Italdesign-Giugiaro
Brivido
The
Brivido was built to celebrate the company’s 42nd appearance in Geneva and to
show that impressive performance can be obtained without compromising fuel
economy.
With
that path in mine, Italdesign-Giugiaro created a functional, hybrid, four-seat
prototype on mechanics from the Volkswagen Group. It is painted in a very cool
Xirallic pearl luster red and combines elements like aluminum, carbon fiber,
and glass. The car’s interior was developed in cooperation with the Volkswagen
Group Electronics Research Lab (ERL) in California and includes a unique
docking system in the dashboard that allows an iPad to be completely hidden
away or, with a gesture of the hand, partially exposed to work in a
"Minimal" interaction mode.
The
concept is powered by a 3.0-liter V6 engine that delivers a total of 360 HP and
is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. Nothing about that says hybrid
to us, but that’s because the company has opted to leave the public out of the
loop in terms of the hybrid portion of the engine. Performance figures,
however, were provided, which is a nice change of pace. The Brivido can sprint
from 0-60 mph in just 5.8 seconds and can hit a top speed of 171 mph.
