Brian@Vossen
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Dropped Out Of A Wormhole: The Sbarro Grand Prix
Pictures and write up done by the Speedhunters. Make sure to check out the full article!
There is no denying that there are still people around today bursting with imagination and ambition to design something truly special; cars that are free of real-world strings. When I visited Montbéliard ESPERA Sbarro a few weeks ago, I got to meet some of these individuals. And this is what they – a group of just 27 students – created. It’s called the Sbarro Grand Prix, and it pays homage to the Formula One cars of the yesteryear while featuring design cues that make it look like it just popped out of a wormhole from the future. The Grand Prix is essentially a full tube-frame chassis that has been wrapped with fibreglass and carbon fibre body panels. It was created solely as a design study, providing no thought to the modern rules and regulations that govern automotive design. The Grand Prix is fitted with 20-inch Vossen CV7 wheels in matte graphite at all four corners. They don’t look that massive because of the sheer proportions of the car. Wrapping the wheels are sticky Michelins that measure 295/30R20 at the front and a crazy 305/35R20 at the rear.
Pictures and write up done by the Speedhunters. Make sure to check out the full article!
There is no denying that there are still people around today bursting with imagination and ambition to design something truly special; cars that are free of real-world strings. When I visited Montbéliard ESPERA Sbarro a few weeks ago, I got to meet some of these individuals. And this is what they – a group of just 27 students – created. It’s called the Sbarro Grand Prix, and it pays homage to the Formula One cars of the yesteryear while featuring design cues that make it look like it just popped out of a wormhole from the future. The Grand Prix is essentially a full tube-frame chassis that has been wrapped with fibreglass and carbon fibre body panels. It was created solely as a design study, providing no thought to the modern rules and regulations that govern automotive design. The Grand Prix is fitted with 20-inch Vossen CV7 wheels in matte graphite at all four corners. They don’t look that massive because of the sheer proportions of the car. Wrapping the wheels are sticky Michelins that measure 295/30R20 at the front and a crazy 305/35R20 at the rear.
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