Thu May 15, 2014 7:56 am
Let me introduce SuperTurismo A.S.A.
Hi guys!!
Let me first introduce myself: Im FrBosquet, im from Spain and i had bought Automation like ¿2 years? Ago and it’s becoming more awesome every day. But more awesome than automation its it community. I haven’t read the forums before noticing in facebook the der bayer´s BRC. I entered it because I looooooooooooooooooooooove the B-Group machines and I really liked the idea of designing one (or something that looks like one) and this way I began to read the forums looking for info about this event, I noticed the other events, then the “companies” people is creating in the forums, the cars they design… Suddenly automation became twice as fun as before. Then, a week ago I was bored and I designed a car. I particularly liked it front look so I decided to share it in the forum.
But people there where designing brands, not single cars. More or less, everyone was giving some kind of background to its cars, at least some kind of “Super brand is presenting its new 2014 super ´99 looking coupe with 1500hp which is cheaper than a twingo”. I particularly loved those more sensitive, more coherent with history and car shapes, the more humble ones… Those kind of brands that makes you think they may have existed.
So I decided to write my own history about a brand and its owners, what have happened before that car I designed a week ago became real in 2014. Actually, I have wrote down the entire core of the story, so I’m just going to post it here in chapters at the rate that my limited free time let me translate it from the original Spanish, make the screenshots, etc. The Brand´s name is SuperTurismo, I know it is like super fu***ng pretentious, I have tried to make the name the only pretentious thing about this brand. So let me start with this story by the end of it
[I will use italics when telling something off the story]
Press note: Introducing the 2014 SUPERTURISMO ONE
The recently refunded Superturismo brand has presented the concept for its very first car for this new era: The One. The One recovers the old classic style features of the Superturismos and puts it in a brand new 2014 styled shape.
The ´99 Superturismo 199 was known by the name of “Skull Face” because of its round front lights and the quad grill wich resembles four teeth. In fact, those “Four teth” were the identity of every Superturismo since the very first one. The One recover that “Skull face” in a smooth way.
In the side view we found another classic from ST: The four teeth (again) as a side grill with a round indicator. The car´s feet are 18” rims with 225mm wheels in the front and 245mm in the back.
In the wide back face, we found the double round backlights which were also a classic feature of the superturismo and a double exhaust (one is fake).
Classic superturismos used the naming “1xx” to designate the inline 6 coupes, that’s why they called this model “One”, to make an homage to all of those. The ST3224V is a 3.2 litre aluminium inline six which produces 326hp@7400rpm with a pretty flat torque curve thanks to variable valve timing. Joined to a 6 gears gearbox and the AWD this engine can accelerate the full carbon fibre (both chasis and panels) ONE to 100Km/h in 3,80s and produces a top speed of 270km/h. According to SuperTurismo, the one can make a lap in the world famous Automation Test Track in 2:23,89 sec.
The interior is handmade in leather. Inner luxury has been one of the main focus of this brand since its creation and this model really fullfill expectations. Superturismo haven’t tell if they are going to mass produce this model, neither the price. We hope they do. But probably many of our readers don’t know much about this company, so let us tell you its interesting story..
Let me first introduce myself: Im FrBosquet, im from Spain and i had bought Automation like ¿2 years? Ago and it’s becoming more awesome every day. But more awesome than automation its it community. I haven’t read the forums before noticing in facebook the der bayer´s BRC. I entered it because I looooooooooooooooooooooove the B-Group machines and I really liked the idea of designing one (or something that looks like one) and this way I began to read the forums looking for info about this event, I noticed the other events, then the “companies” people is creating in the forums, the cars they design… Suddenly automation became twice as fun as before. Then, a week ago I was bored and I designed a car. I particularly liked it front look so I decided to share it in the forum.
But people there where designing brands, not single cars. More or less, everyone was giving some kind of background to its cars, at least some kind of “Super brand is presenting its new 2014 super ´99 looking coupe with 1500hp which is cheaper than a twingo”. I particularly loved those more sensitive, more coherent with history and car shapes, the more humble ones… Those kind of brands that makes you think they may have existed.
So I decided to write my own history about a brand and its owners, what have happened before that car I designed a week ago became real in 2014. Actually, I have wrote down the entire core of the story, so I’m just going to post it here in chapters at the rate that my limited free time let me translate it from the original Spanish, make the screenshots, etc. The Brand´s name is SuperTurismo, I know it is like super fu***ng pretentious, I have tried to make the name the only pretentious thing about this brand. So let me start with this story by the end of it
[I will use italics when telling something off the story]
Press note: Introducing the 2014 SUPERTURISMO ONE
The recently refunded Superturismo brand has presented the concept for its very first car for this new era: The One. The One recovers the old classic style features of the Superturismos and puts it in a brand new 2014 styled shape.
The ´99 Superturismo 199 was known by the name of “Skull Face” because of its round front lights and the quad grill wich resembles four teeth. In fact, those “Four teth” were the identity of every Superturismo since the very first one. The One recover that “Skull face” in a smooth way.
In the side view we found another classic from ST: The four teeth (again) as a side grill with a round indicator. The car´s feet are 18” rims with 225mm wheels in the front and 245mm in the back.
In the wide back face, we found the double round backlights which were also a classic feature of the superturismo and a double exhaust (one is fake).
Classic superturismos used the naming “1xx” to designate the inline 6 coupes, that’s why they called this model “One”, to make an homage to all of those. The ST3224V is a 3.2 litre aluminium inline six which produces 326hp@7400rpm with a pretty flat torque curve thanks to variable valve timing. Joined to a 6 gears gearbox and the AWD this engine can accelerate the full carbon fibre (both chasis and panels) ONE to 100Km/h in 3,80s and produces a top speed of 270km/h. According to SuperTurismo, the one can make a lap in the world famous Automation Test Track in 2:23,89 sec.
The interior is handmade in leather. Inner luxury has been one of the main focus of this brand since its creation and this model really fullfill expectations. Superturismo haven’t tell if they are going to mass produce this model, neither the price. We hope they do. But probably many of our readers don’t know much about this company, so let us tell you its interesting story..
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