Italdesign Aztec

The Italdesign Aztec is a two-seat sports car concept introduced by the Italian design house Italdesign at the 1988 Turin Motor Show to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the firm. It is unusual in that the driver and passenger are separated, so the two occupants communicate electronically. The body is a speedster with partial visor sections that can be removed and that open in a gull-wing arrangement. It was fitted with a turbocharged Audi five-cylinder DOHC engine rated at 200 PS, although the car carried a prominent 250 HP badge, and its four-wheel-drive system was derived from that of the Lancia Delta HF Integrale. A Turin trading company, Compact srl, bought the rights and planned to build 50 examples for sale exclusively in Japan, with Carrozzeria Savio contracted to build them; most sources say only 18 were completed, while others say fewer than 25. The car appeared in the 1990 film Frankenstein Unbound.