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TPC Apollo IE vs Peako64 DeTomaso P72 FEATURETTE
Gumpert: German tradition in Chinese hands. A bright future ahead? In 2012, the Gumpert company filed for insolvency. The rights to the Apollo brand were sold to a foreign investor. This investor, Ideal Team Ventures from Hong Kong, founded Apollo Automobil GmbH with its headquarters in Denkendorf, Upper Bavaria. It is the direct successor to Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur. The legendary sports car brand De Tomaso is also part of Ideal Team Ventures’ portfolio. We once had the chance to talk to Norman Choi, the new founder so to speak, when he presented the DeTomaso P72 in Switzerland in 2021. He is a very interesting personality who is taking DeTomaso and Gumpert…
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Ultimate Hypercar by TPC: Mercedes-AMG ONE – FEATURETTE
The Mercedes-AMG ONE… …is an automotive superhero that holds lap records on legendary circuits such as the NΓΌrburgring and Monza. It also became famous as the cover car for the video game “Forza Horizon 5”. The company never released an exact figure, but the price was reportedly between 2 and 3 million Euros. Depending on the spec and options its calculated around 2.75 million Euros though. In addition, the model from TPC and Solo Models is comparatively cheap with prices under 40 Dollar. The first deliveries of the original car only started a year ago, so we had to wait too long for both the real car and the model…