Photos of the Mach 5

Denns Albi 29 February 2008 1 min.

For some people, the film that Warner Bros will release in May, based on the animated series Speed Racer, is well known, but that isn’t really important. What truly interests us is the Mach 5 built for the film.

Mach 5 is a real car that has most of the features of the anime. It has an 8.0L quad-turbo V12 engine that delivers an impressive 1,700 CV at 8,000 RPM, allowing it to reach a top speed of 482 km/h.

The car’s interior has everything seen in any episode of the series, an A&G steering wheel, a sequential dual-clutch gearbox, a nitro button, jumps, and saws to cut through anything that gets in the way.

It is not explained which materials were used in the car’s structure or what the manufacturing cost was, but a considerable sum can be speculated.