The Apollo Evo will be capped at just 10 examples worldwide, each with a 6.3-liter V12

by Brad Anderson

Things often move slowly in the world of multi-million-dollar hypercars. Extreme designs and ambitious performance targets, paired with tiny manufacturer footprints, mean the wait between a promised car and an actual one usually stretches into years. The Apollo Evo proves the point. It first broke cover in late 2021, and only now has the first customer-spec example arrived.

Presented at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the first Apollo Evo is named the Caribbean Dragon. The supercar launches 20 years after the radical Gumpert Apollo and will be capped at just 10 units worldwide. While we’ve become familiar with the Evo’s otherworldly design over recent years, the configuration of this car is particularly striking.

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Most of the Evo’s bodywork is painted in a glistening shade of Pearl with a special Diamond Dust finish, ensuring it sparkles under direct light. Apollo says painting the car was so difficult that it took more than 1,000 hours. For the Caribbean Dragon, the white paint is designed to reflect a white-sand beach, while small areas in Ocean Blue paint and tinted blue carbon take inspiration from the Caribbean Sea.

The Ultimate Exotic

Among the areas finished in blue carbon fiber are the intricate engine cover, parts of the hood and front wheel arches, and the roof scoop. There’s truly nothing else like the Evo on the roads today, and it’s arguably even more flamboyant than the Apollo IE, which it replaces. If you don’t like making a statement behind the wheel, then it clearly isn’t for you.

The interior is just as special as the exterior. The inner parts of the carbon fiber monocoque are now finished in blue carbon. Continuing the theme of high-end materials, it features 3D-printed aluminum parts with a natural metallic finish, including the center spin running between the two seats and the dashboard structure.

Apollo has also had the funds to mill the steering wheel from solid aluminum and trim it with leather and blue carbon accents. The seats, meanwhile, are trimmed in white and blue leather, continuing the beach-inspired theme, and also include racing harnesses.

Screaming Ferrari V12 Power

The Caribbean Dragon is powered by, as in every other Evo, a Ferrari-sourced 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V12, torn down and reworked by race specialists HWA AG to make 800 hp and 765 Nm of torque. That engine pairs with a six-speed sequential gearbox driving the rear wheels, for a 0-62 mph (100 km/h) sprint in 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 208 mph (335 km/h).

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