If constructing hypercars have been straightforward, everybody would do it (although, these days, it looks as if that is extra true than ever). However Jim Glickenhaus loves a problem. The previous filmmaker and Ferrari collector turned entrepreneur launched Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in 2004 with desires of competing within the FIA World Endurance Championship. In 2021, these desires got here true with the purpose-built SCG 007 LMH race automobile.
The 007 LMH would go on to have its justifiable share of on-track success. It took the pole place at Monza and Spa, and achieved podium finishes at each Le Mans and Sebring. Sadly, SCG has since pulled out of the WEC—however which means the corporate can now focus extra of its consideration on the place it issues most to customers: highway vehicles.
Photograph by: SCG
Meet the SCG 007s. Primarily based on the exact same 007 LMH race automobile that took on Le Mans, Monza, Sebring, and so many others throughout its tenure, the 007s transfers its on-track expertise to a very street-legal race automobile for the highway.
It begins with the engine. The 007s’ twin-turbocharged 6.2-liter V-8 sends a bonkers 1,000 horsepower and 737 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels by a seven-speed automated guide gearbox. All in a automobile that weighs simply 3,417 kilos—or about as a lot as a 2025 Toyota Supra.
The suspension was designed with tracks like Le Mans in thoughts, the double-wishbone entrance and pushrod rear, that includes adjustable anti-roll bars that you could tweak relying on the monitor or your most well-liked driving type. The middle-locking solid aluminum wheels are nice for fast modifications—say, if you wish to slap on a pair of racing slicks. And the 007s even options onboard air jacks, which suggests it is best to be capable of make most of these modifications on the fly.
Photograph by: SCG
Photograph by: SCG
Photograph by: SCG
The aerodynamics are just about unchanged from the race automobile, give or take just a few updates. The entrance finish nonetheless has a sizeable diffuser with fins at every nook, a bigger vertical sail extending from the rear of the cabin, and a large spoiler. SCG says that, even with slicks, the superior aerodynamics enable the 007s to “function on the limits of grip.”
However don’t assume the 007s’ race credibility means it isn’t usable day-after-day. It has hydraulically activated doorways for simple ingress and egress, a front-end elevate so that you don’t scrape the nostril, and sure, even air-con.
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“It’s not only a road-going duplicate, it’s a rethinking of what a hypercar needs to be,” the corporate says in a press release. “Whereas most ‘excessive’ track-day machines battle to adapt to public roads, the 007s was formed by aerodynamic excellence and 1000’s of testing laps on the world’s most demanding circuits—but it glides effortlessly by city site visitors and summer season warmth.”
The SCG 007s makes its public debut at this yr’s Villa d’Este in Lake Como, Italy, earlier than heading to prospects hopefully someday this yr. We don’t understand how a lot it prices but, however count on to pay a fairly penny for that a lot racing pedigree.
