RB17 launch by Red Bull Advanced Technologies

RB17 -the first ever manufacturing automotive to come back from the Purple Bull Racing Group. Pricing begins at £5M (pre-tax); 50 car manufacturing run, beginning in 2025. V8 hybrid engine to ship greater than 1,100bhp. Monitor-only specification for the purest execution of an F1-inspired hypercar.

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Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences, the high-performance engineering arm of Purple Bull Racing Group, immediately introduced particulars of its first hypercar venture designed, developed, and manufactured fully in-house. Created by Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer of Oracle Purple Bull Racing and Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences, the RB17 is a two-seat hypercar optimized for the last word on-track driving expertise. Simply 50 RB17s might be made on the Purple Bull Know-how Campus in Milton Keynes, with manufacturing scheduled to begin in 2025.

Christian Horner, CEO of Oracle Purple Bull Racing and Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences, stated:

The RB17 marks an vital milestone within the evolution of Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences, now totally able to creating and manufacturing a collection manufacturing automotive at our Purple Bull Know-how Campus. Additional, the RB17 marks the primary time {that a} automotive carrying the Purple Bull model has been accessible to collectors.

Adrian Newey, Chief Technical Officer of Oracle Purple Bull Racing and Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences commented:

The RB17 distils every part we learn about creating championship-winning System One vehicles right into a package deal that delivers excessive ranges of efficiency in a two-seat observe automotive. Pushed by our ardour for efficiency at each stage, the RB17 pushes design and technical boundaries far past what has been beforehand accessible to lovers and collectors.

Powered by a V8 hybrid engine creating over 1,100bhp, the RB17 takes its inspiration – and identify – from the vehicles that Purple Bull Racing has campaigned on the planet’s most demanding and technically superior motorsport collection. Designed round a carbon-composite tub, the RB17 options essentially the most superior floor impact package deal accessible in a collection manufacturing automotive. Full technical particulars for the RB17 might be launched sooner or later.

Pricing begins at £5M (plus relevant native taxes) with simply 50 collectors set to turn into homeowners of the RB17. That possession consists of greater than the automotive, bringing a detailed affiliation with the Purple Bull Racing workforce via entry to simulators, car program growth and on-track coaching and experiences. The RB17 might be supported instantly by the manufacturing facility, with servicing and upkeep help tailor-made to every proprietor and their utilization profile for the automotive.

Since its basis in 2005, Red Bull Racing has progressively expanded its operations and capabilities, now situated on a 290-acre campus in Milton Keynes. Purple Bull Superior Applied sciences was created in 2014 and brings its distinctive engineering, design, know-how, simulation, and manufacturing capabilities to a vastly various set of industries. The creation of the RB17 will each safe current jobs and create over 100 new positions in Milton Keynes, along with the financial advantages throughout venture companions and suppliers.