Gran Turismo 5's fastest car...unveiled

Red Bull X1 Prototype

“If you built the fastest racing car on land, one that throws aside all rules and regulations, what would that car look like, how would it perform, and how would it feel to drive?” - Kazunori Yamauchi

Now if you've seen the E3 trailer to this game, you may remember at the end there was a shadow of a car in a wind tunnel. This car remained unknown, until now. This is the Red Bull X1 Prototype, the fastest car in Gran Turismo 5. This car was inspired by Team Red Bull Formula One Race Driver Sebastien Vettel, designed by Kazunori Yamauchi, and engineered by Team Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey. As you can see, this car looks like a futuristic formula one car with headlights and wheel covers. But, when discovering what powers the car, it's so much more than that. Basically, this car was meant to defy all the boundaries and regulations of a standard car and believe me when i say this: they certainly have done that. Under the hood, this futuristic wet dream has a direct injected 3.6 liter twin-turbocharged V6 producing a stratospheric 1,483 horsepower @ 15,000 RPM with 527 lb-ft of torque @ 12,000 RPM. This car will do 0-60 in an unbelievable 1.4 seconds and reach a top speed of over 280 MPH! It only weighs about 1,202 lbs. and corners faster than a regular 2011 Formula One racer! This is staggering for a dreamer's car built for a simulation game. They've really done a lot of work on this car. Unfortunately, you will never see this thing in real life, but you will be able to drive it in Gran Turismo 5, which was rumored to arrive this early December.

Red Bull X1 with Sebastien Vettel