Delage Delage D12

[WBarnes]

Delage brand revived with D12 hypercar
Following a near-70-year hibernation, the once-revered Delage marque is set for a dramatic revival with the introduction of the new D12, a hybrid hypercar, powered by a naturally aspirated 7.6-litre V12 engine, coupled to an electric motor, with a cumulative power output of up to 1,130PS (831kW).

From the beginning of the 20th Century in 1905, until its 1953 demise, Delage stood as a proud symbol of French luxury motoring, successful and influential in both motor racing and on the road, with its innovative 2.0-litre V12 LCV competition cars dominating Grand Prix racing in the mid-1920s. Delage went on to take the prestigious ‘World Champion of Car Builders’ title in 1927, with four Grand Prix wins for its later 1.5-litre straight-eight, with multiple Le Mans podium finishes as well.
After a 67-year gap, Delage’s new owner, French entrepreneur Laurent Tapie, plans to revive production at the marque’s old Levallois-Perret plant, pending settlement of a dispute with the French government over the Factory’s now-protected architectural property status.

Tapie plans to build just 30 examples of his new Delage D12 at around €2 million a pop, with the first two cars already sold. The standard D12 is the 1,130PS ‘GT’, tipping the scales at around 1,400kg, but there is a lighter, 1,310kg D12 Club, with a smaller electric motor and a total power output of 1,038PS. Both share the in-house 7.6-litre V12 engine, mated to an eight-speed gearbox. The centrally-tandem-seated D12 will use Formula 1-inspired pushrod suspension, with ex-F1 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve being the chassis development driver for the ambitious Delage project, working alongside a team of experienced motor racing engineers.
Although no maximum speed figures have been released as yet, the new D12 is said to accelerate from 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in just 2.5 seconds, with Tapie confident that the Delage will be capable of setting a new Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for road-legal cars.
https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/events/ticket-alert/

Delage brand revived with D12 hypercar | GRR

What a way for Delage to make a return, with a 7.6-litre V12 hybrid hypercar…

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[Tourbillon]

Delage D12: £1.7m hybrid hypercar enters production!

Historic French marque, once a formidable Bugatti rival, is revived for wild 1085bhp V12 hybrid.

Revived French manufacturer Delage has begun production of its new limited-run D12 hybrid hypercar – and it has already started developing a successor that is intended to rival the Bugatti Chiron.

Originally active with luxury cars and racing machines between 1905 and 1953, Delage was revived by serial entrepreneur Laurent Tapie in 2019 with ambitious plans to produce a sleek two-seater that offers a “Formula 1 experience for the road”.

The D12 GT, which took to the hill at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, features a 976bhp 7.6-litre V12 engine and a 109bhp electric motor that combine to offer 1085bhp and 794lb ft.

The machine has a central carbonfibre monocoque, with a frontal carbonfibre crash structure and an aluminium rear frame. The passenger sits behind the driver in a tandem configuration.

The car employs a unique contractive suspension set-up, as used to great success by McLaren and Ferrari in 1990s Formula 1, this system having been invented by Delage chassis and suspension chief Mauro Bianchi.

Bianchi works alongside technical director Benoit Bagur, who has considerable experience in rally car engineering, and chief test driver Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 champion.

Delage has now completed four examples of the D12 and work has begun on the planned limited run of 30 units, each priced from around £1.7 million.

Tapie said there had been plenty of interest in the project, adding: “The car attracts a lot of attention, because there’s nothing else like it out there.”

He noted that it was taking time to build awareness. He said: “The brand has been dormant for 70 years, so it won’t become a success overnight.”

Production will take place at Magny-Cours and Tapie estimates it will take four to five years to build the cars.

Tapie said the firm has already started design work on its second hypercar – although production won’t begin until the D12 run is complete. He told Autocar: “It will be a completely different model, more of a grand tourer two-seater like the Chiron. It will be road-legal as well, and very fast.”

He declined to give specific details but said it would, like the D12, employ a hybrid powertrain. He also hinted that he had begun design work on a third car, which would sit in a different segment again."

Delage D12: £1.7m hybrid hypercar enters production | Autocar

Historic French marque, once a formidable Bugatti rival, is revived for wild 1085bhp V12 hybrid

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People forget this French hypercar. Even the French themselves! Well looks like it's progressing!

 

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The Geneva International Motorshow, in Qatar.

 

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[tristatez28lt1]

How many paid orders? I'm guessing 2 - total vaporware.

 

[Tourbillon]

How many paid orders? I'm guessing 2 - total vaporware.

You mean deposits right? As for the latter only time will tell, John's cars are nearing 3X paid for now, we have to wait, and if I'd of told people that 5 years ago, I'm sure you can image!

