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VIDEO: mad, guttural Veritas RS3 is like no other car

Posted by Hootan Mahallati | August 24, 2009 | In supercars veritas videos

If you can get past its $405,000 price tag, which is a bit absurd, this unique car is truly something to behold. The Veritas RS3 is handmade in Germany using Kevlar and carbon fiber body parts and is powered by a 473 hp version of the BMW M3’s V8 (it can also be ordered with the M5’s V10). The name is drawn from a 1930s racing team that raced BMW-based cars.

The RS3 has no ABS, traction control, or even wind screen. The tradeoff, however, is a weight of just over 2200 lb, which only means the car is ferociously fast. As you will hear in this video of TopGear presenter Richard Hammond driving the RS3, the engine note is particularly wild and very different that what the base engine sounds in an M3.

The car does have an Achilles heel: the steering. Based on what we see here, a heck of a lot more development needs to be done before the RS3 can come close to meriting its stratospheric price tag.

[Source: TopGear]

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