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You can’t go out to dinner in Geneva without tripping over a supercar or two – but even in this carbon fibre drenched berg, this one is kinda special.
The Fittipaldi EF7 Vision Gran Turismo gets its name from two-time world Formula One champion and two-time Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi, who has teamed up with the world’s best known design house and the brains behind the Mercedes-AMG racing program to produce this… stunning device.
It’s designed and built by Italian stylemeisters Pininfarina, whose catalogue of exotica is as long as your arm. And the other one. Words like ‘shark’ are being bandied about, but I reckon it’s combined form, function and emotion into one thoroughly modern, yet strangely nostalgic shape that instantly attracts the eye.
The carbon body is built to the FIA’s most stringent crash test standards, with a fully integrated roll cage and custom fixed back seats, a movable pedal box and adjustable steering column.
It delivers it power to the back end via a two-way limited slipper and a six-speed sequential gearbox, which, like the engine, is bolted directly to the carbon chassis.
Underneath, it’s surprisingly un-exotic, with steel double wishbones all round and steel brakes – but HWA builds all of Merc’s DTM cars, so there’s smarts in the simplicity.
Just 39 – one for each of Emmo’s F1 wins – will be built, and no price has been set. And for the likes of us, we’ll be able to have a go of it when Sony and Polphony add to the roster of Vision Gran Turismo cars on GT4.
