Model: D8
Styles: GT
Engine: 1.8-liter inline-4
Power range: 270 hp
Torque: 267 lb-ft
Gearbox: Five-speed manual
Configuration: Longitudinal front-/midengine, rear-wheel drive
Claimed top speed: Not available
Description: All Donkervoorts are based on the Lotus Seven and have no place on a list of exotics. However, because we love to say Donkervoort (go ahead, give it a try) we're going to include it anyway. The D8 GT does distinguish itself from other Donkervoorts (starting to like it, aren't you?) by fully enclosing its rear wheels and cockpit. What's more, the thing is insanely rapid, the 270 RS version having lapped the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 14 seconds — 15 seconds quicker than a Nissan GT-R.
IL says: We doubt there are any posters of Donkervoorts hanging on kids' walls anywhere but in the Netherlands. But even we simple-minded 'Mericans can recognize a car that must be as fun to drive as it is to talk about.
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yatesjo says:
05:26 PM, 11/01/2010
If the Plymouth Prowler and Robocop could have a love children, this would be among the uglier... and there wouldn't be any pretty ones.
teleiosgt says:
03:47 PM, 11/01/2010
Good grief . . . as if Robocop was a car.
angry_mushroom says:
10:17 PM, 10/31/2010
Like a bastard child between a Lotus 7 and a Dodge Viper. On a side note: The door hinges are rather oddly placed.