2006 Acabion GTBO 36

Economy in motion: 70.5 MPG (at 120MPH!)

Tired of the high price of fuelling your vehicle? How about a vehicle that offers better than twice the efficiency of a high-tech diesel compact car. Want performance? How about a vehicle that can reach 280 mph at 50% throttle. And what if one could have both with the same vehicle? Introducing the Acabion GTBO 36: unrivalled economy and unsurpassed performance. 

Start with a curb weight of 780 pounds, propelled by 360 horsepower to a top speed of 344 mph. Using just 50% of its available engine power, the Acabion reaches an electronically limited 280 mph, accelerating from 0 mph to 280 mph in 40 seconds of white-knuckled acceleration. Want to make a high-speed pass? At 180 mph to 280 mph in ten seconds, even a Bugatti Veyron or MacLaren F1 will be seeing nothing but your dust and your taillights. Light weight and superb aerodynamics deliver outstanding performance while sipping 10% to 20% of the gasoline guzzled by said Bugatti or MacLaren. How lean is the appetite? The Acabion uses less than half the fuel of a high-tech diesel compact-car, 70.5 miles per gallon, while cruising at 120 miles per hour. At highway speeds, expect the 23+ gallon fuel tank to last for far more miles than any one person is willing to drive in a single day!

Not fast enough for you? An optional 750 horsepower engine propels the Acabion GTBO 70 from 0 to 280 in in 19 seconds, 300 in 30 seconds, and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 340mph. And how much does this performance cost in terms of fuel economy? 100 miles per gallon at a hundred miles and hour, dropping to 25 mpg at 250. Not bad, eh?

Ah, but what sort of economy does the Acabion boast in the city? Simply amazing: the Acabion is a hybrid, using an efficient electric motor for silent operations at up to 40 miles per hour, with a cruising range of up to ten miles on electric alone.

The Acabion doesn't sacrifice comfort or safety for economy and speed. All parts of body and interior have been handmade in accordance to high airplane quality standards from a carbon/kevlar composite around a lightweight steel alloy frame, based on the concept of Formula 1 race-cars. Patented form-fitting ergonomic seating for two offers additional protection similar to a high-quality crash helmet for each passenger. Rear-mounted stabilizing wheels lower automatically at low speeds or if additional stability is required for high speed turns.

But there is more to comfort than ergonomics; a good road trip calls for good tunes along the way. There is one huge acoustical advantage of the Acabions cockpit towards any car: It is symmetric. And the Acabion makes full use of this advantage: cockpit amenities include sound isolation frm the engine compartment and a 26 speaker sound system developed exclusively for Acabion: separate Syrincs Oxygen Dolby 5.1 digital sound systems for driver and copilot. .

The electronics only start with great sound. Since stopping from 100 MPH to ask directions will adversely impact fuel economy, the Acabion comes equipped with a fully integrated 15 channel GPS navigation system, accurate to within 3 meters. Digital instrumentation includes a 600 kilometer per hour / 375 mile per hour digital speedometer, environmental sensors, accelerometer, fuel management and consumption, and three trip meters. Other standard features of the computerized cockpit include an integrated laptop computer docking, fast ethernet computer network with 3 terrabyte storage capacity, plus fast WLAN and internet access (UMTS in Europe). The Acabion has been designed and prepared to operate in the fully-automated, individual traffic-guidance-system of the future.

Now if a person could just find the road where a body can drive at 100mph all day... or do that high-speed pass on the topped-out MacLaren or Bugatti!