2007 Spada TS Codatronca
Specifications
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Price |
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Production |
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Engine |
7
liter LS7 V8 |
Weight |
3086
lbs |
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Aspiration |
natural |
Torque |
470
lb-ft @ 4800 rpm |
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HP |
512
hp @ 6300 rpm |
HP/Weight |
6
lbs per hp |
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HP/Liter |
73.1
hp per liter |
1/4 mile |
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0-62 mph |
3.7
seconds |
Top Speed |
205
mph |
(from SpadaConcept
Press Release) What’s the newsogon; SPADA TS CODATRONCA .Our
last model is a sportcar built in the spirit and tradition of the
Italian “carrozzieria”. It combines both racing and “tourism”
characteristics and represents the latest evolution of the concept
of truncated tail. This car brings in nimbleness, aerodynamics and
lightness, which are the chromosomes of Ercole Spada’s cars and of
Spadaconcept future models. This model, which according to Paolo
Spada, might be the heir of the TZ models, will be built in a
limited series. It is based on Corvette chassis, on which will be
applied a new coach and suspensions . The Corvette mechanics and
engine is also upgraded with a few high tech solutions by
Spadaconcept and it’s technical partners. The name fully reflects
the design of this car: “Codatronca”. It will be available in three
versions. ( see technical specifications). Codatronca is a timeless
car which combines technical progress with beauty of design. With
this car, design finds its common point between the past and the
future, between its cause-and-effect.
The whole project was
thought in all its aspect: From the industrial reason to the
aesthetical emotion . With the codatronca, Spadaconcept want to
express a typical example of Italian hand craft, synonym of design,
absolute quality and care of details.
SpadaConcept
Who we are. Spadaconcept is a design
studio, established in Turin at the end of 2006. It is based on the
“fusion” of two different “streams” of working experiences and
histories. :on one side Domiziano Boschi, former consultant at Mc
Kinsey and Deloitte and founding shareholder of a regional Airline,
and on the on the Paolo Spada, former designer Smart, Honda and
talented son of the famous Ercole Spada, one of the most renowned
car designer. The two have put together their ideas and convinced
Ercole to joint them, coming back to the stage. In the recent past
Ercole Spada has designed several memorable models: for his friend
Elio Zagato he designed the Alfa TZ, TZ2 and the Aston Martin DB4Z
and for BMW he did the models 7 and 5. The tree founders , joined by
another young designer Wojtek Sokolowski, have decided to start the
Studio, with a rather innovative formula. This new initiative will
continue the tradition and the philosophy of the sports-car with a
modern and innovative interpretation.
The founding Partners and their
history. The 4 founders have different but “complementary”
histories; everyone has robust and strong culture and skills in his
own field, but their mindset are open to contamination and
cross-fertilization. This initiative is born in search of such
contaminations. Paolo Spada has decided with persuasion, to take up
the heredity of Ercole Spada in order to continue to develop the
same strong values of his father design philosophy . As a result,
the team harmoniously combines competences in design & style with
skills in strategy, marketing and finance. Boschi works, in
particular on strategic marketing and business development, whereas
Paolo Spada and the other founders work on design, style and
engineering, but they all like to discuss and decide together all
relevant aspects of their production. The Studio and its related
entrepreneurial initiatives, basically stem from a solid friendship
between the founders and a shared passion for motors and shared
vision/idea of the car.
Activity. The Studio operates
end-to-end, from design to prototyping of cars and motorcycles, as
well in industrial designs – e.g. helmets, watches, boats – and in
marketing consulting. It also develops autonomously projects and
prototypes of sportcars and other cars and vehicles.
The mission.
Spadaconcept’s mission is to help its clients to soundly conceive
and develop successful products and to support them to enter new
market segments.
Applying aesthetics to a product substance, using design as a means
to fully realize one product’s functionality and to position it
precisely in its most appropriate market niche. Putting product
functionality at the core of the problem (of a product, small or
big, we must always ask ourselves the following question: of what
use is itogon;) allows to conceive and design a product having in mind a
broader and strategic perspective of that product’s role along its
whole lifecycle. We combine marketing, product positioning and
strategy to design, which is today, the true driver of success and
profit. Our designers must have a complete picture of the product
mission and lifecycle before drawing a single line of a design. This
is the only possible approach, if you aspire to ultimately turn a
product into something really significant (hopefully into a
lifestyle!). And it is yet not enough: you must also be very humble
and truly valuable. As one of our Team often says, in the long run,
the true value will emerge and prove to be rustless, invincible,
leaving a beneficial and significant sign. The company’s motto fully
reflect this idea.
We contribute to give the Italian
tradition (which characterizes our essence) a chance to express
itself. We do this by giving voice to the variety and
complementarity of our backgrounds, blending different and
complementary skills and know how and combining tradition – i.e.
Ercole Spada – with the future – i.e. new generation of designers.
With a lean and flat organization, our Studio aspires to be a sort
of heir of the renaissance workshop, a place where men used to try,
experiment and discuss: we want to work with more focus on the whole
work rather than on single portions and single activities. Being a
small Studio we can afford to work this way, which would be
extremely costly, ineffective and economically risky for firms with
larger structures.
End-to-end, from the idea to the
product. We are a workshop where ideas as well as objects are mould.
Our goal is to sell projects as well as to realize – i.e. bring to
reality – the products that we design and take them to the market.
Despite the recent trends to relocate production outside Europe,
especially in Asia, we have decided to keep our entrepreneurial risk
here, at home, in Italy and to invest in Italian skills, following
the tradition of the Italian pioneers of “carrozzeria” – i.e.
coachbuilding. We know that producing in certain low-cost countries,
would not assure (at least for now) the level of quality that we are
pursuing. We aim at clients that comprehend this philosophy and
accept the idea of “cultural diversity”, that allows to understand
why certain Italian products might have been born only in Italy (but
the same holds for other countries like ours).
Mass production has made goods
accessible to a wider public but the excessive homologation that
followed has cancelled many essential aspects of products. Excessive
standardization, as well as excessive technology – when certain
applications of technology are sono obviously pleonastic and useless
- discomfort us. Mass production is often accompanied by superfluous
needs and unnecessary product functionalities, wasteful use of
materials, depreciation and impoverishment of product concept. All
this is increasingly unaffordable. There is more value in buying
less but better, in owning less products but manufactured more
accurately and with longer life cycle (both in terms of aesthetic
obsolescence and senescence). We want to use intelligence and
ability to build dreams and timeless objects, less bound to fashion
and more to a true lifestyle.
How we work. It is central to our
approach to valorize the Italian (typical) “craftsman” know how, in
conceiving, designing and realizing unique objects, based on quality
manufacturing, original ideas and functional concepts. Our
prototypes and models are realized in collaboration with selected
tuners and coachbuilders, located in the Turin district, which is
populated with plenty of small firms with great history and amazing
skills. We are keen to valorize some elements of the past history of
car manufacturing, including certain peculiarities and cultural
diversities, firstly those local skills that give a unique look and
flavour to our products. Along with this, we want to generate
opportunities to local small but excellent firms and to revive old
and prestigious jobs – e.g. the “battilastra”.
The future. We are working on other prototypes of super car and
sport car, but we have also in mind to design, in the future,
ecological cars and vehicles.
