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'''Gillet''' is a Belgian automobile manufacturer, started in 1992 by former racing driver [[Tony Gillet]]. The company produces the '''Vertigo''' sports [[coupé]], an ultra-lightweight (990&nbsp;kg) 'bespoke' and hand-built sportscar. The slogan of the company is "Supercar and work of art Pure Pleasure!". The first Vertigo was powered by a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] 2.0-litre 4-in-line, later evolutions are powered by more powerful engines: the 3.0-litre [[Alfa Romeo V6 engine]] and the 4.2-litre [[List_of_Ferrari_engines#V8|Ferrari/Maserati V8]] in the Vertigo .5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gillet Vertigo .5 Spirit specifications|url=http://www.gilletvertigo.com/pdf/fiche-technique-vertigo5.pdf|website=Automobiles Gillet|access-date=15 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022215/http://www.gilletvertigo.com/pdf/fiche-technique-vertigo5.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Gillet''' is a Belgian automobile manufacturer, started in 1992 by former racing driver [[Tony Gillet]]. The company produces the '''Vertigo''' sports [[coupé]], an ultra-lightweight (990&nbsp;kg) 'bespoke' and hand-built sportscar. The slogan of the company is "Supercar and work of art Pure Pleasure!". The first Vertigo was powered by a [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] 2.0-litre 4-in-line, later evolutions are powered by more powerful engines: the 3.0-litre [[Alfa Romeo V6 engine]] and the 4.2-litre [[List_of_Ferrari_engines#V8|Ferrari/Maserati V8]] in the Vertigo .5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gillet Vertigo .5 Spirit specifications|url=http://www.gilletvertigo.com/pdf/fiche-technique-vertigo5.pdf|website=Automobiles Gillet|access-date=15 June 2015|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022215/http://www.gilletvertigo.com/pdf/fiche-technique-vertigo5.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Company background and design of the Vertigo==
==Company background and design of the Vertigo==
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{{external media|float=right|width=200px|image1=[https://ag-spots-2017.o.auroraobjects.eu/2017/02/17/gillet-vertigo-c120017022017231719_1.jpg 1997 Vertigo with the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine]}}
{{external media|float=right|width=200px|image1=[https://ag-spots-2017.o.auroraobjects.eu/2017/02/17/gillet-vertigo-c120017022017231719_1.jpg 1997 Vertigo with the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine]}}


Gillet designed and completed the first Vertigo prototype with the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine for road use in 1991, and shown at the 71st Brussels Auto Show in January 1992.<ref name=hotcars.com/> Its chassis was constructed completely of carbon fiber and honeycomb components, resulting in reduced overall weight to only 128 lbs.<ref name=hotcars.com/><ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=1997 Gillet Vertigo|url=https://www.supercars.net/blog/1997-gillet-vertigo/|work=Supercars.net|date=12 January 2016|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref> The Vertigo set a new 1994 Guinness-book record for speed in road cars with a 0-100 km/h (a zero to 62 mph sprint time) acceleration in just 3.266 seconds.
Gillet designed and completed the first Vertigo prototype with the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V6 engine for road use in 1991, and shown at the 71st Brussels Auto Show in January 1992.<ref name=hotcars.com/> Its chassis was constructed completely of carbon fiber and honeycomb components, resulting in reduced overall weight to only 128 lbs.<ref name=hotcars.com/><ref>{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=1997 Gillet Vertigo|url=https://www.supercars.net/blog/1997-gillet-vertigo/|work=Supercars.net|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref> The Vertigo set a new 1994 Guinness-book record for speed in road cars with a 0-100 km/h (a zero to 62 mph sprint time) acceleration in just 3.266 seconds.


===Vertigo Streiff (2002–2007)===
===Vertigo Streiff (2002–2007)===
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