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Delage D12 hypercar set to conquer the top of the Nürburgring

The resurrected French automaker has unveiled its first hypercar model, the D12. The production run will be limited to 30 units, and the first two have already found owners for €2,000,000 each.

Delage counted among the best-known auto marques in pre-WWII France, specializing in both road vehicles and racecars. It shut down in 1953, but was revived by a modern rights holder.

The D12 follows the historic tradition of specifying the cylinder count in the model name. As the company revealed today, the coupe comes powered by a 7.6-liter V12 paired with a minor electric engine. The standard hybrid spec delivers 1,130 metric horsepower (830 kW), but a lower spec called D12 Club will become available later with 1,038 PS (764 kW) under the hood. Both utilize the same eight-speed dual-clutch transmission design.

The two seats inside are arranged in a tandem fashion, the suspension makes use of pushrods, and the racer only needs 2.5 seconds to zap from nothing to 100 km/h (0-62 mph).

Delage emphasizes that it expects to set a new Nürburgring record among road-legal production cars.