It has its sights set on a 6:37 lap time around the Nürburgring, a good 30-seconds ahead of Stuttgart’s flagship hypercar.
The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) first came to light about three years ago, the brainchild of stock-trader, director and producer James Glickenhaus, when they managed a very impressive showing at the 2015 Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race in a car that they had built from the ground-up. The Glickenhaus name first gained attention after Pininfarina approached the avid car collector and asked him to commission a bespoke new car from them.
The result was the Ferrari P 4/5 by Pininfarina, a car that Ferrari initially rejected. When the bespoke car was unveiled at the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elégance, the then-President of Ferrari exclaimed that the bespoke P 4/5 was deserving of a Ferrari badge, and so one was affixed with the consent of both Glickenhaus and Pininfarina. That, marked the start of Glickenhaus’ future in automotive racing and manufacturing. In March 2015, SCG unveiled the SCG003 racing car at the Geneva motor show, and announced its confirmed slot on the grid at the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race that May.
Following that, SCG announced that the 003 would spawn 3 variants, those being a more luxurious ‘Stradale’ model for road use, a ‘Competizione’ racer, and something in the middle. It’s the Stradale we’re talking about here though, as SCG claims that the 003S is targeting a Nürburgring lap time of just six minutes and thirty seconds, a good 30-seconds ahead of the current production record of 6min 57sec that’s held by the Porsche 918 Spyder, so reads an Autocar report.
The SCG003S has been confirmed by SCG to carry a 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged engine, though even its number of cylinders were not confirmed by the American firm. SCG intends to make the SCG003S the fastest-cornering car on sale, which isn’t too far off of the intentions that Aston Martin harbours with its AM-RB 001 hypercar. SCG says that the SCG003S is capable of generating up to 2G of lateral force in the corners.
The SCG003S will be built around the same carbon fibre monocoque that its more hardcore SCG003 sibling uses, and will be made in very small numbers. Glickenhaus says that the SCG003S will be “a collectible car like no other,” and will likely carry a hefty premium over the $2.6-million price tag that the SCG003 carries, once it launches next month at the Geneva motor show.