 

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There's couple of interesting bits in this video:

What's most fascinating about this... That is their own homegrown engine. Well there's an asterisk there. They started with an existing engine. Laurent (Tapie) wouldn't tell me exactly who they got the parts from.
If I'm a betting man, I'm thinking that is probably, at least the block, came from Mercedes and they modify it heavily to create a thousand horsepower.

MotoMan seems to think the engine originates from Mercedes.
One last ride for the M120? Somehow I don't buy that.
But then I have no idea what other V12 this could be based on.

Now this being a car that is currently designed, engineered and imagineered in France, it does have to have some electrification. So there is an electric motor between the engine and the transmission. And he was very specific about this... He put the electrification in there for homologation only. The car didn't need it. He wanted it to be a full ICE car.

It's a sad state of affairs when your boutique supersport has to carry onboard an utterly useless 20 HP washing machine motor and battery for the sole purpose of getting a stamp of approval from a bureaucrat.

 

[Revvd]

Just noticed that they flipped the front dampers the other way around on the production version compared to the prototypes.

 

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Anyone speaking French on here? I need help translating what is said at around 4:46m mark.
Auto-captions are insufficient to fully make sense of what he's saying.

I understand that the car generates 70% of its weight in downforce, but what I'm missing is at what speed.
0.7 x 1300 = 910 kg. That would be pretty impressive at 250 kph. But less so, if its at Vmax.

 

[Revvd]

I wonder what he's thinking here

 

[WBarnes]

"I guess I may as well get three of these too."

 

[Revvd]

I don't think it's extreme enough for Mr. Newey.
IMO, he was probably admiring the contractive suspension setup, with another damper unit on the pushrod arm itself. (Well, he would have been, had the white prototype been equipped with it).

BTW, I noticed that, in a very unexpected move, they changed the specs of the engine on their website:

	displacement	bore x stroke	power	torque
old spec	7,599 ccm	102.0 x 77.5 mm	990 PS @ 8,200 rpm	832 Nm @ 6,200 rpm
new spec	6,705 ccm	95.5 x 78 mm	850 PS @ 8,600 rpm	744 Nm @ 7,000 rpm

Also, the dry weight went up by 20 kg. Since the electric motor now has more power, they now claim quicker 0-100 kph by 0.3s and 5s faster Nordschleife lap time target (for the Club version).

 

[Revvd]

This makes me think they now use Ferrari 812 Superfast's bored out F140 GA V12
94.0 mm × 78.0 mm, 800 PS @ 8500 rpm, 718 Nm @ 6750 rpm

Or maybe this is what they've always used and the 7.6L was just a pipe dream.

 

[WBarnes]

What was in the pipe?

 

[Revvd]

@delageofficiel: The V12 engine of the first customer car being tested on the Delage bench.

F140 GA for comparison:

 

[ForzaHexagone]

Laurent Tapie, who has been working on the revival of Delage for several years , has not deviated one iota from the objective he set for himself: to make this French brand the equal of Bugatti ... Which was the case a century ago. The D12, the first model in this offensive, is in the final stages of being finalized. "The homologation has been delayed a little, but it should be effective in the first quarter of 2025. The first deliveries will follow shortly thereafter ," the businessman assures us. While he refuses to disclose the number of copies already sold, he is optimistic. "The number of reservations corresponds to the objective I set myself of selling 30 copies in six years ," he assures us.
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Laurent Tapie, the serial entrepreneur with a passion for cars who wants to revive Delage
https://www.challenges.fr/automobil...automobile-qui-veut-ressusciter-delage_815565

With a price tag of €2 million , excluding taxes, the Delage D12 is positioned in the market for exceptional hypercars. It is powered by a hybrid V12 that develops 1,000 hp. The philosophy of this model, which aims to be the road-legal car closest to a Formula 1 car, constitutes a rather unique approach in the category: only the anecdotal Spanish AD Tramontana attempted to come close, about ten years ago.
A record on the Nürburgring in 2025 for the Delage D12
Like his rivals, Laurent Tapie understood that he had to make an impression to convince wealthy collector clients . From the outset, the D12 was designed for maximum efficiency on the circuit. The goal: to secure the lap record on the Nürburgring for a road-legal car. The attempt will take place "once homologation has been obtained, so that the record can be validated for a production model. We also have to wait until the track is warm enough to guarantee maximum grip. If all goes well, it will be in April 2025 ," hopes Laurent Tapie.
The competition is tough: they will have to beat the Mercedes-AMG One, which managed to go under the 6 minute and 30 second mark at the beginning of October.

https://www.challenges.fr/automobile/delage-laurent-tapie-annonce-la-voiture-torpille-capable-de-rouler-a-500-km-h_908224

 

[Revvd]

Props to Delage for refusing to do record runs before passing homologation (unlike Czinger). However I really don't think they have a chance to go near 6:29 minutes, considering their own marketing Nordschleife target lap time was 6:35.

 

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