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| Industry | Automotive |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Founders | Nikolai Fomenko Andrey Cheglakov Libor Haluza |
| Defunct | 2015 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Headquarters | Moscow,Russia |
Key people | Nikolai Fomenko(President) Ondřej Malinka(Chief of design and aerodynamics) Filip Dušil(Chief of manufacturing) |
| Products | Automobiles |
Number of employees | >300 (2010) |
| Subsidiaries | Marussia F1 Team |
| Website | Marussia Motors |
Marussia Motors (Russian:Марусяpronounced[mɐˈrusʲə]) was a Russiansports car company founded in 2007. It was the first Russian company to produce asupercar. It designed, and manufactured prototypes of both the B1 and the B2 sport cars. Marussia was led by former motor racerNikolai Fomenko. TheMarussia B1 was launched in December 2008 in the newManege hall in Moscow.
In 2010, it acquired a "significant stake" in theVirgin RacingFormula One team,[1] which was later renamedMarussia F1. The team competed in F1 from2012 to2014.[2]
In April 2014, the Marussia Motors company was disbanded, with staff leaving to join a government-run technical institute. The Marussia F1 team continued unaffected as a British entity, independent of the Russian car company. However, on 7 November 2014 the administrator announced that the F1 team had ceased trading.[3][4]
The firstRussiansports car and first car made by Marussia Motors. It has arear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. Marussia has announced they will build 2,999 examples of the car. The car has been produced at the Marussia Motors production facility inMoscow, with the company's first showroom following in the city in September 2010. Structure is light and strong semi-monocoque and powered byCosworth-built V6 engines developing between 300 and 420 bhp depending on the specification.
Engine 1 - Marussia-Cosworth 2.8 litre Turbo
Engine 2 - Marussia-Cosworth 3.5 litre
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TheB2 features a more aggressive and "brutal" design and is available with the same engines as theB1. B2 was first shown to the public at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The list price of this model was about 100,000Euro.[6] A total of 500 units were scheduled to be sold out in 2012.[7]
Engine 1 - Marussia-Cosworth 2.8 litre Turbo
Engine 2 - Marussia-Cosworth 3.5 litre
Weight And Performance
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Tires
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The Marussia F2 is anSUV model. According to Marussia it can be used as a mobile command center, as a military vehicle or as an emergency vehicle. The prototype was shown on May 2, 2010.[8] 300 units of the F2 were supposed to be made in 2012 byValmet Automotive.[9]
TheMarussia B1 andB2 models are based on the same semi-monocoque chassis with a steel spaceframe covered by carbon fibre panels - differing only in body shape.
Both Marussia sports models are mid-engined, with the engine mounted transversally on the back axle.The English companyCosworth supplies Marussia with two different V6 engines. One is a naturally aspirated 3.5 litre producing about 300 horsepower and the other is a 2.8 litre turbo-charged engine offered in 360 or 420 horsepower variants. The 420 horsepower engine allows Marussia cars to reach a claimed top speed of 250 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds.
TheB1 andB2 use a six-speed automaticgearbox. A six-speed manual gearbox allegedly was in development.[citation needed]
The energy-absorbing cockpit is a three part space frame of steel tubes of different sections. The front and rear subframes are attached to a central cell. In an impact, the subframes are designed to absorb energy by deforming. TheB1 andВ2 vehicles have passed Russian safety tests and obtained their certification.[citation needed]
Marussia Motors managed their own factory works team after buying into a large stake of theVirgin Racing Formula One team. Later becomingMarussia F1, the team competed between2012 and part-through2014. In its first F1 season, it placed 11th in theConstructors' Championship, improving one position to 10th the followingyear. Thanks to Bianchi's exploits at the2014 Monaco Grand Prix, the team won its first and only 2 points in F1. In 2014, the team participated until theRussian Grand Prix, entering only one car driven byMax Chilton in the team's final GP, due to the events at the previousJapanese Grand Prix where the team's lead driver,Jules Bianchi, was involved in a serious accident and suffered an ultimately fatal head injury. On 7 October 2014, after a short period under administration, the team ceased its operations and folded.[4] The team's assets were sold at auction in December 2014.[10]
Marussia Motors had stated that it was its intention to open at least two new showrooms in 2011, withLondon andMonaco named as probable locations. The company wished to market its cars to largeEuropean countries and some inAsia andAustralia within several years, with theUnited States to follow. Planned steps to support this included manufacturing vehicles in Western Europe and increasing its product range. Marussia Motors anticipated presenting 7 models at the 2011Frankfurt Motor Show that were to include a newsports coupé, a luxury SUV, a luxurysedan, and a small city car. However, owing to their discontinuation in 2014, the projects never came to fruition.
The Marussia B2 appeared in theracing video gamesNeed for Speed: World,Need for Speed: Most Wanted,Need for Speed Rivals,Driveclub,Asphalt 7: Heat andAsphalt 8: Airborne. The Marussia Formula One cars appeared inF1 2012,F1 2013,F1 2014 andF1 2015.
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