The ProDrive Hunter is an Extreme Street-Legal Off-Road Racer

The Hunter, primarily based totally on the BRX excessive off-avenue race vehicle of the same name, is billed by the developer ProDrive as the “World`s First All-Terrain Hypercar,” priced at £1.25 million ($1.63 million) plus tax.  

As ProDrive chairman David Richards has stated in the company’s announcement, “There are numerous hypercars on the market, however, they all need good roads or even race tracks to show their performance. We identified that in certain parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, there are vast expanses still to be explored that go way beyond the access provided by asphalt roads. Therefore why not create a vehicle that gives the opportunity to explore these regions with performance way beyond that offered by any off-road vehicle before.”

The vehicle is built around an old-fashioned internal-combustion engine – the twin-turbo, dry-sump Ford six-cylinder which produces at least 592 horsepower (600 bhp) and 516 pound-feet of torque. Power goes to the ground by way of a six-speed paddle-shifted gearbox and ProDrive estimates this combo is good for a 0-62 time under 4 seconds and a top speed in the neighborhood of 180 mph but stressed that on-road performance is not Hunter’s raison d’être. 

Similar to the BRX race car, ProDrive Hunter’s suspension has a double-wishbone setup front and rear with adjustable dampers and also gets an extra 50mm of suspension travel to improve ride quality over the racer’s. ProDrive’s list of interior capabilities consists of carbon fiber seats, six-point safety harnesses, a fire suppression system, and a lightweight battery. The announcement has no specific mention of air conditioning, but a snowflake icon is visible amongst the controls.

The whole vehicle is designed to minimize overall weight and optimize the weight distribution and center of gravity.  All the bodywork is made from lightweight carbon composite with recycled materials produced by Prodrive Composites.  

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