Maserati Pininfarina - Birdcage 75
Forget suicide doors or scissor doors or, we dunno, rope ladders — Birdcage 75 access comes via a roof, hinged and on struts, that flaps open from two ends like a clamshell. The vehicle is named in honor of the 75th anniversary of Italian design firm Pininfarina, which built the vehicle on a Maserati MC 12 chassis, with technological partnership provided by Motorola.
The original Birdcage was crafted from 1959 - 1963; the name implies homage not to the Robin Williams-Nathan Lane "La Cage Aux Folles" film, but to the wire-like look of the tubes that made up the earlier edition's chassis.
The Maserati engine in the Birdcage 75 is a 700-horsepower V-12. A sloping windscreen and 22-inch tires add to the otter-slick profile. Inside, a collaboration with Motorola provides for high-tech interconnectivity aims, and when the car is off, the virtual, digital dashboard disappears and only thin silver structural supports are visible behind a clear screen. Even prior to the vehicle's debut, cell phones sporting a similar design had already appeared.
Forget suicide doors or scissor doors or, we dunno, rope ladders — Birdcage 75 access comes via a roof, hinged and on struts, that flaps open from two ends like a clamshell. The vehicle is named in honor of the 75th anniversary of Italian design firm Pininfarina, which built the vehicle on a Maserati MC 12 chassis, with technological partnership provided by Motorola.
The original Birdcage was crafted from 1959 - 1963; the name implies homage not to the Robin Williams-Nathan Lane "La Cage Aux Folles" film, but to the wire-like look of the tubes that made up the earlier edition's chassis.
The Maserati engine in the Birdcage 75 is a 700-horsepower V-12. A sloping windscreen and 22-inch tires add to the otter-slick profile. Inside, a collaboration with Motorola provides for high-tech interconnectivity aims, and when the car is off, the virtual, digital dashboard disappears and only thin silver structural supports are visible behind a clear screen. Even prior to the vehicle's debut, cell phones sporting a similar design had already appeared.
No comments:
Post a Comment