Red Bull is turning some of its attention away from the track in 2025. At last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the F1 team unveiled its first customer car, the RB17. The track-only beast is the brainchild of Adrian Newey, the legendary engineer automotive designer, who completed work on the project for moving to Aston Martin. Unsurprisingly, the RB17 look more like an F1 car tha most of its supercar peers. It wears a curvaceous carbon-composite body that look like it’ll cut through the air with ease. Just as impressive is a naturally aspirated 4.5-liter V-10 that redlines at 15,000 rpm and gets help from an electric motor. Red Bull says the hybrid setup will generate a combined 1,200 horses (we’re still waiting on a torque figure), thanks to which the car can reach a top speed of 217 mph. It may not be able to post a lap time like the RB20 that Max Verstappen drove to the driver’s championship last season, but it will come close.
First Announced: 2022
Powertrain: 4.5-liter V-10 and an electric motor
Power: 1,200 hp
Zero to 60 mph: Under 3.0 seconds
Top Speed: 217 mph
Starting Price: Est. $6 million
From the article by Bryan Hood
