Porsche Tapiro
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The Porsche Tapiro is a 1970 concept car by Porsche, designed by Giugiaro. It had a traditional 1970s wedge design, and was somewhat based off the De Tomaso Mangusta. The chassis is based off 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 car was in 1972 sold to a Spanish industrialist who used it as his daily driver. Eventually, a group of labor activists planted a bomb under the Tapiro. The bomb exploded, burning the car but not destroying the chassis.[1] The burnt shell was repurchased by Italdesign and is now on display in its Giugiaro Museum.
References
- ^ 993C4S. "What Happened to the Porsche Tapiro". @FlatSixes - the blog about Porsche.
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