 Hello guys, welcome to the Geneva Motor Show 2016. I'm standing here with Jakub Jodlowski, who is from Apollo. And they're showing off their brand new car. They just debuted here in Geneva, it's the Apollo Arrow. And Jakub, I would like you first to start off by telling us about Apollo and where the company came from. So the company originally was founded by Roland Gampert, which is the guy responsible for the Quattro group B rally at Audi. So Audi brand wouldn't be what it is today. So Audi brand wouldn't be what it is now without Roland Gampert. And so he has amazing history with engineering. And after he finished his career at Audi, he wanted to do something himself. And so he built that crazy sports car. And so when the new company started, it totally destroyed the Nurburgring times. It was one of the fastest and still is one of the oldest and fastest cars at Nurburgring and at the Top Gear track, which is a few generations of tires really not up to date. And it's still in the top 10s of both. So with the new model, I believe we're going to be at the top of the list again. So tell us what makes the Arrow special, apart from its looks, which are obviously really aggressive and beautiful and everything else. The Arrow is special. When people say it's a race car for the road, this really is a race car. It's a steel frame, but it's highly, highly engineered, a very stiff frame. We're using the newest V8 technology, Twin Charge, 1,000 horsepower, 1,000 newtonometers of torque. And it is a very, very light car. We are aiming for 1.2 or 1.3 ton for the production car. So I think we're going to destroy all the times around. So that's important. You said aiming for, and this is your concept car. And just looking around it, you have all these fins and accents and everything else. And it just looks like one of those concept cars that would look very different once it actually makes it on the road. But you feel differently about that? Yes, yes. We know that it looks very concept car-ish. But when we were designing the model here, we really had production in mind. So all the surfaces have sense. They're very aerodynamically efficient. And we didn't try to pretend that it's a concept car. We have very realistic and homologation-ready lights. We have very realistic door handles. We didn't use any kind of concept car gimmicks. So it looks extreme. But it's actually a, we're really going for production with this. And ultimately, it's going to be made out of carbon fiber. Yes. And there's something fancy with the exhaust system. Yes, the full body will be carbon fiber. And also the safety cell for the passenger compartment. It's going to be all carbon, all German-made. And the engineers, we have a, on the design side, we are very lucky because the engine technology is what is called Hot V. So the exhaust is at the top of the engine, which gives us designers a very cool place to position the exhaust, which is at the top of the rear of the car. And so it really looks like an F-22 fighter jet. And how does it sound? I think it's going to sound pretty brutal. It's going to be a deeper and more kind of aggressive sound than maybe the Italian competition. It's going to be a maybe American V8 rumble, but a twin turbo charge, just pipe it out. And also because the exhaust is so short, because of mid-engine, we're going to have top exhaust. It's going to be, I think it's going to be one of the loudest things out there. So the Arrow is supposed to be a race car for the road, essentially. But we already have quite a few of them. We've seen a few new debuts here at Geneva, Lamborghini, and all the other guys hanging over there near Bugatti. How do you distinguish yourselves from them? Some very clever engineering solutions that most of the companies don't talk about, like suspension geometry. That's not really something you put in the brochure, but it really counts. And I think because of that, we still hold the amazing times at Nurburgring and Top Gear, Top Gear trucks. And also the stiffness of the chassis. It is really race-ready. You can get it easily or straightaway FIA homologated for the high top race classes, which most of the other supercars can't do straightaway. They have to do modifications to the car to get it homologated for race classes. So in that case, we are very, very unique. So the Aero is planned for 2017. How much do you think it will cost? I think it will be definitely cheaper than the current hypercars, probably below a million euro. Okay, that's reasonable. Well, yeah, we're doing our best to be as cost-effective as possible. Very good. Well, that's it from the Apollo Aero here at the Geneva Motor Show 2016. Stay tuned to theverge.com and youtube.com slash verge.
 Hello guys, welcome to the Geneva Motor Show 2016.
 I'm standing here with Jakub Jodlowski, who is from Apollo.
 And they're showing off their brand new car.
 They just debuted here in Geneva, it's the Apollo Arrow.
 And Jakub, I would like you first to start off by telling
 us about Apollo and where the company came from.
