Veritas RS III World Debut Confirmed for London Salon Privé

Veritas RS III

0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds

By Michael Gauthier
May 15, 2009 4:29 PM
Filed Under: German, Specialty Marques, Supercars

Veritas has announced they will officially unveil their wild £250,000 RS III speedster at the exclusive 2009 Salon Prive Motor Show in London.

Although it looks similar to the fantastic Mercedes-McLaren SLR Sir Sterling Moss Edition, the Veritas RS III is actually a modern interpretation of the classic Veritas racing cars of the 1940's. Essentially a striped down racer, the Veritas weighs just 1,170kg (2579 lbs) thanks to the extensive use of carbon fiber and a complete lack of modern driving aids.

Engine options isnclude BMW's 5.0-liter V10 with 600 hp or BMW's 4.0-liter V8 with 480 hp. When equipped with the V10, the RS III rockets from 0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds before hitting a top speed of 347 km/h (215 mph). The V8 powered Veritas is a tad slower as it takes 3.6 seconds to hit 100 km/h and its top speed is "just" 329 km/h (204 mph).

Source: autoexpress

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Tags: 2009 Salon Prive Motor Show, Veritas RS III, Veritas, Vermot AG

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Comments

Targa_Florio

May 15, 2009 4:59 PM

M3 & M5 engines with 20% more power! Where did they get all this extra power?

scratchy996

May 15, 2009 5:22 PM

Ascari brought the old 5l V8 engine from 400 to 625hp without forced induction. i guess the M engines have a lot of potential in them.

kimbo

May 15, 2009 5:55 PM

I would feel like an idi*t in this car.

Targa_Florio

May 15, 2009 6:38 PM

This is why there is no windscreen, to force you to wear a helmet ;-)

N20_Purge

May 15, 2009 6:28 PM

As proved by Top Gear, I would go for the Caterham over this anyday. Even if I will look like a Geek in one. (well tbh, you will look like a Geek in both!)

Siawa

May 15, 2009 9:51 PM

These kind of cars are like bikes... completely useless if it ain't sunny.

joelynn

May 15, 2009 11:02 PM

move to dubai and it would make sense... except for the scorcing heat

polyprotege

May 15, 2009 11:13 PM

I'll just buy a lot of bikes with £250,000... and I'll still have change for a Ford Focus RS!!!

BavarianMS

May 16, 2009 12:18 AM

Yeh the M engines are the best in the world!!! All that without turbos or super charges its crazy.

Swifty

May 17, 2009 6:24 AM

if they are so good at NA why then they are more and more at forced induction??!!

norther

May 16, 2009 3:17 AM

does the 250 big ones, include the helmet too? ..or is it safe to drive this without a helmet, having 4 wheels and crap....even at 200mph

popilirol

May 16, 2009 11:02 PM

Nice power from the BMW S65.

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