VDS GT 001

 

VDS Racing Adventures, a Belgian family-run race team have been around for quite some time. Since 1964 to be exact. But now the team’s current boss, Raphaël van der Straten, has decided he’s tired of competing in cars produced by other manufacturers and has developed his own car, the VDS GT 001-R. The VDS GT 001-R will make its debut at the 24 Hours of Dubai in January of next year. However VDS also intend to produce 22 street-legal examples of the car, called the VDS GT 001, which they’ll be putting up for sale.

For the last four years VDS Racing Adventures have been campaigning with various Ford Mustang race cars. It’s fitting therefore that the VDS GT 001 features some styling elements reminiscent of Detroit’s most famous muscle car – especially up front. The angular lines are quite different from almost anything else on the road, with the possible exception of the wacky Spada Codatronca TS.

The VDS GT 001 and its racing sibling are based on a lengthened carbon fiber chassis from a Gillet Vertigo .5 Spirit racer, and share the same Maserati-sourced, V8 engine. In the VDS GT 001 and GT 001-R this engine is tuned to produce 408 horsepower and sends the power to the rear wheels though a six-speed sequential gearbox.

Source: VDS Racing via Endurance-info.com