Look at the righthand dial: you can tell by the 'catalyst temp.' indicator that
it's a car for
the Japanese market! (left of the 'warninglights' indicator)
This beast is a prototype by il Gruppo Stola and is called Dedica
(Dedication) - a design of Aldo Brovarone. Aldo is a retired designer who
used to work with Pininfarina until 1988 and a good friend of Alfredo
Stola, managing director.
The Dedica features a souped up 2 liter engine from the Coupé Fiat
16V Turbo: it now has 262 bhp, which gives the 1020 kg car a topspeed of
270 Km/h (167 Mph) and 0-100 Km/h in 5.8 seconds.
The interior has been somewhat altered: the center-console is missing, so
there are no switches for the windows or ventilation. But these are not
needed anymore as the windows are cut down to 20 cms and can't be lowered
and the two air vents are replaced by additional dials.
The steeringwheel, pedals and turqoise leather seats are by Momo. Wheels
are by Technomagnesio, the 4 airvented breaks by Brembo and tires are
Goodyear Eagle F1's.
Look at the righthand dial: you can tell by the 'catalyst temp.' indicator that
it's a car for
the Japanese market! (left of the 'warninglights' indicator)
Not only was the aim to produce a 50's sportscar, but was also build that
way: no prepressed sheetmetal but cardboard templates were used for
direct modelling the bodywork, making the car 16 cms wider!
A nice tough is the top of the dashboard which features the bodycolor of
the car: a concept that was used for the prototype
barchetta, but didn't make it into the final product!
There are no plans for production of any kind.
Go to the First European barchetta meeting for more pictures!
Read a review on the review-page.