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Title: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: @re on February 24, 2008, 06:12:08 PM
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Title: Re: What car #235
Post by: @re on May 13, 2008, 01:10:26 PM
That's a strangely shaped roof! Could this be a Zagato? Or, Experts, maybe it is a...
Title: Re: What car #235
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 13, 2008, 01:23:19 PM
Hi, this is the RHapsody.
Title: Re: What car #235
Post by: @re on May 13, 2008, 01:32:37 PM
Yes - a Corvette modified by German Rüdiger Höffken, boss of RH Alurad, a company that makes alloy wheels.
Title: Re: What car #235
Post by: Arunas on September 24, 2008, 03:46:09 PM
Quote from: @re on May 13, 2008, 01:32:37 PM
Yes - a Corvette modified by German Rüdiger Höffken, boss of RH Alurad, a company that makes alloy wheels.

Any more details nad info? I just can't find anything accurate about Rhapsody in the Internet :(
Title: Re: What car #235
Post by: Arunas on September 24, 2008, 03:49:26 PM
Quote from: @re on May 13, 2008, 01:32:37 PM
Yes - a Corvette modified by German Rüdiger Höffken, boss of RH Alurad, a company that makes alloy wheels.

Any more details nad info? I just can't find anything accurate about Rhapsody in the Internet :(
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: @re on September 24, 2008, 05:25:03 PM
I don't have anything here and now. I might be able to find something in an old magazine, but unfortunately my archive is stored at my parents' place, about 370 km away...
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: jotage21 on September 24, 2008, 06:18:02 PM
Arunas, the info that I had in my HD
ENGINE
Configuration:  twin-turbo V8 
Displacment:  5733 cm³ 
Power:  550 HP @ 4850 RPM 
Torque:  838 Nm @ 3000 RPM 
Compression Ratio:  7.5:1 
HP/Liter:  95.9 
Bore/Stroke:  101.6 x 88.4 mm 
POWERTRAIN
Layout:  front engine, rear drive 
Gearbox:  6-Speed-manual 
Tires:  front 255/45 ZR 18, rear 255/45 ZR 18 
Dimensions 
Lenght:  4450 mm 
Width:  1815 mm 
Height:  1170 mm 
Wheelbase:  2443 mm 
Weight:  1400 kg 
Weight-Ratio:  2.5 kg/HP 
Performance
Top-Speed:  355 km/h 
0-100 km/h:  4.0 s 
0-200 km/h:  12.0 s 
General
Price:  1.500.000 DM 
Units built:  1 
Production Time:  1991 
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: jotage21 on September 24, 2008, 06:19:53 PM
pictures
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: jotage21 on September 24, 2008, 06:24:00 PM
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Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: Allemano on September 24, 2008, 06:37:06 PM
I've found a 3/4 view in the depht of my HD.
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: jotage21 on September 24, 2008, 06:38:01 PM
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Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: jotage21 on September 24, 2008, 06:39:23 PM
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Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: Arunas on September 25, 2008, 01:22:49 AM
That is what I call real info sharing! Thank You all!

P.S. I know I saw a picture of Rhapsody's logotype much time ago in the Internet. Maybe someone also has a picture of it ???
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: Arunas on September 25, 2008, 09:10:04 AM
Yes!!!! After very long time of searching I managed to find it!! :yeah:
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: Allemano on September 25, 2008, 10:19:09 AM
Poor designed logo for such a high performance car!
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: Arunas on December 20, 2010, 10:15:35 AM
This car is currently for sale!
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #235 - 1992 RHapsody by Rüdiger Höffken
Post by: DeAutogids on December 20, 2010, 10:33:04 AM
For the people that don't understand German:

The newspaper says that Ruediger and the actual builder (Scala Design) went to court, as the car "only" achieved 331km/h instead of 350, which it was aimed to break for it to be able to get the record. Also it did not comply to emission restrictions.