Dutch Supercar Maker Donkervoort Goes Naked With The F22

Boutique Dutch automaker Donkervoort Automobielen has stripped the paint off its F22 supercar to create the Bare Naked F22.

The Bare Naked package makes the ultra light F22 even lighter, stripping another 10kg off the standard F22’s 750kg frame and boosting its power-to-weight ratio to 685hp per metric tonne.

That means the entire two-seat supercar weighs just 30kg more than the sound deadening alone in the Rolls-Royce Spectre EV…

Powered by a near-500hp version of the Audi Sport in-line, turbocharged, five-cylinder engine from the TT RS, the Bare Naked F22 rips to 100km/h in 2.5 seconds, and from zero to 200km/h in 7.5 seconds.

The third generation of Bare Naked Donkervoorts is the first to become a full series production choice, rather than a stand-alone limited-edition model.

”The Bare Naked option has already reached an unprecedented level of popularity amongst the first wave of F22 clients, and that’s not a surprise to us,” the managing director of Donkervoort Automobielen, Denis Donkervoort, said.

“The X-Ray-style of Bare Naked lets customers see and show off the absolute precision of Donkervoort’s patented Ex-Core carbon-fiber technology, and the range of available clear colors is greater than ever.”

The Bare Naked F22 offers the option of a clear or matte finish over the carbon-fiber bodywork, or a colored clear coat, and it is an option that is usually found only with million dollar-plus hypercars like Bugatti.

At least part of the visible carbon-fiber is made from the brand’s patented Ex-Core sandwich carbon fiber, which uses syntactic expanding foam to push the carbon sheets out against the molds in the curing process, allowing it to be made to zero-radius corners with immense strength. It is used in high-performance yachting, cycling and motorsport, with Toyota employing the technology on its Le Mans 24 Hour racer this year, and at least two Formula One teams use it, too.

The first Bare Naked F22 has been sold to an ex-factory Donkervoort racer, Nico Pronk, who partnered Denis Donkervoort and Peter Cox to the marque’s most famous victory, winning the GT4 class at the 2011 Dubai 24 Hour race against a squadron of Porsches.

The car has been shipped to the United Arab Emirates, marking a new era of expansion for a boutique carmaker that was well known only in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg for most of its 45 years. Donkervoort says it has fielded interest in the F22 from the US, Canada, Israel, France, Italy, the Czech Republic and even Croatia, Australia and parts of Asia.