Petersen Automotive Museum Supercar, Hypercar Exhibit Focuses on the Extreme
Check out this trio of amazing hypercars currently on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
In its years of existence, the Petersen Automotive Museum has hosted all sorts of fascinating exhibits, ranging from movie cars to concepts to more obscure vehicles that didn’t quite catch on with the public. Then there are the supercars and hypercars, which have their own special section in the Petersen Automotive Museum via an exhibit dubbed Super/Hyper, which originally opened up a couple of years ago and has an ever-changing array of special machines.
Recently, 6SpeedOnline visited the Super/Hyper exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum to see the latest additions, and needless to say, they’re certainly worth the trip. For starters, we have the 2020 Bugatti Divo, which was built to celebrate the brand’s 110th anniversary and is named for Albert Divo, a French-Italian driver who won the Targa Florio in 1928 and 1929 behind the wheel of a Bugatti.
This track-focused machine essentially utilized the mechanicals of the Chiron, albeit, mated with a lightweight chassis and carbon-fiber body that shaved 77 pounds of weight, which bears a host of aerodynamic features designed to provide an additional 198 pounds of downforce, too. The Divo is powered by a quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 powerplant churning out 1,500 horsepower, giving it a top speed of 236 mph, but only 40 were built in total, making this a very rare machine.
Next up, we have the 2022 Apollo Intensa Emozione “Purple Dragon,” which is one of just 10 Intensa Emozione hypercars built by a German sports car maker dubbed Apollo Automobil. Inspired by GT1 racers, the Purple Dragon features carbon fiber body panels and a monocoque carbon fiber chassis, coupled with a Ferrari-derived 6.3-liter V12 producing 780 horsepower, which propelled it from 0-62 in 2.7 seconds and up to a top speed of 208 mph.
Finally, we have the 2008 Koenigsegg CCXR, which was actually designed by that famous hypercar maker to be a more environmentally friendly version of the CCX, given the fact that it can run on either regular gas, or renewable biofuel such as E85. As most are already well aware, E85 has a higher octane rating, and therefore, can also help cars make more power, and that was also the case with the CCXR – in fact, it churns out 1,018 horsepower from its dual-supercharged 4.7-liter V8, which is 200 more than the CCX.
Another interesting factoid about the CCXR is that it utilizes a good old fashioned six-speed automatic transmission, and it has also been retrofitted with aerodynamic bits and pieces that came along on later Koenigsegg models. It’s a stunning machine that has long been adored for its looks, but the CCXR is also quite the performer with a top speed of 249 mph, but just 11 were built in total – making it one of the rarer hypercars out there.
Photos for 6SpeedOnline by Derin Richardson
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