The Praga R1R is a seriously rare road-legal race car that you’ve probably never heard of

This is the Praga R1R, a super rare street-legal race car from a brand most people might not be familiar with.

The car is incredibly lightweight, which explains the mind-blowing performance figures.

Only 68 units were made.

And there’s a romantic reason for that.

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The reason why Praga only built 68 units

As the name might suggest, Praga is a Czech company.

Even though it is now known as a supercar manufacturer, the brand can actually trace its roots back to the early 1900s.

It was founded as a car company but, throughout its history, it also produced trucks, airplanes, buses and even tanks.

In 2015, the company built this, the R1R, its first road car in 68 years, hence why the company decided to celebrate this particular milestone with only 68 units.

The Praga R1R uses a heavily modified Renault-sourced engine, a 2.0-liter unit, capable of producing up to 390 horsepower.

It doesn’t sound like much but we should remember this street-legal race car only weighs 670kg.

Back when it was launched, the R1R had a price tag of $215,000 attached to it.

The R1R successor

Praga is still active, and keeping busy.

After the R1R, the automaker unveiled the Bohema, a hypercar designed for the track.

The prototype was unveiled in 2022, and the first customer car was ready for delivery in December 2024.

It uses a bespoke 700-horsepower Litchfield 3.8-liter six-cylinder twin-turbo engine, loosely based on a type of engine that Nissan used to use for the GT-R before its EV transition.

On this occasion, Praga hasn’t given a specific figure when it comes to production numbers, but the company’s Marketing Director Mark Harrison told supercarblondie.com that the idea is to produce fewer than 20 cars per year over the next four years.

The second customer car, ideally, will be delivered at some point in the spring of 2025.

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