(from a.d. Tramontana Press Release) TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION ‘ TRAMONTANA ’ a.d.TRAMONTANA presents its first production model at the Geneva Motor Show 2007 1. Technical description : 1.1. Chassis, 100% carbon fiber It has never been seen in the automotive history a street sports car which resembles so much a Formula 1 like the Tramontana does. It is the first time in the sports car market that it has been incorporated a 100 % carbon fibre monocoque chassis inspired in the design of a Formula 1 and manufactured with the same criteria, guaranteeing a high protection for its passengers. Moreover, it introduces a new structural system that combines an indeformable central zone (cockpit) with a weight of 128kg with other 8 deformable zones calculated for the absorption of the impact energy. In fact, the results extracted of the Crash Test (according to the FIA regulation) confirm that the structural calculation guarantees the integrity of its passengers displacing the lateral components towa...
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