

 

[Rotary Junkie]

So it's supposed to be 2000hp, RWD, and do 6-second 1/4 mile passes?

Riight, someone's been having a bit much fun with the slide rule.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Sounds like an Automotive Design students wet dream..

 

[TheCracker]

Sounds and looks like a 13 year old boy's automotive wet dream

 

[mafia_boy]

I wouldn't knock it....the motor is being built by Nelson Racing Engines, the same crew that built the motor for the TKR Supercar. Also, the figures are a bit underrated, look at this brand new motor they've built using the 572 motor, achieving 2218hp & 1800ft/lbs. @ 28psi. boost!



So think what you will, I actually believe they will come VERY close to the claims of top speed and acceleration, if not actually achieving it because this motor produces more power than what the Transtar people are predicting and almost as much torque aswell.

 

[Robin]

Looks like a Chrysler ME Four-Twelve hit a Mclaren MP4-12C.

I think the only world records its going to be setting will be in digital form, just like the car.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Just because the motor can produce enough power doesn't necessarily mean that the car can actually achieve 300 mph. A lot of other factors need to be considered.

 

[Omnis]

Didn't know Nelson RE was involved. That engine has 300hp at idle. Those guys are insane.

 

[mafia_boy]

Just because the motor can produce enough power doesn't necessarily mean that the car can actually achieve 300 mph. A lot of other factors need to be considered.

Yes we know, things such as gearing and tyre performance just to tickle the surface, let alone aerodynamics.

 

[Jim Prower]

So think what you will, I actually believe they will come VERY close to the claims of top speed and acceleration, if not actually achieving it because this motor produces more power than what the Transtar people are predicting and almost as much torque aswell.

Tires? What about tires? What are they gonna run on this thing? I don't think you can get 6-second times out of two low-profile sports car tires, when you typically need 33" wrinklewall Hoosiers to get those kind of times...

 

[mafia_boy]

Tires? What about tires? What are they gonna run on this thing? I don't think you can get 6-second times out of two low-profile sports car tires, when you typically need 33" wrinklewall Hoosiers to get those kind of times...

Yes we know, things such as gearing and tyre performance just to tickle the surface, let alone aerodynamics.

 

[Terronium-12]

At least it's sexy. I will give it that much.

But, 300mph? I'll believe it after several thousand prototypes haven't blown up from excessive stress on, well, everything.

 

[Keef]

Three hundred doesn't seem all that ridiculous to me, all it needs is a low-drag body, tons of power, a Viper transmission because that's already geared for like 500, and tires that won't fly apart.

The acceleration times they suggest are ridiculous though. Just not gonna happen, not unless they're launching on drag slicks at a strip covered with coke syrup. A few 600+ horsepower local cars need drag radials on the street just to put the power down at 100mph, so imagine a 2k horsepower car trying to put it down at any speed. There's a reason the Veyron is all-wheel drive, and it's not because it's the cool new thing to do. Apparently this car isn't driven by anything though, it doesn't say anything about it.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Three hundred doesn't seem all that ridiculous to me, all it needs is a low-drag body, tons of power, a Viper transmission because that's already geared for like 500, and tires that won't fly apart.

The aerodynamics aren't all that simple, as the Veyron proved. Cooling is a massive issue and radiators create massive amounts of drag. And that rendering has hardly any of the ducts seen on the Veyron or Gumpert Apollo.

 

[Northstar]

It looks like they took a 458 Italia and changed it enough to not get sued. I guess it's not that big of a deal as it will probably never actually get built.

 

[Moglet]

Business success tip: You've spent the past year in Maya creating your 3D art piece. Don't put yourself in charge of PR.

I can't see it happening myself, the aerodynamics don't seem right for any of the claims and the tyre issue just can't be ignored.

 

[Rykon Zero]

Wow. I've gone and thought about a 9 liter W18 engine with 1800 hp, and even in my head, it only got about 280 mph, AND it needed carbon nanotube reinforced tires to make sure the entire thing didn't explode. If this thing actually (not literally, that'd be terrifying) got off the ground, I'd be reasonably pleased because of how ridiculous it is.