Codatronca - This is not Gotham City from Director Kobayashi on Vimeo.

Spada Vetture Sport, an Italian supercar maker, recently released a new promotional video about its latest creation, the Codatronca. Directed by Mr. Kobayashi, the video takes advantage of the Codatronca’s unique similarity with Batman’s favorite ride, the Batmobile. While it does bear a little of the qualities of the Batmobile, the Codatronca is a powerful machine in its own right, thanks in large part to a Z06 engine underneath its hood that’s capable of clocking a 0-100mph time of 3.4 seconds.

Shot in 2D and 3D modeling, Kobayashi created the commercial by infusing the two visual elements and creating an environment that emphasizes the Codatronca’s cutting-edge look and incredible driving qualities.

Enjoy!

Video: Spada Codatronca originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:30 EST.

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After three months of tests and trials Spadaconcept - the Italian design studio founded by Paolo Spada (former designer at Smart and Honda) together with his father Ercole, (former chief designer at Zagato and BMW), Domiziano Boschi (former Mc Kinsey) and Wojtek Sokolowski - has launched the production of its supercar, the Spada TS Codatronca. With this car Spadaconcept cherishes and revives the important heritage of Ercole Spada and the philosophy which characterized each of his creations. The company’s vision is centered on “functional design”, which, according to Ercole Spada, means to allow functionality of an object to express itself through its shape.

Following this vision Spadaconcept came up with a genuinely breaking product, something bold an daring. Far from creating a show car where anything is allowed, Spadaconcept has worked within strict feasibility constraints in order to reach the quality standards of a niche, handcrafted production, maximizing performance by introducing aerodynamic lines such to mould a light and essential body. The result is an extremely stable and manageable car, able to achieve good racing performances by exploiting at the best the power of its engine, with an original and nimble shape and essential but elegant interiors.

Spada Codatronca TS - official informations originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 14 May 2008 12:20 EST.

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After three months of tests and trials Spadaconcept - the Italian design studio founded by Paolo Spada (former designer at Smart and Honda) together with his father Ercole, (former chief designer at Zagato and BMW), Domiziano Boschi (former Mc Kinsey) and Wojtek Sokolowski - has launched the production of its supercar, the Spada TS Codatronca. With this car Spadaconcept cherishes and revives the important heritage of Ercole Spada and the philosophy which characterized each of his creations.

The first version, named TS (Turismo Sportivo), is a car with a naturally aspirated engine with more than 600 HP with race performances. Despite the focus at Spadaconcept wasn’t on “pure” power but rather on aerodynamics, lightness and handling, this car can still reach more than 340 km/h due to a short ratio gearbox and complies with the FIA GT1 regulations. Care for environmental issues has resulted in SpadaVettureSport’s decision to add to the menu an ad-hoc “converter kit” which allows fueling the car with E85 green fuel, with a slight increase in torque and power.

Spada starts Codatronca production originally appeared on topspeed.com on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 16:51 EST.

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