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1970 Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign)

Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Design sketch
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Design sketch
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Design sketch
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Design sketch
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Turin'71
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Turin'71
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Auto Expo '71
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Auto Expo '71
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Interior
Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1970 - Interior
Images: ItalDesign; Concept Car Central
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In 1970 the dream car for Turin Motor Show is intentionally extreme in shapes and technical solutions, but anyway thought for mass- production.

The starting point is the Volkswagen Porsche 914/16, but between this prototype and the production version there isn't the slightest similarity. The formal trend refers to de Tomaso Mangusta more than the Iguana, presented a year before.

Softness and litheness give way to abrupt lines, straight radii and pronounced corners.

The wedge is used here for the first time, and it will be used again in many other cars in years to come. Doors and hoods are very exotic and considered fancy solutions for the time like seagull wing opening door for passengers and engine. This solution imposed the design of a "cross" steel central structure that carries longitudinally the hinges of doors and hoods, while transversally becomes a roll-bar. Lights, foldaway, are protected by a square overhang.

Trivia

Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro was bought by a private collector, but faced a cruel fate: in the 80's this prototype, a unique, was found completely burned after a car accident.

www.italdesign.it


The Porsche Tapiro was designed in 1970 by Giorgetto Giugiaro of ItalDesign. It was Giugiaro’s 4th prototype at Ital and one of his favourite at the time. It was based on the Porsche 914/6 platform and featured a mid mounted 2.4 litre flat 6 cylinder Porsche engine, giving 220 bhp and 7200 rpm. There car had gullwing doors and the profile of the windscreen was almost the same angle as the bonnet. It’s dimensions were 4060 mm long, 1760 mm wide and 1110 mm high.

Lotusespritturbo.com


The notion of an entry-level Porsche roadster — built with some help from Volkswagen — wasn't a horrible idea, but the blocky styling used on the 914 was divisive, to say the least. Giorgetto's solution was simple: take one 914/6, strip it down to the floor pan, and replace the awkward bodywork with a sleek coupe body.

The "folded paper" look may have been commonplace in the 1980s, but a decade prior — when the Tapiro was unveiled at the Turin motor show — the result was rather groundbreaking. Gullwing doors provided access to not only the interior, but also the engine compartment and luggage bay — a subtle nod to the DeTomaso Mangusta which Giugiaro himself styled during his tenure at Ghia.

Unlike many concepts, which are little more than large plaster models, the Tapiro was a fully functioning automobile. After two years of touring the auto show circuit, Italdesign sold the car to a Spanish industrialist. Legend has it the Tapiro served as his daily driver until it was bombed by a group of striking workers. The remains - which were never reassembled — currently rest in Italdesign's corporate museum.

