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There are cars that are announced. And there are cars that just show up one day and make you wonder.<\/p>\n\n

The new RUF B8 belongs to the second category. There\u2019s a CTR3, just as you\u2019d expect. A little lower, a little different. The body has grown by 100 millimeters. The paint job is somewhere between nostalgia and the future. Only when you look more closely do you realize that something isn\u2019t quite right here. <\/p>\n\n

Because beneath that familiar exterior lies an engine unlike any RUF has ever produced before: an eight-cylinder boxer engine. 4.8 liters of displacement. Two turbochargers. More than 1,000 PS. More than 1,000 Newton-meters. An engine that isn\u2019t simply another variation on a familiar concept, but an original creation in its own right. RUF calls it the B8. Internally, it\u2019s known as the \u201cErprober.\u201d<\/span> A<\/span> truly<\/span> beautiful<\/span> term<\/span> that<\/span> almost<\/span> fits<\/span> better<\/span>. Because<\/span> this<\/span> car<\/span> isn\u2019t<\/span> yet<\/span> a<\/span> finished<\/span> product<\/span> ready<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> market<\/span>. So<\/span> far<\/span>, it\u2019s<\/span> more<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> test<\/span> vehicle<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> racked<\/span> up<\/span> quite<\/span> a<\/span> few<\/span> kilometers<\/span> around<\/span> Pfaffenhausen<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> now<\/span> also<\/span> be<\/span> racing<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> hill<\/span> at<\/span> Goodwood<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Now he’s being unleashed.<\/h1>\n\n

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the B8 will show the public what it\u2019s capable of for the first time. Not at a booth, but where a car is best appreciated: in motion. Twice a day, race car driver Tanner Foust will take it up the famous hill. The sound alone should speak volumes.<\/p>\n\n

Visually, too, the test car tells its own story. The yellow is reminiscent of the legendary CTR Yellowbird, but the lines are new. The flowing graphics echo the shape of the number eight. It\u2019s not a nostalgic reference, but rather a reminder that development never really ends.<\/p>\n\n

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Perhaps that\u2019s exactly what makes the B8 so appealing. It\u2019s not a car that claims to have already arrived. It\u2019s a work in progress. A glimpse into the workshop of a brand that doesn\u2019t always announce its best ideas in advance. Sometimes, all it takes is to start the engine.<\/p>\n\n

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There are cars that are announced. And there are cars that just show up one day and make you wonder. The new RUF B8 belongs to the second category. There\u2019s a CTR3, just as you\u2019d expect. A little lower, a little different. The body has grown by 100 millimeters. 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