Super cars are notoriously expensive in China but the
Vulcano Titanium beats all; it costs a massive 66.8 million yuan or US$ 9.57
million. The Volcano
Titanium is this almost three times as expensive as Bugatti Veyron. What do
you get for that money?
The Vulcano Titanium
was born in 2013 as the Icona Volcano
concept, designed and developed by the Shanghai-based and Italian owned design house Icona. At the time the company said it was powered by a
950hp hybrid V12.
An updated version debuted in 2015 in Pebble Beach, now called
the Volcano Titanium. The hybrid V12 was ditched for a 6.2 liter Chevrolet
Corvette ZR-1 engine, good for a 670 Hp and 840 Nm. In 2016 Icona announced a limited production run
with a price tag of US$ 2.7 million per car.
That never happened. Fast forward to now. Icona says
the Volcano Titanium is a one-off and that it costs 9.57 million US dollar.
So that is the bad news: there is only one. But the good news is: it hasn’t
been sold yet.
The interior with loads of alcantara, a 10 inch touch screen, and a sporty steering wheel.
The engine is still the 6.2 liter ZR-1 unit, but it
now delivers 1000 horses. It is rear wheel and goes from 0 to 60 miles an hour
in 2.8 seconds and it has a top speed of 354 kilometers per hour. The body is
made of titanium and carbon fiber and weighs 1590 kilo, which is very close to
the LaFerrai’s 1585 kilo.
Is is worth the cash? It surely looks great and the
partially titanium body is very high tech, but weight actually isn’t as low as
one would expect. The engine is powerful but really just a tuned up Corvette
mill. The only thing for it is one-off exclusivity.
