The BMW Z2 will come only in a four cylinder and will have a horsepower range between 150 up to a turbocharged 300. The car will be powered by the same 2.0-liter fourbanger, though with a few revisions that will stretch the rev limit to 7,500 rpm from 7,000 rpm. A five-speed manual is only available in the soft-top model while the retractable hard-top version will get either a six-speed manual or automanual.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2020 Aston Martin Twenty Twenty Sports Car concept designed by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign (2001)
Geneva is one of the world's great auto shows, if for no other reason than it's the place where Italy's design houses and coachbuilders -carrozzerie- annually roll out their latest concept cars. This year, Aston Martin previewed the production version its voluptuous Vanquish (covered elsewhere in this issue). But that wasn't the only Aston on the show floor. The Aston Martin Twenty Twenty concept from 2001 was designed by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro of ItalDesign.
The fully-functioning concept car was intended as a vision for a convertible Aston Martin sports car for the year 2020. Italdesign sprung this amazing car on the unsuspecting visitors to the 2001 Geneva Salon L'Auto. This startling car, based on an early production DB7 Vantage, has a body shape made of exposed extruded aluminium structural elements; body panels made from plastic and carbon fibre are fitted onto it. Thankfully Aston Martin’s current styling trend is headed in a completely different direction to the Twenty Twenty concept.
The brushed aluminium highlighting lines which adorn the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty are an original design feature. However their overuse (especially around the front) gives the concept an unusual, almost comical appearance from some angles. The grille surround almost looks like lipstick.
The Twenty Twenty is powered by front mounted, uprated version of the 6 litre V12 from the DB7 Vantage, said to produce 500bhp - visible through a grilled fairing on the bonnet. Initially it appears to be a strict 2 seater, although the rear bulkhead can be removed to provide seating for two children. The rear of the Aston Martin Twenty Twenty (from the doors back) is more appealing with more conservative use of bare aluminium. The soft top is stored in its own special housing that can be slotted into position between the roll-bar and the windscreen, 'Targa' fashion. Notice the fantastic door hinges - derived from the classic Aston wing vent, are both decorative and functional elements.
Giorgetto Giugiaro and Aston Martin previously co-operated in 1961, when Carrozzeria Bertone worked on the two-seater DB4GT Jet coupe prototype. And like the original 'Jet' car, the 2020 is destined to remain unique. Aston Martin are believed to have thought the 2020 'interesting', but no plans were ever made even for limited production. As the Twenty Twenty isn't an official Aston Martin design project, don't look for any sort of production version. What about the name? Simple: It's the term commonly used to describe perfect vision. And the Giugiaros clearly have good eyes.
In March 2004, I received an e-mail claiming the 2020 was for sale, but I have been unable to find any reference to this anywhere. But the car was seen for the first time in the UK at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, June 2005.
Onuk Sazan - Turkish supercar
It seems like the world of one off super cars has just received a new member hoping for a production vehicle future.
We have already seen the Spanish Spano GTA and the latest true American super car, the Devon Motorworks GTX->http://www.topspeed.com/cars/devon-motorworks/index668.html]. However this new Turkish speed machine does away with the three letter moniker and instead caries the nickname of its creator’s late offspring, much like Enzo Ferrari did with the Dino. The Onuk Sazan is in every aspect a bona fide super car, the body is made from intricately worked composite materials, each pony only has to lug around about four pounds and the asking price is a cool €200,000.
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We have already seen the Spanish Spano GTA and the latest true American super car, the Devon Motorworks GTX->http://www.topspeed.com/cars/devon-motorworks/index668.html]. However this new Turkish speed machine does away with the three letter moniker and instead caries the nickname of its creator’s late offspring, much like Enzo Ferrari did with the Dino. The Onuk Sazan is in every aspect a bona fide super car, the body is made from intricately worked composite materials, each pony only has to lug around about four pounds and the asking price is a cool €200,000.
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Onuk Sazan, Mobil Sport Asal Turki Dibanderol Rp 2,7 Miliar
Di penghujung 2009, sebuah perusahaan pembuat perahu di Turki yaitu Yonca Onuk mengumumkan akan memproduksi varian sedan sport yang diberi nama Onuk Sazan. Meski belum disebutkan kapan persisnya mobil ini akan diproduksi, namun prototipe mobil ini telah ditampilkan.
Adalah doktor Ekber Onuk - pemilik Yonca Onuk - yang merancang mobil tersebut. Seperti disebut motorauthority, Ekber merancang mobil itu untuk dipersembahkan kepada almarhum putranya, Kaan 'Sazan' Onuk yang meninggal dunia karena kecelakaan lalu lintas pada 1996 lalu.
Prototipe yang ditampilkan Ekber itu menggunakan mesin Corvette LS7 yang mampu menghasilkan tenaga hingga 512 daya kuda dengan torsi 635 Newton meter (Nm). Mobil sport yang menggunakan sistem transmisi manual dengan lima tingkat percepatan itu diklaim mampu melesat hingga 300 kilometer per jam.
Namun, ada kemungkinan untuk memproduksi tipe lain yang menggunakan mesin milik salah satu varian Nissan yang berkapasitas 3.500 V6 turbocharged VQ34DE. Mesin tersebut diakui dapat menghasilkan tenaga hingga 485 daya kuda dengan torsi 588 Nm. Tipe itu dibekali sistem transmisi enam percepatan gearbox XTRAC 6.012.
Ekber Onuk mengaku mobil yang akan diproduksi hanya lima unit saban tahunnya itu, memiliki bobot yang ringan karena menggunakan sasis dari serat karbon. Para insinyur di Yonca Onuk mengklaim berat mobil bisa ditekan hingga hanya berbobot bersih 1.000 kilogram (kg) saja.
Tetapi Ekber Onuk menyebut, dirinya optimistis berat mobil yang akan dibanderol 200 ribu euro atau sekitar Rp 2,7 miliar itu bisa ditekan sehingga bobot bersihnya hanya 920 kg.
Adalah doktor Ekber Onuk - pemilik Yonca Onuk - yang merancang mobil tersebut. Seperti disebut motorauthority, Ekber merancang mobil itu untuk dipersembahkan kepada almarhum putranya, Kaan 'Sazan' Onuk yang meninggal dunia karena kecelakaan lalu lintas pada 1996 lalu.
Prototipe yang ditampilkan Ekber itu menggunakan mesin Corvette LS7 yang mampu menghasilkan tenaga hingga 512 daya kuda dengan torsi 635 Newton meter (Nm). Mobil sport yang menggunakan sistem transmisi manual dengan lima tingkat percepatan itu diklaim mampu melesat hingga 300 kilometer per jam.
Namun, ada kemungkinan untuk memproduksi tipe lain yang menggunakan mesin milik salah satu varian Nissan yang berkapasitas 3.500 V6 turbocharged VQ34DE. Mesin tersebut diakui dapat menghasilkan tenaga hingga 485 daya kuda dengan torsi 588 Nm. Tipe itu dibekali sistem transmisi enam percepatan gearbox XTRAC 6.012.
Ekber Onuk mengaku mobil yang akan diproduksi hanya lima unit saban tahunnya itu, memiliki bobot yang ringan karena menggunakan sasis dari serat karbon. Para insinyur di Yonca Onuk mengklaim berat mobil bisa ditekan hingga hanya berbobot bersih 1.000 kilogram (kg) saja.
Tetapi Ekber Onuk menyebut, dirinya optimistis berat mobil yang akan dibanderol 200 ribu euro atau sekitar Rp 2,7 miliar itu bisa ditekan sehingga bobot bersihnya hanya 920 kg.
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