www.automobilemag.com
Coachbuilder: ItalDesign
1968 Alfa Romeo 33 Iguana (ItalDesign), 1968 Bizzarrini Manta (ItalDesign), 1969 Abarth 1600 (ItalDesign), 1970 Porsche Tapiro (ItalDesign), 1971 Alfa Romeo Caimano (ItalDesign), 1971 Volkswagen Karmann Cheetah (ItalDesign), 1972 Lotus Esprit (ItalDesign), 1972 Maserati Boomerang (ItalDesign), 1973 Audi Karmann Asso di Picche (ItalDesign), 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe (ItalDesign), 1974 ItalDesign Medici 1, 1974 Maserati Coupe (ItalDesign), 1976 Alfa Romeo New York Taxi (ItalDesign), 1976 BMW Karmann Asso di Quadri (ItalDesign), 1976 ItalDesign Medici 2, 1977 BMW M1 (ItalDesign), 1978 ItalDesign M8, 1978 Lancia Megagamma (ItalDesign), 1979 Isuzu Asso di Fiori (ItalDesign), 1980 Fiat Panda 4x4 Offroader/Strip (ItalDesign), 1980 Lancia Medusa (ItalDesign), 1981 DeLorean DMC 12 (ItalDesign), 1982 ItalDesign Capsula, 1982 Lamborghini Marco Polo (ItalDesign), 1982 Lancia Orca (ItalDesign), 1983 Renault Gabbiano (ItalDesign), 1984 Ford Maya (ItalDesign), 1984 ItalDesign Marlin, 1984 ItalDesign Together, 1984 Lotus Etna (ItalDesign), 1984 Saab 9000 (ItalDesign), 1985 Ford Maya II EM (ItalDesign), 1985 Ford Maya II ES (ItalDesign), 1986 ItalDesign Machimoto, 1986 ItalDesign Orbit, 1986 Oldsmobile Incas (ItalDesign), 1988 ItalDesign Asgard, 1988 ItalDesign Aspid, 1988 ItalDesign Aztec, 1989 Seat Proto T (ItalDesign), 1989 Subaru SVX (ItalDesign), 1990 Bugatti ID 90 (ItalDesign), 1990 Jaguar Kensington (ItalDesign), 1990 Seat Proto C (ItalDesign), 1990 Seat Proto TL (ItalDesign), 1991 BMW Nazca C2 (ItalDesign), 1991 BMW Nazca M12 (ItalDesign), 1992 BMW Columbus (ItalDesign), 1992 Fiat Cinquecento (ItalDesign), 1992 ItalDesign Biga, 1993 BMW Nazca C2 Spider (ItalDesign), 1993 Bugatti EB 112 (ItalDesign), 1993 ItalDesign Lucciola, 1994 Fiat Firepoint (ItalDesign), 1994 Lexus Landau (ItalDesign), 1995 Daewoo Bucrane (ItalDesign), 1995 Lamborghini Cala (ItalDesign), 1996 ItalDesign Formula 4, 1996 ItalDesign Formula Hammer, 1996 ItalDesign Formula Legram, 1997 Alfa Romeo Scighera (ItalDesign), 1997 Alfa Romeo Scighera GT (ItalDesign), 1997 Volkswagen W12 Syncro (ItalDesign), 1998 Bugatti EB 118 (ItalDesign), 1998 ItalDesign Structura, 1998 Volkswagen W12 Roadster (ItalDesign), 1999 Bugatti EB 18/3 Chiron (ItalDesign), 1999 Bugatti EB 218 (ItalDesign), 2000 ItalDesign Touareg, 2000 Maserati Buran (ItalDesign), 2000 Seat Salsa (ItalDesign), 2001 Aston Martin 2020 (ItalDesign), 2001 Maserati 320S (ItalDesign), 2001 Volkswagen W12 Coupe Nardo (ItalDesign), 2002 Alfa Romeo Brera Concept (ItalDesign), 2002 Volkswagen Tarek Concept (ItalDesign), 2003 ItalDesign Moray, 2003 Maserati Kubang GT Wagon (ItalDesign), 2004 Alfa Romeo Visconti (ItalDesign), 2004 Toyota Alessandro Volta (ItalDesign), 2005 Alfa Romeo 159 (ItalDesign), 2005 Ferrari GG50 (ItalDesign), 2005 Mitsubishi Nessie (ItalDesign), 2006 Ford Mustang (ItalDesign), 2007 ItalDesign VAD.HO, 2008 ItalDesign Quaranta, 2008 SsangYong C200 (ItalDesign), 2009 ItalDesign Frazer-Nash Namir, 2010 Proton EMAS (ItalDesign), 2011 Volkswagen Gо! (ItalDesign), 2011 Volkswagen Tex (ItalDesign), 2011 Volkswagen Up! Azzurra Sailing Team (ItalDesign), 2012 ItalDesign Brivido, 2013 Audi Nanuk quattro (ItalDesign), 2013 ItalDesign Parcour, 2014 ItalDesign Clipper, 2015 ItalDesign GEA, 2016 ItalDesign GTZero, 2018 ItalDesign Zerouno Duerta, 2019 ItalDesign DaVinci, 2020 Nissan GT-R50 (ItalDesign), 2020 Voyah i-Land (ItalDesign), 2022 DeLorean Alpha5 (ItalDesign), 2022 Deus Vayanne (ItalDesign), 2023 ItalDesign Asso di Picche In Movimento, 2023 ItalDesign Climb-E, 2024 ItalDesign Quintessenza
Comments
Kolya
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Mashina i devka oni klasniye
São Paulo-Brasil
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Conheço muita coisa sobre automóveis. Mas, para mim essas fotos são novidades. Pois não conhecia este PORSCHE.

Paulo
luca
Saturday, May 21, 2011
ma che ca... di nome gli hanno dato!
Jack Skeens
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Beautiful car!
Antropusx
Monday, May 14, 2012
Да...дизайн явно надо было бы сменить:)
Тёмно-зелёный цвет отлично подошёл бы xD
ONE
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Классная тачка, Бертоне - малодчик, а зеленого не могло быть серебряный - фирменный цвет Порше
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