The Lotec C1000 was a

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, designed, developed and built by German automotive manufacturer

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. It was originally conceived in 1994, and constructed in 1995. The ''1000'' in the name stood for the number of horsepower it produced. It was powered by a

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, capable of producing , which enables it to accelerate from in 3.2 seconds, and could reach a theoretical top speed of . At the time, it cost US$575,000 (worth about US$2.2 million in 2013). It is worth about US$7.2 million today.

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