Italdesign Clipper

The Italdesign Clipper is a 2014 concept from Italdesign Giugiaro, an electric six-seat sporty MPV named after the sailing ships. Italdesign calls it a study in style and engineering for tomorrow's cities, with a technological spirit and a green heart. It uses the Volkswagen Group MQB modular platform and seats six in three rows of two. The electric powertrain has two 110 kW motors, one at the front and one at the back, giving four-wheel drive and a stated range of 540 km, with the battery packs housed in the floor. The cabin is the car's most original part: the doors open together and there is no B-pillar, so all six occupants enter through one wide opening. The Russian outlet motor.ru reported that the concept was shown at the Geneva Motor Show with a deliberately restrained exterior in a Volkswagen style, front doors hinged like Lamborghini butterfly wings and rear doors like Mercedes-Benz gull wings, two large screens forming the instrument panel, a third on the centre console and four iPad Mini screens in the head restraints, and a weight of 1,800 kg.