Thanks to events like the Geneva Motor Show, we have the chance to see some very eccentric sports cars like the Marussia B2, which remains an extremely rare sight.
To fill the gaps in your automotive history, the B2 is an evolution of the Marussia's foray into the sports car segment, the B1, and it was presented in a world premiere at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.
The two seater model tips the scales at just 1,100kg (2,425 pounds) and is available with a choice of three mid-mounted engines including a 300HP naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 or a 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 sourced from Cosworth offered in 360HP and 420HP variants.
Regardless of the engine, power is transferred to the rear wheels through a six-speed automatic transmission
The 420HP engine allows the B2 to complete the 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint in 3.8 seconds and reach a claimed top speed in excess of 250 km/h (155mph).
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With the posted horsepower of 420, and a weight of 2425 of pounds, resulting in a Power to Weight ratio of a commendable 5.77 to 1, coupled to a low CD, this vehicle should be a lot faster then 155 MPH/255 Km/h.
Exactly, what Cosworth engine is this vehicle equipped with?
The sloping nose on this thing actually looks good.
do any of these russian cars ever actually go into production?
Russians were first in space, surely they could come up with something lighter and faster.
From Russia, with Love.
it said a 300HP V6 NA
That was just one of the options and not the Cosworth engine. "300HP naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V6 or a 2.8-liter turbocharged V6 sourced from Cosworth offered in 360HP and 420HP variants." So the Cosworth comes with either 360HP or 420HP and is the engine that can do "in excess of 155mph" which means they aren't saying what it can actually do.
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Love the Marussia B2 as it reminds me of the Russian Constructivist movement. Looks to be very well built too. Wow, times have finally changed for Russia!
156 MPH
?... That doesn't answer the question.
They were first in space with an ICBM lauched gutted payload capsule with a transmitter...we had that too, but never thought of it as a space program.
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