Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com Autoblog http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Bewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS to headline Top Marques Monaco]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/15/bewerp-savage-rivale-roadyacht-gts-to-headline-top-marques-monac/http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/15/bewerp-savage-rivale-roadyacht-gts-to-headline-top-marques-monac/http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/15/bewerp-savage-rivale-roadyacht-gts-to-headline-top-marques-monac/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Click either image to view the Bewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS in high resolution

Remember the old days when calling a car a "land yacht" was a bad thing? Well those days are far behind us, with Audi sport-utilities and Rolls-Royce convertibles alike now purposely taking their cues from the water-bound. This just might top it, though. It's called the Bewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS. (We didn't make that up. We couldn't have). It's the plan of a couple of Dutch students, Emile Pop and Justin de Boer, to separate the obscenely wealthy from their money.

The concept is something of a cross between a Pagani Zonda Roadster, the Lamborghini Estoque concept and a Bentley Continental GTC. Only crazier. It's a four-door, four-seat hardtop convertible with a custom spaceframe chassis overlaid with carbon fiber. Power is provided by a Corvette LS7 engine, supercharged to deliver 600 horsepower and driving the rear wheels through a GM-sourced automatic. Koni shocks and custom air suspension are at each corner, with eight-piston calipers gripping 380mm discs up front and four-piston/355mm brakes at the back. Unique suicide, scissor doors are operated via a custom wristwatch or touchscreen to give access to a compartmentalized, nautical-themed and luxuriously-appointed cabin from which the engine can be seen. If all of this sounds incredibly expensive, it is: they'll be asking €257,000 apiece (approximately $340k), with the first example, currently under production, to debut at the chi-chi Top Marques show in Monaco this April. By then, their prospective clients may have recuperated some of their cash, but the car's name likely won't have gotten any shorter.

Gallery: Bewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS


[Source: Autogespot and diseno-art]

Bewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS to headline Top Marques Monaco originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>BewerpBewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTSBewerp Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS top marques monacoBewerpSavageRivaleRoadyachtGtsBewerpSavageRivaleRoadyachtGtsTopMarquesMonacomonacoRivaleRoadyachtSavagetop marquestop marques monacoTopMarquesTopMarquesMonacoThu, 15 Jan 2009 07:59:00 EST<![CDATA[More of the Spada Codatronca before Monaco debut]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/more-of-the-spada-codatronca-before-monaco-debut/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/more-of-the-spada-codatronca-before-monaco-debut/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/more-of-the-spada-codatronca-before-monaco-debut/#comments
Click to view in the Spada Codatronca in high resolution

The Spada Codatronca is one of those cars you just have to see from all the angles. Unfortunately, Autoblog doesn't need the kind of tax shelter Monaco provides to its wealthy residents, so we won't be on hand when the production version of the car is unveiled there next month at the Top Marques show, which the angular coachbuilt supercar will be headlining. Its creators - father-son team Ercole and Paolo Spada - have, however, been kind enough to bestow upon us a pair of new high-resolution images, which we've added to the gallery below (and the full press release after the jump) for your viewing pleasure, in the hope that we get another eyeful soon after the car's unveiling.

Gallery: SpadaConcept Codatronca


[Source: SpadaVettureSport]

Continue reading More of the Spada Codatronca before Monaco debut

More of the Spada Codatronca before Monaco debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>spadaspada codatroncaspada vetture sportSpadaCodatroncaspadaconceptspadaconcept codatro...SpadaconceptCodatro...spadaconceptcodatroncaSpadaVettureSporttop marques monacotop marques spada codatroncaTopMarquesMonacoTopMarquesSpadaCodatroncaWed, 19 Mar 2008 08:31:00 EST<![CDATA[Spada Codatronca to bow in Monaco next month]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/17/spada-codatronca-to-bow-in-monaco-next-month/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/17/spada-codatronca-to-bow-in-monaco-next-month/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/17/spada-codatronca-to-bow-in-monaco-next-month/#comments
Click above to high-res gallery of the Spada Codatronca

The sheer outrageousness of the Spada Codatroca's design is rivaled only by the notion that it is actually being built, but in both cases seeing is believing. The wildly shark-styled Vette-based sportscar is scheduled to be officially unveiled in limited-production guise at the upcoming Top Marques show in Monaco (where else?) on April 24.

You may recall that the Codatronca packs a supercharged LS7 V8 into its expressly unique bodywork and promises a sprint to sixty in 3.2 seconds. That's in the base 600-hp TS version, which will be shown in Monte Carlo prior to the more extreme track-oriented 700-hp TSV model said to hit sixty in a scant 2.7. To produce the Codatronca for an assuredly wealthy few customers, SpadaConcept - led by former Zagato designer Ercole Spada and his son Paulo - set up SpadaVettureSport in collaboration with fellow Italian coachbuilder Aznom and a slew of other partners including Pirelli, OZ Racing, Sparco, prototype firm FS Rivoli and racing outfit Italtecnica.

Gallery: SpadaConcept Codatronca


[Source: OmniAuto.it]

Spada Codatronca to bow in Monaco next month originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ercole spadaErcoleSpadapaulo spadaPauloSpadaspada codatroncaspada codatronca monacospada monte carloSpadaCodatroncaSpadaCodatroncaMonacospadaconceptSpadaMonteCarlotop marques monacoTopMarquesMonacoMon, 17 Mar 2008 12:28:00 EST