Not every automotive startup has something about it that immediately grabs your attention, but Hameedi Venturo certainly does. The first part of the company’s name alludes to one of its co-founders, Jamal Hameedi, who previously held crucial roles at both Ford and Jaguar Land Rover. If you’ve been impressed by what the Ford GT or Defender OCTA is capable of, Hameedi’s name is high on the list of people responsible for that.
The company’s website declares that they’re working on “an all-terrain hypercar that combines extreme on-road performance with radical go-anywhere capability and comfort.” Presumably, some of the luxury elements here are coming from the company’s other co-founder, Dr. Andreas Baenziger, whose other forays into the automotive world include the R-Universe group of companies.
Car and Driver‘s David Gluckman spoke with the company’s founders to get a better sense of what to expect from this new venture. “Think about how a Group B car would have evolved today if it had kept on going,” Hameedi told Car and Driver. The gist seems to be the creation of a hypercar capable of high-performance driving on a variety of surfaces that’s also an enjoyable experience. Can they pull it off? We’ll see — but this group certainly has the knowledge to do so.
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Two similar facilities are in the worksThere’s a comment Hammedi made to Goodwood Road & Racing last year that also seems apropos here. The context involved Hameedi discussing the state of Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations — but in the interview, he discussed his overall ethos as well. “Our process is you cobble together a prototype, you make a Frankenstein vehicle and you look at the potential of technology. But first we ask what would blow a customer’s mind,” he said. This new venture certainly seems to have that idea in mind.
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