The Geneva Motor Show always attracts some weird and
wacky concepts and the GFG Style Kangaroo is definetely one of them at this
year’s event. Attendees at a recent concours event in Switzerland caught a glimpse
of the car over the last weekend, with the company releasing along the way
official images and specifications for the vehicle. Dubbed an ‘electric
hyper-SUV’, the GFG Style Kangaroo is unlike any other vehicle you’ve laid eyes
on.
The electric platform underpinning the vehicle has
been co-developed with CH Auto and houses two 180 kW batteries delivering the
equivalent of 483 hp and 600 Nm of torque. Power is sent to the
ground through all four wheels, allowing the Kangaroo to jump to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds. The vehicle also includes a 90 kWh battery pack that’s
said to offer up a range exceeding 450 km.
Also making the GFG Style Kangaroo unique is its
suspension system. Drivers of the hyper-SUV can select ‘Racing’ mode which
drops the car’s ride height to 140 mm. Next is a ‘Road’ suspension
setting where the ride height is raised to 190 mm, and an
‘Off-Road’ mode where the suspension rises to 260 mm.
GFG Style claims that when the Kangaroo is driven in
its Racing and Rode configurations, the shock absorbers work with a single
spring. When Off-Road mode is selected, the shock absorbers work with two
springs in series.
Most of the Kangaroo’s exterior is made from carbon
fiber but there are polycarbonate fenders. Among the key exterior styling
details are butterfly doors, narrow headlights and taillights, and a sharp
front bumper. The car also includes large 22-inch wheels with Pirelli Scorpion
tires and has a number of sensors on the roof to enable autonomous driving
functions.
Inside, the Kangaroo features three large displays:
one used for a digital gauge cluster, a second for a wide screen above the
gauge cluster, and a third vertical screen that controls all the infotainment
functions. GFG style hasn’t said if it has any interest in bringing the Kangaroo
to the road.
