Edonis

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! colspan=2 | '''B Engineering Edonis'''
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| aka
| B-Engineering Edonis or just Edonis
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| Production
| 2001 onwards, total of 21 proposed
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| Class
| Sports Luxury
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| Body Style
| Two-door
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| Length
| 4350 mm
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| Width
| 2000 mm
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| Height
| 1120 mm
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| Wheelbase
| 2565 mm
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| Weight
| 1480 KG
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| Transmission
| 6-speed manual
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| Engine
| 3.8 litre V12
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| Power
| 720 BHP/542 lb ft torque
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| Similar
| [[Bugatti EB110]] <br> [[Porsche Carrera GT]]<br> [[Ferrari Enzo]]
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| Designer
| [[Giampaolo Benedini]]
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The '''Edonis''' became 2001's first supercar, unveiled on the first of January. The car was to be built in Modena, in a brand new production facility - and interestingly, by the men behind the [[Bugatti EB110]].

==Roots In The Past==

The Bugatti EB110 was an awe-inspiring supercar - its quad-turbo V12 shoving it along at a massive rate. The car was painstakingly crafted and developed, and flawless in every way. So it was a great surprise to the automotive world when the car flopped.

However, it did not remain dead for long. The car was resurrected in the late-Nineties, by a crack team of highly skilled engineers, whose CVs read like a Who's-Who of supercar and [[Formula One ]]racing history. Heading the team is [[Jean-Marc Borel]], ex-vice-chairman of Bugatti. Lending cars for development was [[Christian von Koenigsegg]], of (yep, you guessed it) [[Koenigsegg]] fame, and the technical director is Nicola Materazzi - whose past jobs include [[Ferrari]], [[Lancia]], [[Maserati]], numerous Formula One teams and latterly, [[Bugatti]]. The project brief was to create the car that the Bugatti EB110 was to become, given the right money - a world-beating supercar.

Needless to say, the project began with a Bugatti EB110 - more specifically, the uprated SS model. Due to the knowledge of this car, and its ability, it was a natural choice by the B Engineering team. The Bugatti was stripped down to its carbonfibre tub and V12 engine, and rebuilt around a completely new structure, designed by Materazzi and Frenchman, Marc de Champs. The structure was clothed in a hand-beated aluminium skin, designed to give 'zero-lift' and a coefficient of drag of 0.32 - enough to allow a theoretical 217 mph (in fact, an Edonis clocked 223 mph at the Nardo Bowl in Italy).

===Development===

Although the EB110 engine was a fully developed production powerplant, B Engineering ran into headaches with their own iteration. The problem was the power : the Edonis was due 720 BHP, and the Bugatti lump developed a mere 603. Six wrecked V12s (each costing £100,000 each) and four years later, the goal was complete, and the Edonis was fully functional. To reach the headline power output, boost from the now-only-twin [[IHI turbochargers ]]was notched up to 2.5 bar, and a whole new exhaust system was fabricated.

The Edonis also featured as a development mule for the Michelin Pax tyres - the only tyres speed rated to 250 mph - which are fitted to the Bugatti Veyron.

B Engineering will sell only 21 Edonii - the remaining unbuilt-upon chassis from Bugatti - and each will sell for around £450,000.
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==Gallery==

<gallery>
image:Edonis_2.jpg|The top of the car, exposing love-or-hate styling.
image:Edonis_3.jpg|The demonstrator.
Image:Edonis-4.jpg|The rear of the Edonis
Image:Edonis-5.jpg|The interior of the car
</gallery>

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