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Company background and design of the Vertigo

Tony Gillett was a successful racing driver, winning the Belgian hill-climb championship for several consecutive years and competing in two Paris-Dakar rallies. In 1982 he became the Belgian importer for Donkervoort, a Dutch Lotus Super Seven-styled car. In January 1990 he broke the 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) record for production cars with a time of 3.85 seconds in a specially modified Donkervoort. The Vertigo has held the 0-100 km/h record for production cars at 3.1 seconds, but by now, other production cars have set the record under 3 seconds.

The first Vertigo prototype was finished in 1991 and shown at the 71st Brussels Auto Show in January 1992. In the following two years the car was finalised for production. It was shown at the Paris and Geneva car shows in 1993. Two more cars were built: a second prototype to finalise production design and the first production car, which was used for certification, including the frontal crash-test, seat anchorage resistance and safety belts anchorage resistance tests.

The production Vertigo differed from the first prototype in materials and design. The chassis was fabricated in carbon fibre and honeycomb materials (a technology directly borrowed from Formula One), insuring greater strength and stiffness, while saving (58 kg (128 lb) in chassis weight. The body was given more fluid lines with higher side windows and retractable headlights, making it closer to the first design drawings

A Vertigo was sold to Philippe Streiff, a former Formula One racing driver who is handicapped after an accident during pre-season testing in 1989. This Vertigo was modified to be joystick-controlled and given an automatic transmission.

Gillet introduced the Vertigo .5 at Brussels in January 2008, it incorporates features from the Vertigo race car used in the 2007 FIA GT race series.

25 Vertigos have been sold to date.

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[TheSheepherd]

how about a song that matches the car? hearing these music reminds me more of a old rusty pickup ...

[g0ing2n0where]

yee haw, im gonn chew sum terbacky, check on that ther cattle, take a shot of the ol whiskey and... hop in my belgium supercar?

[blehhplehh]

Despite how ugly they were, they still hauled major ass!!

[Synthiotics]

@ElmosKnife it's the oldest model and yes it was ugly... new one looks cool tho

[ElmosKnife]

My god is that car ugly!

[imakedookie]

you made me close the window and turn on mute

[theoracle42]

crappy music

[tomthumbplum]

Never has a video clip and backing music clashed so much! XD

[Dryzaum]

i Love that car.

[mateospirit]

name of song?:D

[Achack]

Idk how much these things cost but I would rather have a lambo, or even a toyota.