Italdesign Orbit

The Italdesign Orbit is a 1986 research car from Italdesign for a compact, aerodynamic monovolume, built on the platform and mechanics of the Golf Synchro. It continues the studio's study of one-volume bodies that began with the New York Taxi in 1975, the Megagamma in 1978, the Capsula in 1982 and the Together in 1984, here aimed at a middle-class car about 4 metres long, the size of a series car like the Golf Synchro. The only difference is an interior height increased by 15 cm, which gives passengers more comfort, just as in a three-box saloon. Italdesign says the Orbit research went on alongside the Machimoto and that the two influenced each other, keeping a common feeling at the front, where the bonnets are similar and the bumpers identical. The Italdesign project page and the carstyling.ru page, which reproduces it, give no engine, power or production details.