Russo-Baltique was an automobile manufacturer that went bust in the 1920's. The Impression is a super luxury GT concept shown in 2006, and was intended to be available for a price of $1.8m each. It's mechanicals are based on the Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG, so around 550 horsepower and über-torque output.
Russo-Balt (sometimes Russobalt or Russo-Baltique) was one of the first Russian companies that produced cars between 1909 and 1923. The brand "Руссо-Балт" was resurrected in 2006 by a group of German and Russian investors to propose a luxury concept car, the Russo-Baltique Impression, billed as a coupé with strong hints of European styling of the early 1930s.
The concept vehicle is said to be based on the Mercedes CL 65 AMG. The Russo-Baltique Impression luxury coupé takes up the tradition of the Russo-Baltique brand that disappeared soon after the Russian Revolution. In doing so, the brand - which once supplied cars to the Court of Russian Tsar - returned to the luxury car segment ahead of its 100th anniversary.
The Impression is powered by a Mercedes-Benz twin-turbo V-12 with 555 horsepower mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, the car also has a pneumatic suspension, rear-hinged doors, Zebrano wood interior trim, lots of carbon fiber, and a radiator grille "crowned by the historical heraldic sign picturing the Russian two-headed eagle—the official emblem of a supplier to His Highness the Emperor's Court."
