Introducing the Garagisti & Co supercar concept
Not yet in production, but the GP1 might give Gordon Murray Automotive a run for its money
GP1 owes it shape to designer Angel Guerra, whose CV includes Rimac and Bugatti
Garagisti Co.
This is a what?
A Garagisti & Co. Nope, we’ve never heard of it either, and it’s already an autocorrect nightmare – ‘garaging’, ‘gargling’ and even ‘garbage’ have been unwanted substitutes.
It doesn’t roll off the tongue.
It certainly does not, but what does sound good is this – GP1. Designed to be a very analogue supercar in a very modern world. Although it’s a brand-new British company, it has assembled some key partners to help on this limited (and expensive) project.
Its new 6.6-litre V12 engine should develop around 800bhp
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Like who?
At the heart of the GP1 is a new 6.6-litre V12 engine by Italtecnica, which used to make racing Lancias, Alfas and Ferraris – remember the awesome 550 Maranello? Garagisti & Co reckons 9000rpm, 800bhp and over 700Nm of torque will be possible and it’ll be mated to a six-speed Xtrac manual gearbox, with power sent only to the rear wheels. Have that you four-wheel-driven space-age hybrids!
These are renders, not real, but the price will be around £2.5m and just 25 cars will be built
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Anybody else?
The car’s carbon chassis and aero will be designed and made by Dexet Technologies, which has experience working with Formula 1 and Le Mans cars, and the bodywork is being penned by Angel Guerra, known for the electric Rimac Concept One hypercar and recent Bugattis. Notice the super-plain interior, without even air vents – apparently they’re present, just ‘seamlessly integrated’. There’s also Öhlins suspension and Brembo brakes. It should weigh in at just 1000kg.
But… why?
With cars like Gordon Murray’s T.50 and T.33 already ploughing this particular analogue V12-powered furrow, does the world need another similar project? Garagisti & Co founder Mario Escudero thinks so: “Our vision was from a simple question: what if the golden age of analogue supercars never ended? What if icons like the Countach Evoluzione had sparked a lineage rather than a dead-end? What would the great cars of the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s look like today if they’d evolved with new technology but kept their analogue soul? We brought together some of the best minds in the world and answered that with the GP1.” Well, quite.
Is it real?
Currently, no. What you see here are renders of how the car will look, but it is said to be “in the advanced stages of engineering and production”. Only 25 will be built and each costs £2.45m, plus the first 12 buyers will get access to exclusive events with the engineers and designers of the GP1.