Terribly-Named 'Aspark Owl' Claims Sub-2 Second 0-62mph Time
While it’s the major car brands that generally dominate the headlines at a major motor show like Frankfurt, the more obscure motors are always worth a look.
Take the Aspark Owl for instance. Competing with ‘Thunder Power’ (yes, that’s a real company) for the worst car name at Frankfurt this year, it’s an electric hypercar which - incredibly - is just 39 inches tall. Yep, an inch shorter than the spectacularly low-slung Ford GT40.
Under its carbonfibre skin you’ll find an electric drivetrain - the details of which haven’t yet been divulged - that’s good for 1000bhp. The Japanese firm behind the car is claiming a 0-62mph time of under two seconds.
Sounds ridiculous, but such a feat could well be possible if the car is light enough - we’ve seen the likes of Tesla and Rimac prove just what electric performance cars can be capable of, after all.
The more important question is whether or not the Owl is able to be more than poorly-named vapourware. You certainly get the feeling electric hypercars like these with big claims and dubious future prospects are going to become an increasingly common fixture at motor shows, but hey, we’d be happy to see the Owl prove us wrong and ruffle some feathers in the supercar world…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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As(s)park - Finally somewhere for Kim K to sit down
Dead XD
Comment of the week right there m8 😂😂
Wonder how much of the car is plastic….
HAHAHHAHAHAHA!!! LOL That’s so funny.
Bad name, but good looks.
Bet it’ll fly, though.
Hoo named it that
Geoff would have been a better name.
Aspark…. An owl that parks your ass 😂😂😂
Hoo named this thing that’ll park my ass?
It would probably be a real hoot driving it despite the dumb name
It looks like a sh*tty batmobile
Ass park
I bet 50€ that It will be like the bs of Rimac,500kph and they aren’t fast as A veyron 😛
All we know, we will never hear of them again and it will never reach the production line
Just like 9999 other electric “tesla-killers”
but hey, more competition is for the better right? but i wonder though, what causes these startup companies to NOT produce their cars even though they already built up the hype. money i guess?
It is “interesting” looking. Lets say it’s “funky “. But I don’t care if it can really achieve that sub 2 second 0-100. THAT WILL BE A MADNESS!