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Aaron Langmaid
Victorian man builds supercar in his backyard
By Aaron Langmaid · 29 May 2015
From his shed in the Macedon Ranges, Jeff David and a team of enthusiasts have developed a super car so advanced it can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in a jaw-dropping 2.6 seconds. It's like no other car I have driven The speed and aerodynamics of 'The Quantum GP700' are so astonishing that, theoretically, it could actually drive upside down. The first engineering prototype has had extensive track testing and will be launched today. Mr David said it had been a long road from dream idea to reality. RELATED: New New Australian-built car aims to hit the road in 2018 RELATED: Forget Ford, stand by for the locally-built Fordyce "I have always been very capable of solving problems and pushing technology boundaries in my careers," he said. "I guess it was inevitable that I would try designing a car." He said the car's maximum speed was around 320km/h. "It's like no other car I have driven. It's impossible to describe."
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