Hispano Suiza, a Spanish automotive
company founded in 1904, has just sold its first Carmen Boulogne electric hyper
GT to renowned American businessman and car aficionado, Michael Fux. The
Barcelona-based automaker moved away from making luxury cars in the 1940s and
repositioned itself as an aerospace firm after the second world war, but has
now returned to the arena with a unique offering.
The Carmen Boulogne – a nod to the
company’s similarly named race cars of old – is a special edition model that’s limited to five units, and it gets a
twin-motor rear-wheel drive setup that produce a total of 1,114 PS and 1,600 Nm
of torque. Apparently, it will do the century sprint in under two seconds, and
top speed is said to be in excess of 290 km/h.
An 80 kWh T-shaped battery wedged within
the carbon-fibre monocoque chassis provides enough juice for a 400-km trip,
while a 50% charge can be achieved with a fast-charger. The Carmen Boulogne
tips the scales at 1,630 kg thanks to a carbon-fibre roof and a lighter
suspension system.
For Fux, who by the way has a personal
collection of over 160 cars, his car was given a vibrant metallic purple finish
that’s complemented with copper accents on the front grille, side mirror caps,
window trim and alloy wheels.
Believe it or not, this is Fux’s first all
electric car, and what drew him to the Carmen was its design and technology.
Inside, Fux chose white leather seats with purple piping, whereas the
carbon-fibre steering wheel is finished in purple and copper accents.
