Radical RXC

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Radical RXC Turbo at the Top Marques Monaco 2019
Radical RXC Turbo at the Top Marques Monaco 2019
RXC
Production period: since 2013
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Coupé , roadster
Engines:
Otto engine : 3.0–3.5 liters
(338–485 kW)
Length: 4300 mm
Width: 1960 mm
Height: 1127 mm
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : 935-940 kg
Radical RXC GT3

The Radical RXC (short for Radical Xtreme Coupé ) is a sports car from the British car manufacturer Radical , which has been built in Peterborough since 2013 .

history

The vehicle as the first closed variant of the manufacturer since autumn 2013 is sold addition to a street-legal version with a 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost - gasoline engine from Ford of RXC is also available as a racing car not street legal with an eight-cylinder gasoline engine. Visually, the coupé resembles a Le Mans prototype . In the more than three years of development, the manufacturer adopted some of the findings from the Radical SR9 LMP2 car .

The RXC has also been delivered as a Spyder since the beginning of 2015. This is based on the RXC V8 and is only available without road approval.

With the RXC GT3 presented in 2016, the RXC can also participate in the GT3 group of the FIA .

For the company's 20th anniversary, Radical presented the RXC as a Turbo 600R 20th Anniversary Car special model at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June 2017 .

technology

Like the other models from the manufacturer, the Radical RXC is made in an extremely lightweight construction and has a weight of around 900 kg. After all, the vehicle is delivered with air conditioning , a multifunction steering wheel and a roll cage .

Technical specifications

RXC Turbo (street legal
) 		RXC Turbo 600R (not street legal
) 		RXC Spyder (not street legal
) 		RXC GT3 (not street legal
) 		RXC V8 (not street legal
)
Construction period since 2013 since 2017 since 2015 since 2016 since 2013
Engine characteristics
Engine type V6 petrol engine V8 petrol engine
Engine charging Biturbo -
Displacement 3500 cc 3000 cc
Max. Power at min −1 338 kW (460 PS) / 6000 485 kW (659 PS) / 373 kW (507 hp) / 358 kW (487 hp) / 9100
Max. Torque in min -1 678 Nm / 4250 380 Nm / 7500
Power transmission
drive Rear wheel drive
Gearbox, as standard Sequential 7-speed gearbox Custom-made 6-speed Quaife transverse gear Sequential 7-speed gearbox
Readings
Top speed 298 km / h 290 km / h 298 km / h
Acceleration, 0-100 km / h 2.6 s 2.7 s 2.6 s

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Closed extreme athlete from England. auto-motor-und-sport.de, October 14, 2013, accessed on February 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Radical's most advanced and most powerful open racing vehicle. radical-sportscars.de, accessed on February 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ GT-Sport: Radical obtains GT3 homologation for the RXC Turbo. sportscar-info.de, February 17, 2016, accessed on February 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Radical Unleashes RXC Turbo 600R 20th Anniversary Car. radicalsportscars.com, June 29, 2017, accessed February 8, 2018 .

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