We’ve made enough fun of Marrusia’s car-naming decisions – B1 and B2, ladies and gentlemen! – but then again, we have to give props where props are due.
Judging from the spy shots we’ve gathered, the second Russian supercar after the B1 looks as good as advertised. Thanks to its 3.5-liter Cosworth V6 engine, the B2 can churn out as much as 420 horsepower. As far as how it looks, it’s kind of hard for us not to think about the Ferrari Enzo when looking at this Russian powerhouse, and if you’re keeping score, that’s a very good thing.
Nevertheless, if there are still people who are skeptical about the car, the Russian carmakers have released a number of computer-generated renderings of the B2. If you’re still cynical about the B2, then these renderings should make a believer out of you
At first glance, doesn’t this car look strikingly similar to a hippopotamus?
Jokes aside, though, this car is a design created by a Russian student from the Moscow University of Industrial and Applied Arts. As part of his conceptual design study for a school project, Fedor Stetskevich created a visual rendering of an old and legendary Italian car brand: the Iso Rivolta.
Now, we’re not trying to slam Stetskevich’s work; after all, the porporsal for the Iso Rivolta Marella – as he calls it – is still leaps and bounds better than some that we’ve seen in the past, especially considering that he used a pretty awesome car – the Chevy Corvette ZR1 – as one of his pegs.
Despite that, we still can’t take the picture of an African hippo out of our heads when looking at the car, especially at those two huge vents at the nose of the car, which, if your imaginations are working, looks a lot like the snout of the huge animal.
We’ve just barely talked about the secrecy surrounding the Marrusia B2 heading into the Frankfurt Motor Show when the company apparently forgot to put their new supercar under wraps as it was moving around Moscow in a trailer truck.
In their defense, the company did explicitly instruct the drivers of the truck to speed ahead and not stop while the car was being moved, although we figure that covering up the two cars would have served their purpose of secrecy much, much better.
As a result, a pastry young civilian was able to take a photo of the two cars, much to our good fortune.
Russia’s first foray into the world of supercars is finally coming to fruition with the debut of the Marussia B1 hybrid at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week.
The B1 will be released via serialized production so you can expect that only a limited run will be seen out on the roads. Marussia is bringing two of these babies to Frankfurt, in addition to the company’s brand-new concept car, the Marussia B2. We’re veering away from making any references to ‘Bananas in Pajamas’ jokes because we think that the Marussia B1 and B2 deserve better than being compared to two over-sized bananas wearing nightwear.
In any event, the Marussia B1 is expected to cost around €100,000 – or $146,000 – and will most likely be released at the tail end of next year.
As far as the B2 is concerned, there haven’t been a lot of photos of the new car, apart from a couple of teaser shots, so your guesses are as good as ours as far as what the car looks like.
The good news is, we won’t have to wait long to find out!
Do you remember the drag racing video we brought you a few weeks ago that featured a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering tuned Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 walking all over an 800 HP all wheel drive Nissan GT-R modified by Switzer Performance, well here is the “revanche,” an old French world which means the act of retaliation or revenge and was brought to us by our Russian friends at Dragtimes.info. While last time the Nissan had a hard time puling away without jumping the gun, this time it is Godzilla who lays claim to victory on the icy highways of Moscow. Either way, both the Switzer P800 and LPE ZR1 are amazing cars capable of doing 202 MPH in traffic. What would be interesting to see is how both cars would fare from a launch. Sending 800 HP though the GT-R’s transaxle might be enough to make the affordable super car take a bow.
Mayor of Kiev, Leonid Chernovetsky is a connoisseur of fine automobiles and apparently just being related to the man has its benefits. Between the two sons and one daughter their garage includes a Maybach, Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Mercedes McLaren SLR, Porsche 911, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and a trio of Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupes amongst a few other high end machines.
The women in Chernovetsky’s life are no strangers to controlling incredible amounts of power. It is said that his wife drives the Mercedes McLaren SLR super car with its 5.4 liter supercharged V8 that pumps out 626 HP and will accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in just 3.8 seconds and hit a top speed of 207 MPH. The daughter enjoys her time behind the wheel of this Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder daughter with its 5.0 Liter V10 that makes a screaming 520 HP and will go to 0 to 60 MPH in only 4.3 seconds on its way to hitting a top speed of 195 MPH.
Chernovetsky’s male offspring are no strangers to the finer things in life. Like this Porsche 911 Turbo TechArt GT Street covered in a stunning matte gold finish. The 3.6 Liter flat 6 engine has been tuned to produce 630 HP, go from 0 to 60 MPH in 3.2 seconds and hit a top speed of 215 MPH. Of the three Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe’s the youngest son is most often found in the white version with a 6.75 Liter V12 that makes 453 HP and goes from 0 to 60 MPH in 5.9 seconds.
The news service Reuters is reporting that Alexander Anatov, owner of the Dutch super car manufacturer Spyker, was critically injured along with his bodyguard after an apparent assassination attempt outside his Moscow home. Anatov was shot five times in the stomach, once in his chest and another bullet removed one of his fingers. The Spyker owner has survived the attack and is currently recovering in intensive care. The Russian billionaire also serves as chairman of the board of a large banking organization, the Konvers Group. Although the Russian authorities have not found any leads they believe that the shooting is connected in some way to Anatov’s business dealings.
Nikolai Fomenko, is a Russian celebrity. He’s a movie star, game show host, former pop star, and a winning FIA-GT race car driver. In America, that makes him a little like a combination of Mark Wahlberg (without all the Marky Mark jokes) and Jeff Gordon with a little Pat Sajak thrown into the mix.
But it seems that Fomenko still has enough time on his hands to develop his own sports car. It’s called the Marussia, and the car has more ambition than most start-up car companies. The Marussia was developed as a hybrid with a Renault-sourced 3.5-liter V6 making 240 hp and an electrical engine (with no other details provided). There are also plans to wireless networking capabilities, Bluetooth, GPS and multiple video screens.
E-Go’s Revolt is a future sports car that is fully designed in Russia. The Revolt is based on a Mitsubishi platform and will be built in limited edition. Although the name almost suggests a technically advanced car (possibly electric), the car has just a good ’ol standard sports car set-up. Under the hood is a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 engine that delivers 550 hp. The engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox. The concept also features 19-inch alloys, adjustable pneumatic suspension and carbon fiber.
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