German automaker and Porsche fanatics Ruf Vehicle GmbH debuted an all-wheel drive off-road carbon-tubbed Rodeo idea automobile in 2020, and after a number of years of tweaks, the automobile has arrived in production-spec. Based mostly on the identical carbon chassis as Ruf’s CTR and SCR, this automobile isn’t truly primarily based on a Porsche 911 regardless of trying a complete lot like a Porsche 911. Not like its chassismates, the Rodeo delivers its turbocharged flat-six energy by all 4 wheels. Rodeo homeowners could have the choice to drive their knobby-tire sports activities automobile off street, although most will select to by no means drive it in any respect for concern of wounding its future worth, I think about.
In case your neighbors in Beverly Hills have just lately come residence with a Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato or a Porsche 911 Dakar, you now have a possibility to one-up them with a Ruf Rodeo. You may say one thing enjoyable like “Does your costly off-road factor have a carbon tub? Oh, it doesn’t? That’s a disgrace. It’s a lot nicer to have a carbon tub.”
“At Ruf, we’re at all times seeking to the longer term whereas being impressed by the previous,” mentioned Alois Ruf Jr. “Our new Ruf Rodeo is the proper instance. We wished to create a automobile that evokes a way of nostalgia whereas benefitting from the joys of recent know-how that may allow you to go wherever. We’ve a deep sense of connection to the fantastic thing about the American West and wished to honor that within the Rodeo. And, most significantly, we wished to create one thing enjoyable.”
Beneath the rear-engine decklid of the Rodeo you’ll discover a 3.6-liter turbocharged flat six. This Rodeo comes with 610 hard-working ponies, in addition to 516 foot-pounds of torque. The all-wheel drive system, designed and developed solely in-house, is “totally adjustable” from a display screen on the dashboard. The Rodeo is the form of automobile you’ll wish to management along with your fingers, so it is just out there with a six-speed guide transmission, and twin restricted slip differentials are included. You’ll additionally get electronically adjustable dampers in any respect 4 corners for a softer journey than a bucking bronco.
The entire taking pictures match weighs simply 2,756 kilos, which is fairly spectacular for an all-wheel drive supercar. By comparability a Sterrato weighs in at 3653 kilos, whereas Porsche’s tackle the all-wheel drive rear-engine off-roader sports activities automobile, the Dakar, weighs a full 3538 kilos.
What about that cowboy inside? Right here’s what Ruf needed to say:
The inside of the Rodeo is meticulously crafted with a Western Americana theme, drawing heavy inspiration from the Ralph Lauren Ranch. The whimsical assortment of patterns and colours extends to the seats, dashboard, doorways and headliner upholstery. The leather-based graining and sew work have been fastidiously crafted in Pfaffenhausen to evoke a nostalgic reference to the American Outdated West and its “do something, go wherever” ethos, a basic precept in every thing created at RUF.
This brilliant orange widebody off-roady monster will make its debut at The Quail Motorsport Gathering later this week as a part of the bigger Monterey Automotive Week festivities. There’s no phrase but on pricing, or how lengthy it’ll take Ruf to construct one to your specs, however guess on “quite a bit” and “some time” to be the solutions.
