The Italdesign Quaranta, also called the Giugiaro Quaranta, is a concept car built by Italdesign Giugiaro to mark the firm's forty years in styling and technological research for the automotive sector, and world-premiered at the 2008 Geneva International Motor Show. It is described as an environment-friendly four-wheel drive super sports car that combines a hybrid engine with solar energy. The idea behind it was the first single-volume concept car with central engine and drive, a reference to the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta. Entry is by a step-in upper door that opens upward under the control of proximity sensors. Solar panels on the roof and the front end can generate up to 250 W, enough to run the cockpit climate system and recharge the electric battery, and despite the mid-mounted rear engine the cabin takes three adults and a child with a generous luggage compartment.
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SignificanceA single-volume concept with solar panels on the roof and front end, in homage to the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta 2 Connections
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The “Quaranta” project is a concept car designed to celebrate Italdesign Giugiaro’s forty years of business in styling and technological research at the service of the automotive sector.
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1. 2008 Giugiaro Quaranta Concept (Supercars.net)
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The Quaranta, world-premiered at the 2008 Geneva International Motor Show
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its drive technology, which combines a hybrid engine with solar energy
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The “Quaranta” project is a concept car designed to celebrate Italdesign Giugiaro’s forty years of business in styling and technological research at the service of the automotive sector.
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The “Quaranta” project is a concept car designed to celebrate Italdesign Giugiaro’s forty years of business in styling and technological research at the service of the automotive sector.
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as a hommage to the 1968 Bizzarrini Manta
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