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Feb 21st, 2009 | By Premnath Sah | Category: Cars & Bikes, Sport, concept cars, greenQuaranta is an “extreme”, clean-technology project embodying 40 years of styling research and engineering celebrated by Italdesign Giugiaro in Geneva. The “Quaranta” project is a concept car designed to celebrate Italdesign Giugiaro’s forty years of business in styling and technological research at the service of the automotive sector. The Quaranta is an “extreme” product, an environment-friendly, 4WD super sports-car which incorporates a series of innovative aspects: its styling, but also its drive technology, which combines a hybrid engine with solar energy, and its internal layout which, despite its mid-mounted rear engine, can accommodate three adults and a child, also providing a generous luggage compartment.
Specification:
| Length (mm) | 4450 |
| Height (mm) | 1230 |
| Height from ground (mm) | 165 / 230 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2620 |
| Front/Rear overhang (mm) | 960 / 758 (1014 / 808) |
| Front/rear width (mm) | 1980 / 1982 |
| Front/rear track (mm) | 1759 / 1697 |
| Front tires | 275 / 35 / R20 Vredestein |
| Rear tires | 275 / 40 / R20 Vredestein |
| Rims | 9 ½ x 20” OZ |
| Windscreen angle of incidence | 70° |
| Weight (kg) | 1400 |
| Drive | 4WD |
| Front suspensions | “Push-rod” type with overlapped triangular wishbones and central mono-shock-absorber |
| Rear suspensions | Push-rod” type with overlapped triangular wishbones and two shock-absorbers |
Values and driving performance :
| Displacement (cm3) | V6 3311 |
| Max. power (kW/rpm) | 155/5600 |
| System total power (kW) | 200 |
| Max. torque (Nm/rpm) | 288/4400 |
| Top speed (km/h) | 250 (limited) |
| 0 – 100 km/h (sec.) | 4.05 |
| Consumption (l/100 km, combined cycle) | 7,1 |
| CO2 emissions (g/km, combined cycle) | 180 |
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