 So the company originally was founded by Roland Gampert,
 which is the guy responsible for the Quattro group B rally
 at Audi.
 So Audi brand wouldn't be what it is today.
 So Audi brand wouldn't be what it is now without Roland Gampert.
 And so he has amazing history with engineering.
 And after he finished his career at Audi,
 he wanted to do something himself.
 And so he built that crazy sports car.
 And so when the new company started,
 it totally destroyed the Nurburgring times.
 It was one of the fastest and still is one of the oldest
 and fastest cars at Nurburgring and at the Top Gear
 track, which is a few generations of tires
 really not up to date.
 And it's still in the top 10s of both.
 So with the new model, I believe we're
 going to be at the top of the list again.
 So tell us what makes the Arrow special,
 apart from its looks, which are obviously
 really aggressive and beautiful and everything else.
 The Arrow is special.
 When people say it's a race car for the road,
 this really is a race car.
 It's a steel frame, but it's highly, highly engineered,
 a very stiff frame.
 We're using the newest V8 technology, Twin Charge,
 1,000 horsepower, 1,000 newtonometers of torque.
 And it is a very, very light car.
 We are aiming for 1.2 or 1.3 ton for the production car.
 So I think we're going to destroy all the times around.
 So that's important.
 You said aiming for, and this is your concept car.
 And just looking around it, you have all these fins and accents
 and everything else.
 And it just looks like one of those concept cars
 that would look very different once it actually
 makes it on the road.
 But you feel differently about that?
 Yes, yes.
 We know that it looks very concept car-ish.
 But when we were designing the model here,
 we really had production in mind.
 So all the surfaces have sense.
 They're very aerodynamically efficient.
 And we didn't try to pretend that it's a concept car.
 We have very realistic and homologation-ready lights.
 We have very realistic door handles.
 We didn't use any kind of concept car gimmicks.
 So it looks extreme.
 But it's actually a, we're really going for production
 with this.
 And ultimately, it's going to be made out of carbon fiber.
 Yes.
 And there's something fancy with the exhaust system.
 Yes, the full body will be carbon fiber.
 And also the safety cell for the passenger compartment.
 It's going to be all carbon, all German-made.
 And the engineers, we have a, on the design side,
 we are very lucky because the engine technology is
 what is called Hot V.
 So the exhaust is at the top of the engine,
 which gives us designers a very cool place
 to position the exhaust, which is
 at the top of the rear of the car.
 And so it really looks like an F-22 fighter jet.
 And how does it sound?
 I think it's going to sound pretty brutal.
 It's going to be a deeper and more kind of aggressive sound
 than maybe the Italian competition.
 It's going to be a maybe American V8 rumble,
 but a twin turbo charge, just pipe it out.
 And also because the exhaust is so short,
 because of mid-engine, we're going to have top exhaust.
 It's going to be, I think it's going to be one
 of the loudest things out there.
 So the Arrow is supposed to be a race car
 for the road, essentially.
 But we already have quite a few of them.
 We've seen a few new debuts here at Geneva, Lamborghini,
 and all the other guys hanging over there near Bugatti.
 How do you distinguish yourselves from them?
 Some very clever engineering solutions
 that most of the companies don't talk about,
 like suspension geometry.
 That's not really something you put in the brochure,
 but it really counts.
 And I think because of that, we still hold the amazing times
 at Nurburgring and Top Gear, Top Gear trucks.
 And also the stiffness of the chassis.
 It is really race-ready.
 You can get it easily or straightaway FIA homologated
 for the high top race classes,
 which most of the other supercars can't do straightaway.
 They have to do modifications to the car
 to get it homologated for race classes.
 So in that case, we are very, very unique.
 So the Aero is planned for 2017.
 How much do you think it will cost?
 I think it will be definitely cheaper
 than the current hypercars,
 probably below a million euro.
 Okay, that's reasonable.
 Well, yeah, we're doing our best
 to be as cost-effective as possible.
 Very good.
 Well, that's it from the Apollo Aero
 here at the Geneva Motor Show 2016.
 Stay tuned to theverge.com and youtube.com slash verge.