• Only five units will be built by the end of 2017
• Racing car performance with type-approval for normal roads
• Modular chassis in carbon fibre and aluminium
• Ultra-lightweight bodywork entirely in carbon fibre
• Functional design to improve performances
• 5.2 V10 naturally aspirated engine
• 0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds
• Top speed of 330 km/h
• Special packages are available for customising finish and performance
• Designed, engineered and produced by Italdesign
Designed to be light
“Lightweight”. This was the starting concept that
designers and engineers implemented for the ZEROUNO project. Right from
the first styling draft, the Styling Centre and the Engineering
Development Department implemented what is defined as simultaneous
engineering, a work method developed and perfected by Italdesign way
back at the end of the 1960s and constantly improved over the company's
almost fifty-year history.
Designers and engineers work simultaneously to carry
forward styling solutions and functional-feasibility checks until an
ideal compromise is achieved that meets design and performance
requirements alike. Functional design has always distinguished projects
set in motion and developed in Moncalieri: there are no styling
proposals at Italdesign that do not also simultaneously embrace a
technical solution. “The development of the ZEROUNO was based on the
know-how achieved in the designing of hundreds of cars in our 49-years
history” Antonio Casu, Chief Technical Officer, said. “To reach the
timing target we applied the latest CAx and Simulation Technologies.
Styling has been integrated since the very beginning with early
engineering and production processes. All this allowed us to produce a
state-of-the-art car in terms of performance and safety.”
Limiting the final weight of the car as far as
possible in order to ensure exceptional performances by equally
emphasising the carbon fibre and aluminium chassis and the powerful V10
5.2 naturally aspired engine was the objective defined right from the
start of this project.
This is why the entire bodywork is in carbon fibre.
The same material is also generously used inside the cockpit; the state
of the art in fibre layering technology, together with the skills of
craftsmen during the finishing stages, combined to achieve a light
weight - despite the car measuring 4847 mm in length and 1970 mm in
width by 1204 mm in height.
“We put it our best skills into the production of the
first car – Massimo Bovi, Head of Pre-Series Center and Production,
added – using some of the finest productions methods and engaging our
high skilled workers. At the same time we engaged deeply in the latest
technologies in electric and electronics. Therefore this first car is
showcasing our expertise gained in our history”. “The Automobili
Speciali ZEROUNO is an invitation to all of our clients to visit our
facility, get to know our skills and take advantege of them - said
Massimo Martinotti, Head of Business Development. “Our project witnesess
what we can offer to OEMs worldwide besides our traditional services:
namely the possibility to design and build for them Ultra Low Series
models”.
Beauty is the beast
Simultaneous engineering is ideally expressed by the
exterior design. These two souls live together in complete harmony and
exemplify the car's character: racing performances with type-approval
for driving on normal roads.
"The exterior is characterised by the two sides of
the same coin," - said Filippo Perini, Head of Innovation Design at
Italdesign: "Above the tornado line, surfaces are distinctly softer and
smoother in keeping with the Italian Gran Turismo tradition. The lower
part is modelled by aerodynamics. To achieve the performances we had in
mind, we had to dare to go beyond all limits in styling and even from a
purely technical points of view. The outcome ensures an extremely high
impact without ever being design for design's sake”.
Relying on Italdesign advanced Virtual Reality Centre
and the simulation techniques of Engineering, the designers were able
to identify the most aerodynamic technical and aesthetic solutions and
test them immediately - even before starting work on building the car.
“We created the ZEROUNO to demonstrate the best
skills of our 1,000 employees based on fourty-nine years of experience
to further develop this business in the future, using the best and
fastest processes and collaboration models. Beside offering these Ultra
Low Series Programmes to all interested parties we will continue this
story and put every 18-24 months ambitious and innovative concepts in an
Ultra Low Series on the road to drive innovation forward so it can be
experienced in daily life and to demonstrate the state of the art in
technology for our customers” stated Jörg Astalosch, CEO Italdesign.
Inspired by race cars
The setting at the front is inspired by the ultimate
top-performance cars: single-seater racing cars. The characteristic
feature of the nose is the six-sided polygon first seen in the GTZero
concept-car in 2016 which will also be referenced again in future
projects. Together with the two side air intakes, it ensures the optimum
flow of intake air.
Potential lift effects caused by the intake of air
through the central slot, as highlighted by simulated aerodynamic tests
in the virtual reality centre, were eliminated thanks to an aerodynamic
solution named Y Duct®.
The air enters the central intake, flows along a
“Y-shaped” path and emerges from the two apertures inserted in the upper
part of the bonnet, thereby generating downforce. This aerodynamic
flow is maximised by the rear spoiler's lower wings that increase the
downforce. The spoilers with overlapping wings that characterise the
lower part of the car's design at the front and the rear alike are
suspended and help create an additional aerodynamic load. The slots on
the front and rear wheel arches not only highlight ZEROUNO's rather
aggressive looks but also help dissipate hot air.
The lights use Full LED technology and also perform
an aerodynamic function since they are floating systems mounted inside
the front and rear wings.
The rear view highlights ZEROUNO’s "extreme"
character - and the “semi-naked” styling is particularly evident: the
taut, angular outlines of the spoilers reveal the tyres and, in the
middle, the two 80 cm wide laminar exhausts in titanium, which are
designed to accelerate the out-flow of exhaust gases.
Functional design applied to rims
Rims are usually noticed because of their generous
dimensions and the aesthetic impact they have on the overall volume of
the vehicle. This element was also specifically designed for ZEROUNO and
is the equally the outcome of combined styling and engineering. Built
in aluminium by the Italian company OZ, with a diameter of 20”, rims
were designed to extract the hot air generated by the powerful
carbon-ceramic braking system with 8 pistons at the front and 6 at the
rear. The structure is fitted with a perimeter turbine in carbon fibre
that maximises the aerodynamic effect and the cooling of the breaking
system.
Interior
In order to achieve a light weight designers and
engineers also joined forces inside the cockpit. Since this car has
type-approval for driving on public roads - it is consequently equipped
with front and side airbags. Italdesign emphasised the use of material
and on-board systems ensuring high performance and low weight. The
interior of the car is simultaneously essential yet elegant, in keeping
with the exterior: carbon fibre dominates the overall styling. Door
panels, dashboard and central tunnel are all made exclusively with this
material. The digital cockpit houses all the car's main controls. Three
small monitors in the middle of the dashboard, on the other hand,
control all air conditioning functions.
The dual-clutch 7 speed gearbox is controlled by classic paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.
Endless customisation
The five lucky owners of ZEROUNO will be able to
maximise the customisation of their cars so that each one will be truly
unique. Over and above finishing the bodywork with a colour specifically
developed for the client, including full carbon look, Italdesign has
also developed several optional packages involving the exterior and
inside the cockpit.
The most extreme customisation is offered with the
“Corsa” package, which boosts an accentuated aerodynamic layout
dedicated to race track performance and is designed to ensure the
performances and the handling of the car with special designed light
weight side mirrors, carbon fibre monocoque seats frame, racing rear
wing with central longitudinal fin, monodado rims and a dedicated sport,
titanium made, muffler. The “Corsa” package will be for track use only.
