#One of the first 2017 Lilith models sold spotted at Goodwood already
This year marked the first year GG produced what some may call a “proper” sports car entirely of their own making, the likes that weren’t a giant “I can go faster than you” dick waving contest, but something that regular rich people could buy and hopefully drive as opposed to needing the finances of an oil baron and the skills of an F1 driver. It had been a few years in the development, starting from a pilot program using borrowed parts, to some development partnerships, and finally the V8 equipped Lilith, slated to compete (at least in performance) with the likes of the Ass(hehe)oluto Fatalita, was rolling off the line to the tune of a car a day, at the low low price of 94k AMU (let’s say 200k AUD before LCT, or 135k USD).
As horrified rivals and industry pundits had predicted, demand for a GG car that was both liveable but also potentially faster, without any superfluous bells or whistles, for less was sky high, and the first 350 units were preordered even as the final details on the model were still to be determined, which meant that after all that, GG still had to vet their buyers to separate the true believers from the looky-loos. One of their first actual deliveries went to a certain well-regarded speed demon who was close enough to being a local at this festival, Mya Gardin, who had arrived in her Mephisto Red #003 Lilith, shod in Trofeo Rs for the occasion.
and boy was it a looker! Original photo had an Enzo Ferrari on it, sourced from Flickr account 1000clicks
Mya’s presence and her choice of ride was particularly welcome, not least because as it so happened, Lilith’s nemesis, the Fatalita, had also shown up in the proverbial leathers and latex and not much else. It was a perfect time to see whether the more powerful but heavier Lilith was able to stand up to the test, and at that, it proved to be a good match.
#Gryphon Gear Teases their upcoming “Ultra Car”
It was supposed to be one of those things that advertised itself. The GG crew had no intention of marketing the beast that heralded the end of the world, Jormungandr, aside from simply having it on a rather simple display and having them sit around in their black suits with the flaming legs and soak in the sights of the GFoS. Those who were in the know would surely recognise what they were sitting on, and flock to them.
… yeah no that’s not how it would ever pan out. How it did pan out, like everybody thought, was that Kai would be left feeling vaguely dissatisfied at only doing the Hillclimb in a car built on a 22k budget, see all the cars with more power or a better handling package beat it, and then want to prove them all wrong.
“But the car’s not actually going to be ready until next year!” came the predictable protest.
“Which is why I’ve spent the last two hundred or so hours test driving the thing? We all know it can drive perfectly fast.” came the predictable rebuttal.
“Not perfectly fast, it still can’t crack 500!”
But the argument had already been preempted for Jormungandr had been not only registered for a first look display, it had also been registered for the Hillclimb. Thus, when it rolled off the paddock and towards the course, it started getting more than second looks.
Probably not least because of the candy pearl paint. Original photo was official media of Bugatti Chiron reveal at GFoS 2016.
Even in imperfect tune as it was, the car was plenty in running order. With over 2100bhp on tap from its massive 10.1L V12 (with a moderate amount of boost), a proper aero kit, no superfluous luxuries in the cabin and semi-slicks still in development to crack the magic 500km/h, there was no question it could hustle. The only question was whether it’d hurtle off the track at speeds the hill had never before seen, because if it did, no amount of hay bales was going to stop it.
Fortunately Kai, with his over 200+ hours of testing, kept it nicely together for a scorching time, which was good, because we sure as hell didn’t want to lose to Contendiente!
and that’s on 335 rears!
We expect performance development to be completed sometime next year, and the process of ratification another several months after that, at which point we’ll be taking orders. Only 25 will be built, and it will probably be the most expensive new hypercar ever sold to date, just saying. Oh, yeah, and this car is very intentionally the giant whale dong in the “I can go faster than you” dick waving contest. Sure, you can sort of street it and it’s actually not that uneconomical if you tried. But who the hell cares.