The dream teaser and the wait filled by Laffite Automobili, with the five electric hypercars sign Giugiaro. Thus the house founded by Bruno Laffitethe nephew of JacquesFormula 1 driver between 1974 and 1986. Together with his wife Laetitia based in Turin, it breaks through the wall of the future.
Laffite Automobili, extreme lines for the future
The lines are of the GFG Style Of Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son Fabrizio. The five shells born to cleave the future and designed in record time are the result of a vision that the patron has always dreamed of.
Laffite Automobili, the five electric hypercars designed by Giugiaro, source official website
So, the design italiano and the 100% electric traction give fruit as five fireballs. From the mission on zero emissions and maximum performance on the road.
Ready to be launched on the market, they are Atrax, Barchetta ed LM1. Three specific architectures, plus more two evolutions.
Laffite Hyper-SUV Atrax
Laffite Automotive con Atrax. The hyper-suv with an extreme design and conceived to be an off-road vehicle. The version is added Atrax Stradale. In this regard, Fabrizio Giugiaro explains: “The design of the Atrax and Atrax Stradale derives from my long design experience introduced ten years ago. And as often happens in my vision for the future, in addition to design, I try to introduce new types of cars, such as the Hyper SUV in this case. Only today many car manufacturers are introducing it to the market, but in the case of Laffite Automobili we went furtherboth in terms of design and use”.
Laffite Atrax, source official website
Laffite Atrax, source official website
Important volumes and exaggerated shape, Atrax has a 2+1 seat architecture. Another element that characterizes the hyper-suv are the enormous all-terrain wheels of almost a meter in diameter which generate Bold fender flares molded with applied wheel arches. The shapes are studied and highlight the visible carbon. While the side is simple with the well-proportioned beltline and the door that rises like a butterfly with a single window that descends regularly. The door of the A-pillar “detached” from the aerodynamic function in the most delicate point of the flows, creates a unique interplay of lines.
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Laffite Barchetta and Barchetta Coupé between present and past
We introduce the other two models: the Little boat e Barchetta Coupe. Unique in its kind for having two separate seats, two individual windshields and the halo, derived from Formula 1. This last element is unusual for an open and homologated car that offers maximum safety.
While for choosing a double dome is an idea of Giorgetto Giorgetto from 1959then re-proposed in the prototype Aztec of the 1988.
Laffite Barchetta coupé, source official website
Laffite Barchetta coupé, source official website
Fabrizio Giugiaro intervenes: “The latest formal experimentation of a similar scheme was proposed with the concept car Dora of 2020, which is actually the beginning of this project. The double cockpit dominated by large Halo-like structures determines the real design innovation: to access the interior, the two cockpits lift independently but simultaneously with the doors, creating a spectacular movement”.
The front part perfectly follows the characteristic shapes of the car manufacturer. The well-defined double lights are present and separated by a large integrated spoiler. Another fundamental element is the arched structure which makes the side line continuous in the upper part and rests on the large wing-shaped B-pillars. Simple treatment of the side in the door that is exaggerated in the large rear mudguard. The rear is characterized by a continuous upper light which is also a spoiler. Underneath there is a part in visible carbon that integrates the three elements on each side to give additional taillight functions. The tail closes at the top with a spoiler attached to the two halo endings.
The other specimen, again as he explains Fabrizio Giugiaroand the Barchetta Coupe. “The Barchetta Coupé is the synthesis of innovation, elegance and originality and the interior has the same stylistic scheme as the Barchetta, with a single room separated by a central structure”.
Barchetta Coupe with a refined interior composed of a central console. Where in addition to the functions of the doors there are also two air vents with integrated display, both in the panel also with integrated air vent. The stylistic cut between the door panel and the console is symmetrical. On the driver’s side there are three monitors for rear and side vision, while the passenger can also use his own monitor for other functions. The technological steering wheel with a sophisticated design and houses all the vehicle controls in the display touch centralelike on racing cars.
Laffite LM1, the hypercar of dreams
Sweet at the bottom Laffite LM1. It is the hypercar that will be in the dreams of many. LM1 it is the most extreme model of Laffite Automobili. The shapes are of a vehicle intended for racing, but which can be approved for road use with unexpected comfort for a similar car.
Let’s start with the low front highlighted by the brand’s family feeling lights. The central part of the black hood houses a large air outlet. Active flaps are obtained from the painted fenders. The dome is very narrow, drop-shaped, and with a maximum width of 90 cm as required by the regulation of racing cars of this type.
Laffite LM1, source official website
Laffite LM1, source official website
The shape of the wraparound windscreen continues in the doors creating the side windows that go down to the B-pillar, which has a graphic similar to that present on the Atrax but which here generates two small windows.
he designer Fabrizio Giugiaro he explains: “The lines are drawn by the wind, but designed in all its stylistic aspects to make it even more attractive and uncompromising”. Laterally, the dome is very tight and descends back to the diffuser and has the unique peculiarity of having two uprights that overlook it with a double function. Giugiaro concludes: “The first to support the large active spoiler and the second to better convey the aerodynamic flow, a real innovation that I bet we will soon see in future racing cars”.