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[REAL, 1988] Italdesign Aztec (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Hubi@feddit.org to c/weirdwheels@lemmy.world

The Aztec is a sports car introduced by Italdesign at the 1988 Turin Motor Show, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the firm. The two-seater is unique because the driver and passenger are separated, requiring the two parties to communicate electronically. It incorporates a speedster body style with partial visor sections which are removable and open in a gull-wing arrangement. It was fitted with a turbocharged Audi engine mated to a four-wheel-drive system derived from the Lancia Delta HF Integrale. A Turin-based trading company called Compact SRL bought the rights to the Aztec and planned to build 50 examples, to be sold exclusively in Japan. Carrozzeria Savio was contracted to build the cars. According to most sources only 18 cars were ever built, although some sources simply state the production number as "less than 25".

Source: Wikipedia

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[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago
[-] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago

Pipistrellomobile

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

The double windshield is really wild

[-] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Hubi@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

Me too, that side panel is a total eye-catcher.

[-] ryrybang@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like a crazy Fiero body kit.

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still better than the Pontiac ~~Chevy~~ Aztec

Edit: wrong GM brand

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Pontiac, but yes GM

[-] absquatulate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Man I so wish Italdesign had a museum of their concepts. Some of them were really really good

[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The “Manometer” measures how much bigger your penis gets by driving one, I assume.

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