{"id":18993,"date":"2016-06-06T11:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=18993"},"modified":"2016-08-05T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:04:41","slug":"lutzs-delicious-destino-delivered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2016\/06\/lutzs-delicious-destino-delivered","title":{"rendered":"Lutz\u2019s delicious Destino delivered"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Billed<\/p>\n<\/div>

The hotly anticipated VLF Destino is being delivered to customers at last. One of its first stops: VLF founding partner and legendary octogenarian motorhead Bob Lutz.<\/p>\n

Billed as one of the world\u2019s fastest four-door sedans, the 200-mph Destino<\/a> is the gorgeous offspring of the marriage of a Fisker Karma chassis and supercharged Corvette ZL1 V-8 engine. Stripped of its original hybrid powertrain, the low-slung, leather-lined four-door is now stuffed with a 6.2-liter, 638-horsepower V-8 hammer under its long front hood that will rocket the 4,300-pound GT from 0-60 in just 3.9 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Destino \u2014 first seen as a concept at the 2013 Detroit auto show \u2014 is the opening product of a partnership between ex-General Motors product chief Lutz, former Aston Martin designer Henrik Fisker and entrepreneur Gilbert Villarreal. While the original Karma chassis was produced in Finland, the Destino is assembled in Auburn Hills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m over the moon with how the car turned out dynamically \u2014 steering, brakes and, of course, Corvette ZR-1 power, coupled with the convenience of a paddle-shifter automatic,\u201d 84-year old \u201cMaximum Bob\u201d said of his new ride. \u201cI\u2019m really happy with color and trim, as well as the spectacular proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lutz\u2019s Destino joins his stable of cars, which includes such rarities as a 1971 Monteverdi and a 1952 Cunningham C4-R.<\/p>\n

VLF says other customers for the Destino include a \u201cwell-known music celebrity\u201d rumored to be Carlos Santana. The Destino carries a sticker price of $229,000, with production planned to be only a few dozen per year. VLF also is tooling its Auburn Hills shop for the ferocious VLF Force One<\/a> that rocked this year\u2019s Detroit auto show.<\/p>\n

Also with a skin designed by Fisker, the Force One is based on a 745-horsepower Dodge Viper skeleton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hotly anticipated VLF Destino is being delivered to customers at last. One of its first stops: VLF founding partner and legendary octogenarian motorhead Bob Lutz. Billed as one of the world\u2019s fastest four-door sedans, the 200-mph Destino is the gorgeous offspring of the marriage of a Fisker Karma chassis and supercharged Corvette ZL1 V-8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18994,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18993\/revisions\/18994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}