Legendary Italian designer Ercole Spada, known for his work with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Zagato, and Aston Martin as well as many other European makers. His family has contributed what most would call automotive works of art, dating back to the 1960s. More recently, Ercole's Spada Vetture Sport brand has taken on the task of overhauling a Corvette C6 ZO6 chassis with its designs--adding a European flare to raw American V-8 horsepower. To the American eye, the Spada Codatronca is as radical in design as it comes and bares little to no resemblance to the Corvette. The rear diffuser adds to its aerodynamic stability, its slippery figure helps the aluminum chassis surpass the ZO6 in drag coefficient and top speed. We are awaiting official wind tunnel numbers, but the advertised top speed is over 211 mph on the naturally aspirated version and 220 mph when supercharged.The use of lightweight materials, such as the magnesium engine cradle and Kevlar body panels throughout this handbuilt supercar, to keep weight under 3,000 pounds despite a well-hidden rollcage for safety that uses a special coating to bond to the frame. Spada ups the ante on the TS (Turismo Sportivo) version with an 11.5:1 LS7 that is tweaked to produce 630 horsepower and 670 lb-ft of torque naturally aspirated. The big-boy TSV (Turismo Super Veloce) will pack a twin C38 Rotrex centrifugal supercharged and intercooled LS7, said to be capable of a conservative 750 horsepower and 950 lb-ft of torque.
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