New images and details about the Spyros
Panopoulos Project Chaos hypercar from Greece have hit the web and if this
build actually hits the market and doesn’t turn out to be vaporware, more
established smaller players in the industry might have something to worry
about.
The official word from the company is that
the car uses a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V10 engine that includes titanium
camshafts, Inconel valves, 3D printed pistons and rods and is good for 2,000 HP
while revving through to 11,000 rpm. Should the customer opt for things like
ceramic pistons, carbon fiber rods, and other modifications, the engine will
pump out 3,000 HP, revving up to 12,000 rpm.
In the teaser video below, we discover
that 3D printing will be used extensively. For example, 3D printing will be
used to make the titanium exhaust, muffler, magnesium matrix brake calipers,
titanium wheels, carbon fiber turbocharger compressor wheels, the
aforementioned pistons and conrods, and a titanium crankshaft. Elsewhere, the
powertrain will have a billet block, carbon fiber turbochargers, and a ‘zero
friction design.’
Previous teaser images have offered a hint
at the car’s exterior design which appears to be quite radical with 3D printed
taillights, sharp LED taillights, and a very low-slung, mid-engined design
fitting of a proper hypercar. This new teaser gives us a look at the interior
for the first time.
Underpinning the Greek model will be a
carbon fiber monocoque with seats built right into it, just like some other
multi-million hypercars. The cockpit looks pure race car, featuring a
rectangular steering wheel with its own screen, an advanced head-up display,
and a slimline infotainment screen. The Greek start-up company is also
promising some kind of augmented reality technology, which projects information
on the windscreen according to the video. Then there is the performance. Spyros
claims Project Chaos will hit 100 km/h in 1.8 seconds, rocket from 100-200 km/h in 2.6 seconds, and sprint from 160-241
km/h in 2.2 seconds. It has a claimed top speed of around 500 km/h.
Spyros had intended to unveil the car at
next year’s Geneva Motor Show but that event was recently canceled. When we
first heard about Project Chaos a few months ago, our own Michael Karkafiris
reached out to Spyros Panopoulos for more information but we haven’t heard back
from them ever since.
