G-Power creates the world's fastest SUV

We've shown you a couple of examples of G-Power's completely OTT handiwork before with its modified X5 and M3. Now here's another mind-boggling creation from the German tuning house.

The company bills the 'G-Power X6 Typhoon RS ultimate V10', as an automobile "that can only be described with superlatives", and we can't really argue.

Just take in these stupefying numbers for now: 662kW at 8000 rpm (not that far short of a Bugatti Veyron) and 870Nm at 6800rpm. These figures yield a 0-100km/h split of 4.2sec, 0-200km/h in 13.0sec and a v-max of 330km/h-plus.

Quite why you need to go this fast in a two-tonne-plus wagon is anyone's guess, but the fact is that a handful of individuals (G-Power is building just five units) will be able to lay claim to owning the world's fastest SUV. They'll need to be well-heeled, because each example will cost just under a million dollars!

The Typhoon's towering performance capabilities weren't achieved by taking half-measures, and the G-Power mob ditched the standard X6 M's twin-turbo V8 in favour of the V10 from the soon-to-be-axed M5.

"The intention behind the G-POWER X6 TYPHOON RS ultimate V10 is, besides the aim of building the world's fastest SUV, to create a vehicle to do homage to M GmbH's fascinating V10 power unit," said G-Power boss Christian Stöber.

The V10 has been given a thorough working over, and the mods include a twin-turbo system and a stretch in cubic capacity from 5.0 to 5.5 litres. The twin ASA T1-316 compressors are cooled to optimum performance temperatures by a double-flow, water-cooled intercooler.

The beefed-up internals include Mahle high-performance forged pistons and bespoke connecting rods and pins. The forged, seven-bearing crankshaft is also an aftermarket item (and this is what enables the 10 per cent stretch in capacity).

Drive from the monstrous V10 is channelled to the rear wheels only (the xDrive all-wheel-drive system has been ditched) via a six-speed transmission built by G-Power.

The Typhoon's fattened-up guards are stuffed full of 23-inch G-Power Silverstone RS forged wheels: 11Jx23 at the front and 12Jx23 at the back, and they're wrapped in 315/25 ZR 23 Michelin rubber.

The braking package comprises 410mm carbon-ceramic brake discs and six-piston callipers. In G-Power's colourful language, this system "allows a deceleration better than Earth's gravity" while also reducing weight by a substantial 50 per cent compared with the standard stoppers.

The G-Power bodykit brings angry looking front and rear spoilers, along with the aforementioned flared guards an assortment of other aero aids to allegedly boost high-speed downforce. The cabin also receives a thorough makeover.

Notably, the (deep breath) 'X6 Typhoon RS ultimate V10' weighs about 150kg less than the donor vehicle, thanks in no small part to its titanium exhaust, ultra-light carbon seats (front and rear) and the turfing of the heavy xDrive all-wheel-drive system.

We applaud the lengths the G-Power mob has gone to with its X6 missile, but the whole thing is vaguely ridiculous.

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