Hey there.
(Most of the cars tested in BeamNG).
Medusa Cars has for objective to make the most stunning cars available to buy (or not).
The company was created in February 2009, in St-Gervais, France.
After hiring a team of designers, Hugo Zanotti, an engineer, coming from a rich family of bankers, put his team to work on his first project.
The first Medusa car was released in the end of 2015, and had been called “the pride” by Zanotti, but was officially released as “Velocera” (Codename FL-1).
Velocera - 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Powered by a turbo-charged 4.5L 430hp V8 engine, and weighting about 1.78 tons, the Velocera was not a monster hypercar, but a decent sports car, with a luxury finish and interior, sold 174.000Eu.
(the rear plate and brake light bugged out, sorry)
The car sold well (for the company’s scale), but the public reported the lack of power of the Velocera. This allowed Zanotti to engineer and design a new car. As he had learned from his mistakes, he thought “they want power, i’ll give them power”…
Panteros - 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The result was the Panteros. A monstruous 1404hp, 1343Nm, custom Boxer6 engine, turbo charged to the extreme, powered beast. No compromises were made on this car. The engine was so powerful and ran so hot, that the custom engine needed 2 parts exposed to open air, under the wing, to be cooled efficiently.
It’s futuristic headlights and overall shape appealed to the public, during the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. Of course, the Panteros appealed even more when the public discovered the power that it was hiding.
Zanotti comissionned Acrapovic to make a custom titanium exhaust for the production version of the car, that costed 18.000Eu alone.
The exposed engine parts.
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It’s cost was enormous, and the company actually sold them with no profit, but hoped that the car’s sales would promote the brand.
The production version was limited to 105 exemplaries, and costed 1.35 million Euros.
Pironi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Pironi was THE car that defined Medusa. It was the “personnified” objective that Zanotti fixed himself.
Named after Didier Pironi, a french pilot from the 20th century, the Pironi is a an iconic hypercar.
Specs wise, it is powered by a V10 bolted down at the center of the car, developping 739hp for 879nm of torque. Weighing 1977kgs, it’s entire body is made out of carbon fiber, and it’s chassis of an aluminum semi-mono frame. It achieves 345km/h.
Engine sound (kinda what I imagine it sounding like) > 2007 Koenigsegg CCX Engine Sound - YouTube
Design-wise, Medusa changed it’s designer-en-chef for another one, coming from a famous supercar brand.
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The signature 4 rectangles LED headlights are completed by LED stripes on top of the front spoiler.
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The mirrors are supported by two cameras hidden in the fins. Below is the Medusa logo.
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Above, the signature LED tailights and massive rear spoiler.
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Above, you can see the mechanisme of the automatic rear spoiler (carbon fiber), and side intakes.
At last, the massive “decorative” exhausts (chrome), and, in the carbon diffusers, the other exhaust pipes (like numerous supercars, it has those to help the engine breathe better, and for a better sound).
A special edition was released, but, as the basic edition was already super limited (300 cars), this one was exclusive (40 cars).
That special edition is the Black Hawk. A lot of details reworked in carbon, and a special black paint with an orange glow.
