Apollo EVO Caribbean Dragon — First Customer Car Delivered at Goodwood 2026 With 800 hp Ferrari V12 and 3D-Printed Titanium Dragon Skin Exhaust

Apollo Automobil has delivered the first customer-specification Apollo EVO, a track-only hypercar making its global debut at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 10–13). Commissioned by Dutch collector Fred Grifhorst through the manufacturer’s Apollo Forge bespoke programme, the “Caribbean Dragon” specification pairs a 6.3-litre naturally aspirated Ferrari-derived V12, reworked by HWA AG in Affalterbach, with a one-piece 3D-printed titanium exhaust system and a carbon-fibre body finished in Pearl White Diamond Dust over Ocean Blue accents.

Ten Cars Worldwide — Successor to the Intensa Emozione

The Apollo EVO is the spiritual successor to the Apollo Intensa Emozione (IE) revealed in 2017, and Apollo Automobil confirms production will be capped at ten units globally. The Caribbean Dragon is the first of those ten to be delivered to a paying customer. Base pricing sits at €3,000,000 before taxes — roughly £2.6 million or $3.4 million — and options such as the bespoke paintwork and 3D-printed exhaust take individual builds well past that figure.

Apollo positions the EVO as track-only: it is not homologated for road use and is intended for private track days and closed-circuit events. The company traces its lineage to Gumpert Apollo, first delivered in 2006, with Apollo Automobil re-founded in 2016 and producing the Intensa Emozione as its first project.

800 hp 6.3-Litre Ferrari V12 by HWA

The heart of the Apollo EVO is a 6.3-litre naturally aspirated 65-degree V12 derived from the Ferrari F140 architecture and reworked by HWA AG — the Affalterbach engineering firm founded by former Mercedes-AMG boss Hans Werner Aufrecht. In the EVO the engine produces 800 PS (789 hp / 588 kW) and 765 N·m (564 lb-ft) of torque at 8,500 rpm, revving to a stratospheric red-line. There is no turbocharging, no hybrid assistance and no electric motor: the specification is deliberately analogue.

Power is routed to the rear wheels through a six-speed Hewland sequential racing gearbox with paddle shifters, sitting behind a fully carbon-fibre monocoque that Apollo says weighs just 165 kg and is 15% stiffer and 10% lighter than the Intensa Emozione’s tub. Total dry weight is 1,300 kg. Standard equipment includes carbon-ceramic brakes, forged lightweight wheels and Michelin Cup 2 tyres.

Performance — 2.7 Seconds 0–100 km/h, 335 km/h Top Speed

Apollo quotes a 0–100 km/h time of 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 335 km/h (207 mph). At full aerodynamic load the EVO generates 1,350 kg of downforce, exceeding its own dry mass and providing a mechanical grip envelope closer to a prototype racer than a road car. The aerodynamic package includes a large rear wing, active front splitter, side channel intakes and diffuser tunnels integrated into the exposed carbon underbody.

Dragon Skin Exhaust — The Largest One-Piece 3D-Printed Titanium Exhaust Ever

Apollo Automobil claims the Caribbean Dragon’s exhaust system is the largest single-piece 3D-printed titanium exhaust ever produced. It is manufactured in a continuous 123-hour additive-manufacturing print with no welded joints along the full length of the assembly, and its outer surface carries a scaled “dragon skin” texture derived from a generative-design pattern. Under operation the titanium develops iridescent blue-purple oxidation layers as gas temperatures approach 1,000 °C.

Caribbean Dragon Livery — Eight Coats of Paint, 1,000+ Hours by Hand

The exterior specification uses Pearl White with Diamond Dust flake as its primary colour, applied in eight coats and finished entirely by hand across more than 1,000 hours of paintwork. The lower body panels remain in exposed Ocean Blue-tinted carbon fibre. The car uses a total of 75+ individual carbon-fibre panels, and the wheels are colour-split: white forged rims at the front, Ocean Blue forged rims at the rear.

Inside, the cabin is dominated by the exposed carbon monocoque tinted blue, a motorsport-specification steering wheel with rotary dials and paddle-shift, and hand-stitched white and Ocean Blue leather trim over lightweight fixed-back racing buckets. Switchgear is 3D-printed in aluminium, and instrumentation combines a central digital display with race-style tell-tales.

Apollo EVO Caribbean Dragon Full Specification Table

Apollo Forge — The Bespoke Programme Behind the Caribbean Dragon

Apollo Forge is the manufacturer’s in-house customisation programme, allowing each of the ten EVO customers to configure paintwork, cabin trim, exhaust finish and detail carbon accents in collaboration with the design team. The Caribbean Dragon build was commissioned by Dutch collector Fred Grifhorst and centred on a marine-inspired colour theme, with the Dragon Skin exhaust developed alongside the customer as a co-design piece.

How the EVO Compares at Goodwood 2026

The EVO Caribbean Dragon shares its Goodwood debut with a dense field of hypercars including the Pagani Huayra 70 Derecho (864 hp twin-turbo V12 manual), the Hennessey Venom F5-M (1,817 hp manual), the Denza Z Convertible and the Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster. Among them, the Apollo is the only naturally-aspirated, track-only V12 without hybrid assistance — a specification profile increasingly rare at this price level.

Sources & Verification

Technical figures, delivery details and production context verified against the following primary and secondary sources: Goodwood Road & Racing (event coverage, July 2026), CarBuzz — Apollo EVO Caribbean Dragon (Goodwood 2026), Top Gear (Apollo EVO Caribbean Dragon delivery), Carscoops (customer specification detail, July 2026), Motor1 DE (technical breakdown), ItalPassion (customer delivery report) and Zero2Turbo (South African market context). All figures are manufacturer-quoted at time of publication.