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.
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.
Italidesign Giugiaro chose not to reveal any details
on the electric part of the vehicle’s set-up, but they did let everyone know
that it uses a 3.0-liter V6 engine. This engine delivers a total of 360 HP and
339 lb-ft of torque and is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. The
Brivido can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.8 seconds and can hit a top speed
of 171 mph. The hybrid system, that will most likely combine the V6 with a pair
of electric engines, will deliver a total of 408 HP and 442 lb-ft of torque.
CO2 emissions comes in at 154g/km.
The Italdesign-Giugiaro Brivido is only a concept at
this point, with no hopes of an exact production model. Italdesign has
mentioned, however, that this concept offers a glimpse into the company’s
future, which only makes us hope that it will be the near future. Seeing all of
this cool technology is probably not in the cards, at least not at first, but
even if we only had certain elements of it, we’d be happy.
