The 2010 GTA Spano is new at building production cars, can proudbly claim performance placing it among the top handful of fastest cars in the world, but not to the world of high performance.
This surpercar is created by a Spanish race team with a history of winning, GTA is in the process of realizing its dream of building a supercar among the most capable in the world. The resulting Spano certainly looks the part, be it on paper or in its muscular exterior design. The design looks great from every angle, though it must be noted that the Spano borrows design cues from other acclaimed supercars, most notably the Saleen S7, Bugatti Veyron and modern Lamborghini designs. The rear end, with its louvered flank and windshield, call to mind Saleen S7 and Mustang designs. The C-to-A pillar section, with its rounded bubble shape, looks a little too Bugatti. And the sharply creased front end is so much like the Gallardo’s that some may mistake the GTA Spano for something from the Raging Bull.
It is equiped with a V10, 8.3 litre engine placed in a longitudinal rear position. It has 780 horsepower and 920 Nm torque, as it is unlikely next year will see a new Dodge Viper. GTA takes the Viper V10 and reengineers it for GTA Spano duty, where it can make up to 840 horsepower when running on E90 bioethanol race fuel. This is plenty of power when we are moving around a featherweight supercar weighing in at a large pizza less than 3000 lbs.
The GTA Spano comes with a top speed of over 350 km/h with acceleration from 0 to 100 Km/h in under 2.9 seconds. All the way up to a governed–presumably for safety reasons–top speed of 217 mph. The Spano will debut in Europe soon with a limited production run of 99 units. Initial reports point to a 2010 GTA Spano base price of around $670,000. A bargain in the rare-air supercar world? Depends on how you look at it.
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