Worlds Fastest Cars
Dauer 962 LM
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Worlds Fastest Cars Dauer 962 LM |
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Designed for homologation purposes the super rare Dauer 962 LM is by far one of the most frightening production cars in
the world. 730bhp, the looks and sounds of a Le Mans racer, and a feather weight body made this German car well within McLaren
F1 territory in the late 90s. Where as most hyper performance cars like the F1 used heft naturally aspirated V12, the 962 used the same 3 litre flat
6 that brought success to the Porsche 962 race car. So yes that’s 730bhp out of just 3 litres of engine. That’s
around 243bhp to the litre. Not only that but there was a whopping 517 lb ft of torque on tap. It was no surprise then that German tuner Dauer where boasting some colossal performance figures. 0-60mph in 2.6 seconds
and more importantly a top speed of 251mph. But these figures were just that, boasts, as like a lot of cars built in the so-called
supercar boom of the 90s, the 962 LM was never officially timed for these performance figures. Still you’d be very naive to think that a 730bhp car weighing a few kilos over the tone would not be capable
of cracking 250mph and then some. But there has been much scepticism over the outputs from the Dauer’s miniscule 3 litre.
Even with the massive twin KKK turbo chargers 730bhp seems a bit on the extravagant side especially in a car which was supposed
to be road worthy. It’s been rumoured that after the original concept was revealed the engine was detuned and only produced
somewhere around the 650bhp mark. |
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Unlike McLaren’s F1, the 962 LM received very little publicity and it’s not even clear how many were ever built
for the road. Nor is it known whether any of these cars do have the incredible 730bhp on tap. As a result the car has remained
shrouded in mystery. None the less it is without doubt one of the most spectacular supercars ever built. To think that anyone
even considered putting that amount of power in car weighing just over a tone then making it road worthy leaving most of it’s
racing features in tact is still a very exciting thought. Even in today’s world of Koenigseggs and Veyrons.
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