A Gumpert for cruising is finally revealed. After weeks of being very economical with information now in Geneva they are laying their cards on the table and the Gumpert Tornante by Touring makes its bow.
What do Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong and G-Power have in common? They are or were record chasers as obsessed as any single in a bar on the weekend chasing skirts. The difference, though: While the athletes can be suspected of using performance-enhancing substances, G-Power resorts only to fully legal doping to make their Hurricane RS Touring the fastest estate car in the world.
For years the automobile market in Japan has been static and sluggish. Buyers are reticent and for the younger urban generation an automobile seems to be low on their list of priorities. Only the tiny ‘Kei’ models seem sought after.
Gumpert will be presenting a new model in Geneva – that’s no secret. But little by little details of their fast tourer are emerging. Now the sports car builder based in the state of Thuringia has released a first photograph and some information concerning the motorization of the Tornante by Touring.
The 39th edition of the marathon race round the Nürburgring now belongs to the past. Drivers have recovered from their fatigue, cars are no longer held in the parc fermé. For the fifth time in six years the overall winner was the Manthey-Porsche team.