Saturday, June 20, 2009

Meet the IFR Aspide

Technological and skinned, the IFR Aspide is also a small Spanish original performance. First impressions of a phenomenon.

This is one of the aisles of the show in Stuttgart Dynamic vehicle that impressive IFR Aspide has recently made an appearance. Exposed only car, it had its full place so interesting innovations.

IFR is a small Spanish company of 14 people, first and foremost an engineering company. This Aspide, the fruit of five years of development is a showcase of their skills. But for the happiness of the privileged few, is a showcase available for sale in small series.

First performance for this Aspide, a light aluminum chassis only 80 kg. Then the brakes that adopt a new concept called "Twin Disk Break," based on the use of two discs per wheel for brake quality comparable to ceramic brakes, with a significantly lower cost.

The weight of the car is limited to 700 kg on the sport (2-liter 270 horsepower). The Super Sport is a little heavier with 750 kg, but its 402 horses 2l allows him to compete with the biggest names automobile. A figure to realize that the 100 km / h are achieved in less than 3 seconds. 

The Aspide also manages to combine weight reduction and onboard electronics, including multimedia and entertainment. As a formula 1 on a small screen in the center of the steering wheel displays the speed, the report and the engine speed. All buttons were then removed from the carrier through a multi touch screen. Door, lights, or icing, all is order on this screen. It offers other features like a program to analyze the driving circuit and give advice based on the technique of drivers confirmed (passages reports, braking ...). To complete the picture, and Wifi connections Bluetooh can call or access a few web services. 

IFR announces first price around 90,000 euros.

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