Name of car ,designer and year. Please experts!
A bit Bertone-esque...... ???
Similar but not Bertone.
from an Italian design house?
Italian designer.
Meant for an Italian brand?
Late 70s, early 80s?
Approximately 70's
Designer from Turin?
No.
Milano? Rome?
No.
is it a design for an Italian brand, or a freelance initiative, a personal proposal for a new or foreign brand?
You can call the designer's name and model?
I would, if I knew!:-)
Like the drawing a lot, and I am very curious about its identity.
Please.
In my opinion, he who proposes a puzzle should remain open to questions from people trying to give a reply to that puzzle, and stay patient, at least. I do not think this is the case. :(
Blocked.
I allow you to ask a few questions, but you do not give a clue.
Thank you.
Is the designer alive?
did he belong to an Italian design house anytime during his career?
Was this design offered to any manufacturer, or was it requested to him by the manufacturer?
I'm sorry but you can not guess.
...or please call your version.
I give up
Bizzarrrini Rossa - whilst we like to keep out of other people's puzzles whenever possible, I would comment here that I don't think thewarlord has done anything to justify being barred from answering your puzzle.
The game (and don't forget it is only a game) is about questions and answers to get to a final result and whilst it's possible to include specific rules sometimes (eg I have excluded geographical questions in some puzzles because it would give the game away too easily) thewarlord is only playing the game as it's meant to be played.
No problem ,Carnut! I'll be happy to learn more about this project. I know the name of the designer and the car. I thought that thewarlord is ready to reveal my secret. But probably I'll have to make to sound clue.
Pardon me ,if I offended anyone. I truly do not want to cause offense!
No problem on my part either. Misunderstandings can occurr.
And no, I do not know who the designer of this 6-wheeler was -hence why I made the questions. I know of many Italian cars designers, I am passionate about them, but I don't know who to relate this drawing to. I'd really like to.
I will give you the information. Turns out we are already familiar.
Thanks. Curious about the car and curious about you. Looking forward to learn about both.
A few years back (about 2004 or so), a six-wheeled supercar proposal made the rounds of the auto magazines. It was done by an Italian designer named Ferruccio Covini, and was called the C6W. The story was that he had started working on the car in 1978 or so, but ran into the usual development and financial issues that keep so many of these cars from ever reaching the market. The drawing in your puzzle looks quite a bit different from the 2004 car presented at the shows (which was a real car, not just a drawing). I am going to guess that your quiz car is a proposal for the original 1978 or so design for the car that eventually became the Covini C6W many years later. . . although I haven't been able to find a picture of the Covini that matches your drawing. There were - and are - few enough 6-wheelers around that I figure it's worth a guess.
Yes ,this is a Covini. Do you know the name of the project?
I have found nothing definitive so far . . . even on Covini's own web site. I have found a few obscure references mentioning names like "speedster" and "Meta" (which appears to have been a joint project with Fiat) . . . even a web page showing the old 1960s Ford Motor Company "Seattle-ite" 6-wheel concept car, and claiming it to be a Covini. Lots of mention of their ties to Tyrell and Panther, but to answer your question, no, I cannot find any other name for this drawing other than to call it a preliminary design for the C6W . . . so far. I'll keep looking. Any hints?
No Speedster or Meta. The project was to have a different, specific name.
OK. Can you tell me if it was an actual name, or one of those alpha-numeric things like T44, T46, B24, T40 or C36? These were all designations of various Covini cars, but so far I haven't found any other names except for an Israeli site that doesn't even call the quiz car a Covini, but a Kubin.
Unfortunately your list does not have the correct name. I can think of but in this case, the puzzle will not be counted towards you.
OK, one last try . . . I found a photo of Ing. Covini doing a video presentation in front of a big screen, and this photo was displayed behind him:
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y179/fyreline/covini2_wx_zpsfb2ef707.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/fyreline/media/covini2_wx_zpsfb2ef707.jpg.html)
I'm not 100% certain it's even the same car, but it's as close as I've been able to find. In any case, the caption below the picture called the car the "Leonesse turbo 3", so that's my guess.
Yes!
Great puzzle - really enjoyed solving that one, and learned a bit along the way. Can't ask for more than that.
Thanks!!!
Only one item from my collection of original rare items.