One of the best “hello” from golden era of automaking and autodesigning. The beast of a cars. King of kings. Ultimate Lambo that much better then Lambo. And actually was bord before the Diablo. So, Who is she?
In the 1980s, the famous composer Giorgio Moroder, along with Claudio Zampolli, a wealthy exotic car dealer in America, began work together on a project that set out to build a supercar like no one had ever seen before. Their dream was to create an overwhelmingly fast car with a complex design, unprecedented in both exterior and interior style. Combining their names (Cizeta is Italian for C.Z., Zampolli’s initials), the two men decided to refer to their supercar as the Cizeta-Moroder.
Design
To create a look worthy of such a supercar, Moroder and Zampolli turned to Marcello Gandini – a designer famous for his work on the Lamborghini Countach, De Tomaso Pantera Si and the Lancia Stratos, and this guaranteed the creation of a remarkable car.
The aggressive nose rises up to incorporate the huge windshields and roof, which rounds off to include the rear window, giving a bubbleshape to the rear of the greenhouse. The 7-slat side air intakes hint of Testarossa. Dual-stepped headlights give the car a necerrary eccentricity.
There is erroneous opinion that Cizeta Moroder looks like Diablo. NO! It is a Diablo who looks like Moroder. And i answer WHY? Initially Gandini made scathes of moroder and gave them to Lamborghini as future project of Diablo, but chiefs of Chrysler who owned Lambo that time refused it. So finally Gandini used the design of it for Moroder V16T.
Technical features
The heart of the Moroder is V16 atmo engine – result of combining two 3.0L V8 from Lamborghini Jalpa, connected one after the other by one common crankshaft. Interesting is that the engine in the car is located transversely! Because of this, the width of Moroder has exceeded 2 meters. And T in the name goes for “Transverse” – V16T.
The Ford made gearbox is installed longitudinally. As a result of which the power unit itself looks like letter T.
Disc brakes on all wheels are shared in the company Brembo. No ABS, as well as other electronic assistants. True hardcore hypercar.
The Pirelli P Zero tires (245/40ZR-17 front, 335/35ZR-17 rear), the widest tyres ever used on a car, and the wedge-like shape and low kerb weight meant explosive acceleration.
The car is equipped with air conditioning, leather interior, power steering and electric mirrors.
The world’s first production car, which did 0-100 km/h drag faster then 4.5 seconds.
What does Cizeta logo mean?
The brand logo was designed by Giorgio Moroder, it depicts three profiles of the wolf’s head. While developinf of the logo, The composer was inspired by ancient Roman history. It was the she-wolf, later called Capitoline, who saved life and nurtured Romulus and Remus, the orphans who founded Rome.
It is believed that the three wolf’s profiles symbolize the three creators of this machine: Claudio Dzampolli, Giorgio Moroder and Marcello Gandini. Blue and yellow colors on the logo are the colors of the flag of Modena, where the company was located.
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