The Icona Vulcano has just made its official debut on the Shanghai motor show floor, and with it, we also get the first batch of photos. We finally get to see the much-teased front-engine supercar from all angles, not just the top, but the use of a wall of fire as a background is a bit over the top, and it makes the car’s various styling details trickier to spot. Even the red background they used on their teasers, while not perfect, was better at allowing us to actually see the car…
Anyway, for those unfamiliar, it is built by Italian design firm Icona, and it features two different powertrains. One, called “H-Turismo”, which is designed for street use and mates a 6.0-liter V12 engine to a 160hp electric motor, which grants the car a combined output of 950-horses, all of which are sent to the rear wheels.
The other setup is called “H-Competizione” and it uses a smaller V6 with two turbos coupled to a pair of electric motors producing a system output of 870-horsepower, making the car all-wheel drive. It has apparently been tested in a modified Lancia 037 rally car and the results were impressive.
On the performance front, things look especially promising, because the benchmark sprint is dealt with in three seconds flat or one tenth less if you opt for the highest-powered powertrain, and the top speed is quoted as being around 350 km/h or 217 mph.
Design-wise, the Vulcano looks like a cross between a Ferrari F12/599, Lexus LF-A and even a bit Corvette in the rim design. The result is good, with lots of depth to its shapes, and an exaggerated “coke bottle” side shape it ticks all of the right boxes.
By Andrei Nedelea
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