Touring Superleggera Aero 3

The Touring Superleggera Aero 3, an Italian beauty to be produced in just fifteen copies, is made with five thousand hours of handwork per piece.

The fashion of the 1930s, forties and fifties is evoked by the latest creation of an Italian manufactory called Touring. The name Superleggera does so very light - it was solved by the manufacturers at the time with membrane-thin alloy plates attached to a three-dimensional tubular frame, and today the carbon fiber construction does.

Although the studio names pre-World War II Alfa Romeo racing cars as inspiration, the technical basics were apparently provided by another Italian brand: a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta has been beautifully dressed (question of what Ferrari will say about this.)

The most striking style feature of the car is the huge vertical guide plane, on which an angle marking helps the pilot to find the optimal position of the adjustable spoiler. There is no rear windscreen, the pilot can use the reversing camera instead.

The powertrain consists of Ferrari’s familiar 6.3 V12 block and seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, with a maximum output of 730 horsepower. The car, which is a good twenty inches longer than the F12, is a good 160 pounds lighter than a mechanical donor thanks to its carbon batteries; according to the manufacturer, the car will travel at 1.6 tons. It accelerates from a standstill to 96 km / h in 3.1 seconds and has a top speed of 340 km / h.

The price is only of great interest to Touring, but the production itself is going fast: they promise a six-month lead time. Three cars have already been sold; one of these can be seen in the pictures.

(Source: vezess.hu / photo: pixabay.com)