The Porsche Tapiro is a 1970 concept car by Porsche, designed by Giugiaro. It had a traditional 1970s wedge design, and was somewhat based on the De Tomaso Mangusta. The chassis is based on the Porsche 914/6, and it features gullwing-style doors.
The car had a longitudinally mounted air-cooled 2.4 liter flat 6 producing 220 HP, and a 4 speed manual transmission.
The Porsche Tapiro was introduced to the world at the 1970 Turin Motor show, in Turin, Italy. The car subsequently made its US debut at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Imported Automobile and Sports Car Show in 1971.
In 1972, the car was sold to a Spanish industrialist who used it as his daily driver. Eventually, a group of labor activists protesting its owner's labor policies, planted a bomb under the Tapiro. The bomb exploded, burning the car but not destroying the chassis. The burnt shell was repurchased by Italdesign and is now on display in its Giugiaro Museum.
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References
- 2. http://www.italdesign.it/en/projects/volkswagen-porsche-tapiro-eng/
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