Tag: Jon Olsson

  • This is what happens when you take a Lamborghini for a mountain ride [w/video]

    Jon Olsson Lamborghini Murcielago front viewLamborghini Murcielago is not the car that you would put to the extreme mountain conditions, isn’t it? Not if you are Jon Olsson. The professional free-skier has done what many might think heretical and the good news is that everything is captured in a 15-minutes long video (awesome!), which you can watch below.

    Taking the heavily modified Lamborghini Murcielago on the top of a mountain wasn’t an easy task. Although Olsson is most of the time lucky in his crazy endeavors and is usually ending up “killing it”, this time the mountain refused to give the team any kind of hard snow to drive on. Eventually, they had to give up.

    SEE ALSO: Jon Olsson is ready for Gumball 3000 with a fierce Audi RS6 

    Despite that the professional athlete thinks that this was a “huge failure”, the video and pictures from the adventure are worth to view, so that you can decide whether it is so. The best thing is that he is actually searching for new location to try this again.

    Jon Olsson Lamborghini Murcielago side view

    To make everything that you see in the video possible, team Overkill had to convert the Lambo in several ways. First, the all-wheel-drive supercar had to become with rear-wheel configuration. Then, Olsson added Mad Max wheels, fitted with extremely wide wheels on top of which he added spikes. At last, we should mention the heavy modification done on the 6.5-liter V12 engine (specifics aren’t available). Enjoy the video!

    Wait a minute! Olsson’s brand new project Lamborghini Huracan is going to be revealed very soon. What we know so far is that it will wear more than just the military inspired foil-wrap and a roof box. Stay tuned!

    httpv://youtu.be/h8sPv__12-c

    Video Source: YouTube 

    Source: Jon Olsson 

  • Jon Olsson is ready for Gumball 3000 with a fierce Audi RS6

    Jon Olsson and his Audi RS6 DTM-Jon Olsson is obviously more than ready for the strongly awaited Gumball 3000, since he has officially unveiled a DTM inspired Audi RS6, that was specifically made for the rally. He will drive this car for Team Betsafe in the aforementioned event, which begins on 23rd of May in Stockholm and ends in Vegas.

    Olsson says that he always dreamt to build a similar DTM-inspired car which has enough space to carry all ski gear to the slopes. To make everything possible, he teamed up with the ex-Koenigsegg chief engineer, Leif Tufvesson, who is currently working for Caresto.

    First thing to mention here is the changed output. Here is where Stertman Motorsport stepped in, delivering STM Stage 3+ kit with super custom 18 karat gold anodized TTE9XX turbo chargers. The result is that horses are jumping between 950 and 1000.

    Next, the new power is supported with Intrax Black Titan suspension and the biggest Movit brake, while at the same time there is this huge super mega race exhaust kit from Milltek Sport. The ski box atop was made by 56Nord and it actually looks like a piece of art instead of just another plastic box on the roof.

    At last, the final design that Olsson made got to be applied onto the car and this happen via special foil wrap implemented by Wrapzone. This project is making us really impatient for the Gumball. How about you?

    Source: Jon Olsson 

  • Jon Olsson with Rebellion R2K – Snow Drift [video]

    Betsafe has published a nice video on Youtube featuring Jon Olsson and his Rebellion R2K race car drifting in Storlien, Sweden. The spectacular footage was taken with the help of a helicopter and a number of HD cameras.

    “This crazy idea turned out to be one of the most exciting mornings that I have ever had. Pushing full gas while sliding sideways on the top of an empty mountain while the sun is just dipping over the horizon is just hard to beat!”, commented Mr. Olsson.

    He is preparing for the upcoming Gumball 3000 rally in June 2014 and obviously the training includes a lot of fun.

    The Rebellion R2k is based on the Ultima GTR. There is no much information about the street-legal race car, but it has a curb weight of around 1,000 kg and a 600HP (441 kW) engine powering the rear wheels through a sequential gearbox. The car is made almost entirely from carbon fiber. It comes with a Le Mans style body kit and rides on Ohlins ultra-performance coilover suspension. Last, but not least are the ADV1 alloy wheels fitted with performance tires.

    No data about 0-100 km/h and a top speed, but with that power and weight, it will be around 3.0 seconds or less and a top speed of over 322 km/h (200 mph).

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkYb7_rMaA#t=51

    Source: Betsafe