Faralli & Mazzanti to build ten Vulca S coupes
Click above for a high-res image gallery of the F&M Vulca S
Faralli & Mazzanti have assembled one example of their Vulca S coupe. Built on an aluminum chassis covered with hand-beaten aluminum panels, the Vulca isn't as extreme as the Antas, but it is just as original. Outside are hand-drawn lines that curve with more boldness and grace than those on its sister car, and inside is an interior awash in diamond stitched leather and contrasting wood. The exotic coupe's name again pays tribute to the Etruscans: Vulca da Veio was a famous Etruscan sculptor.
According to the folks at F&M, the Vulca S gets a 5.8-liter V10 engine of unspecified provenance pumping out 630 cavalli. One source thinks it's a derivation of the BMW 5.0-liter V10, but if F&M stuck to their Italian roots it could also be a bored version of Lamborghini's 5.3-liter. Only ten examples of the Vulca are planned, with some of them swapping the V10 for various V12 engines offering between 445 and 600 hp.
The price of entry? About €280,000, or in the neighborhood of $394,000 USD.
Gallery: F&M Vulca S
[Source: F&M via Motor Authority]
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jcar302 12:05PM (12/26/2008)
10 of these is 9 too many.
If a car is going to be ugly, it should be insanely fast to make up for it, and this car is not that powerful.
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V3LOCIP3D3 2:37PM (12/26/2008)
weird . . I didn't see any specs on it yet. guess you know something I don't
jcar302 3:15PM (12/26/2008)
between 445 and 600 hp.
Unless the car is 3000lbs or less, that's not enough for this car to do anything special that can't be done for less, in a better looking car.
V3LOCIP3D3 5:12AM (12/27/2008)
I'm there with you on that. After taking a look at previous versions of Faralli & Mazzanti cars . . . I'm thinkin the front end is where it's going to fail.
I gotta say though: nice looks on the interior and . . . rear . . end view (if that means anything).
600hp though? that's steep for anything, take the mclaren f1 for example, it was, and still is #1 or #2 depending on what you like. I'm just saying there's much more to be known about this car before you judge entirely on horsepower.
Flea 12:08PM (12/26/2008)
14 pictures, none of which show the actual front of the car.
Are they embarassed about it or something?
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jinsei888 12:13PM (12/26/2008)
no front shots = fail
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Autoblogist 12:17PM (12/26/2008)
Where's my Italian barf-bag?
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V3LOCIP3D3 12:16PM (12/26/2008)
Wow that is amazing.
Are they not finished with the front yet?
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Preus 12:18PM (12/26/2008)
I agree, why isn't there any pics of the front?
- The car is awful. I will go as far as saying I'd rather have an Audi 2.0T, BMW 123d etc.
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mmstowes 12:17PM (12/26/2008)
I took a screenshot from Speed Racer a few months back trying to figure out what the heck it was, but can't seem to find it. Call me crazy--somebody will--but I kinda like the front of it in black. The rest is certainly interesting, but they have horrible rim taste.
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Brn 12:19PM (12/26/2008)
I'm undecided if it's good looking or ugly. I'm leaning a little toward ugly.
It'd be nice if people would stop trying to copy Aston Martin. They make beautiful cars, but it's becoming quite diluted.
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Tim 12:27PM (12/26/2008)
It's really a new Bristol
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Moe 12:39PM (12/26/2008)
The interior is a dead give away that this monstrosity is using BMW components. The Antas was beautiful in an old-school, eccentric sort of way...this is just awkward.
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Assass1n 12:40PM (12/26/2008)
lotta hard work to make such an ugly car.
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lorincdm 1:14PM (12/26/2008)
Those 1940's-esque pontoon fenders, the teardrop rear end…I kinda like it.
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Alpha-Toxic 2:00PM (12/26/2008)
The back is rather Cayman-ish. That also translates to the side look. Of course one is mid-engined and the other front-engined, so they can't be that similar. I don't really like the Cayman, though. And about the front, well I searched for some pics and it looks a bit Aston-ish. Some angles look great, others don't. I still think they'll manage to sell 10 of those no matter how they look.
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Rambo 2:13PM (12/26/2008)
The front is a sort of Aston - Benz mix. I actually think it's kind of pretty, just lose the those ghastly bling wheels.
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Ltd 2:32PM (12/26/2008)
I don't car how nice the materials are, the the interior looks like something out of a lowrider. Way, way too much going on.
From the rear 3/4 it actually looks pretty good, but in profile it looks like a kit car.
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kwsdurango 7:47AM (12/27/2008)
Wow - horrible, completely unbalanced, bad rims, no flow... These guys build some ugly cars. You'd have to pay me $394k just to be seen in it. (With that $394k I'd get a nice Gallardo, a 911 Turbo, and a down payment on a house with a nice garage!)
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Wow 10:56AM (12/27/2008)
If that hump or teardrop or whatever in the back weren't so humongous, the rear wheels would actually look proportional to the car. As of now, the thing looks like sits too tall and has tiny wheels. Just doesn't look like a car that expensive, and honestly reminds me of some kit car from the 90s with a thrown on body.
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