Zagato Imagines Revived Iso Rivolta With New Vision Gran Turismo

Khodrocar - Zagato has finally taken the sheet of the IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo after previously teasing the front end in Switzerland. Visitors to the Tokyo Motor Show will be able to see the sharp-edged machine, but anyone with a copy of Gran Turismo Sport will soon be able to drive the hypercar virtually.

The original Iso Rivolta was a grand touring coupe from the 1960s that featured a gorgeous design by Bertone and a General-Motors-sourced 327-cubic-inch (5.4-liter) V8 from the contemporary Corvette. Zagato's take on this idea overhauls the shape to give it a more modern aesthetic. A sharp-edged front end features a low, pointed nose and tiny, squinting headlights. The raised intake in the hood evokes the piece on Iso's later Grifo. A bubble-like canopy would appear to provide great forward visibility. Further back, a flying buttress joins the passenger compartment to the rear fenders, and a single, high-mounted exhaust pokes out of the center of the rear.

"Our next wish is that this car, which was born in Gran Turismo, will take to the road in real life and one day grow larger in your rear view mirror, eventually passing you at high speed," Norihiko Harada, Vice President of Design at Zagato, said in the model's announcement. "When this happens, you will feel the limits of your imagination being severely tested, blurring reality.

Zagato is looking for clients that would allow for a production run of three to five real-world units of the IsoRivolta Vision Gran Turismo. Similar to the original model, the new one would use a Callaway-tuned, Corvette-derived biturbo 6.2-liter V8 pumping out 997 horsepower, and a 10-speed automatic routes power to the rear wheels. In a vehicle weighing just 2,489 pounds (1,129 kilograms), the coupe could get to 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 227 mph (365 kph).