Tremendous sports activities automobiles are an thrilling and extremely emotional world of their very own. Solely racing automobiles may give you much more goosebumps. With the XGT, ABT Sportsline combines the 2 worlds into a complete murals: born as a thoroughbred GT2 automobile, the DTM racing crew and automobile tuner created probably the most unique automobile that has ever left the ABT manufacturing unit in Kempten in a two-year, extraordinarily advanced improvement course of. With 640 hp at 1,400 kg, a restricted version of 99 items, and the merely breathtaking look of a racing machine, the road-legal racer is aimed toward sporty drivers and motorsport lovers. This uniqueness provides the XGT a particular attraction that will even delight collectors.
As a standard racing crew, ABT Sportsline has contested greater than 300 races within the DTM since 2000, achieved dozens of particular person victories and over 250 podium finishes, and is presently probably the most profitable energetic DTM crew. The very best conditions for an formidable mission just like the XGT. However it’s greater than only a mission: “It was the problem itself that spurred us on to develop this distinctive full automobile. The XGT is the quintessence of our heritage,” Hans-Jürgen Abt proudly explains. As a result of it was not simple to get the GT2 racing automobile on the street – the motorsport necessities and street visitors are too far aside.
“Two extremely intensive years have handed from the concept to completion,” says ABT Sportsline Managing Director Thomas Biermaier, who got here up with the concept for the XGT along with Ernst Christian Scherer, Managing Director of Scherer Sport, after an thrilling and profitable race. Biermaier and Scherer had been harboring the dream of tackling such a mission for a while. Now issues have been getting critical: “Our engineers and mechanics had some powerful challenges to beat.”
With round 40 particular person approvals, the months-long approval course of went past the scope of standard automobile improvement. The spotlight: visually, the road-going model differs solely marginally from the Audi R8 LMS GT2 racing automobile. The XGT is just not a brilliant sports activities automobile with a racing look, it’s a road-legal racing automobile. Now 99 rolling chassis are ready to be hand-built into one-offs in line with buyer specs.
Anybody who has all the time dreamed of sitting behind the wheel of an actual racing automobile will get their cash’s value within the ABT XGT. As a result of the XGT is steered with a steering wheel specifically made for the racing model. The technical modifications within the areas of thermal administration, software program and the extremely advanced automobile diagnostics system have been rigorously carried out to protect the character of the racing automobile. For on a regular basis usability, the fuelling system from the sequence was built-in, the instrument cluster was modified for civilian use, and the handbrake, central locking, and even a reversing digital camera and immobilizer have been added.
The management panel was tailored to street use and controls the electrically adjustable exterior mirrors, air-con, and indicators. On the similar time, the particular exhaust system together with aftertreatment parts needed to fulfil the KBA’s emission specs. After all, the main focus was additionally on security: a whole XGT automobile was used within the demanding facet and entrance crash assessments and all KBA specs concerning brakes and noise ranges have been met in in depth assessments.
Along with the in depth street assessments, there was one other maxim within the improvement of the ABT XGT: as a lot racetrack feeling as doable. To this finish, the XGT accomplished 1000’s of kilometers on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the Sachsenring, and the Hockenheimring to seek out the right setup. Along with DTM driver Kelvin van der Linde, DTM driver and Scherer model ambassador Ricardo Feller – each of whom will even be racing for ABT in 2024 – ABT Motorsport Director Martin Tomczyk and racing driver and Scherer model ambassador Frank Stippler have been additionally used as improvement drivers.
Their unsurprising conclusion: “The street dealing with, steering habits and acceleration can’t be in contrast with any street automobile”. Due to the dual-adjustable suspension with modified springs, formidable drivers have the chance to seek out their excellent setup for each racetrack.
Scherer Sport is the unique distributor and repair supplier for the XGT. This cooperation is predicated on a long-standing partnership and a shared ardour for motorsport, which is why it was solely pure to carry this distinctive mission to the street collectively. Clients can select from 4 totally different shade ideas; particular person options and variants are doable because of the handcrafted implementation. The value of the ABT XGT begins at 598,000 euros incl. VAT.
Anybody who needs to see the distinctive ABT XGT within the flesh: In Mainz, about 20 minutes from Frankfurt Airport, the ABT showroom of Scherer Sport will open its doorways on November 23. Along with the Star XGT, different ABT particular fashions will likely be on show there. Moreover, the XGT will, after all, even be showcased at ABT Sportsline in Kempten.
