Exagon engineering

 France since 2009

Exagon Engineering is a French automobile construction office and racing team at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.

History 

Founded in 2004 by Luc Marchetti, Exagon is managed by Cathy Muller, a former racing driver and sister of Yvan Muller. The team earned its first merits in the winter of 2005 when they upgraded a Kia Rio, with which Yvan Muller took part in the Andros trophy and was able to compete again the following year. The racing team participates in the World Touring Car Championship, the Supercopa Seat Leon and the Trophée Andros. Since 2009, Exagon has been building the electric cars of the Trophée Andros Électrique. These "Andros" cars were used in 2011 at the Grand Prix of Pau, one of the first circuit racing for electric cars. With less success, the team participated in various competitions, such as the French GT Championship, the FIA GT Championship and the French Rallycross Championship. Only from 2007, Exagon regularly participated in the touring car world championship. At the wheel were the Belgian driver Pierre-Yves Corthals and the Moroccan Mehdi Bennani.

At the 2010 Paris Motor Show, Exagon Motors unveiled the prototype of a sports car, the Furtive-eGT. The Exagon Furtive-eGT is a sports car of the French car manufacturer Exagon Engineering, which was developed in collaboration with Siemens (drive), Saft (lithium-ion battery) and Michelin (tires).The drive is powered by two 148 kW water-cooled electric motors. With the semi-automatic 3-speed transmission, the sports car accelerates to 100 km / h in 3.5 seconds. The top speed is electronically limited 250 km / h. The range in city traffic is given as 360 km. The batteries have a capacity of 53 kWh.