Espera Sbarro
In March 2024, Espera Montbéliard students presented the Taïpan, a buggy named after one of the world's most venomous snakes. The Taïpan is powered by a V6 engine placed in a central rear position. Covered in a magnificent green matte paint, this buggy is certainly Spartan, but promises sensations beyond the ordinary. (read more...)
On the occasion occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Matra Simca Bagheera Club Matra d'Alsace, Espera students presented in June 2023 a modernized version of this somewhat forgotten forgotten car. Like the original, the Hommage version features three front seats, one of the Bagheera's hallmarks. Bagheera. The engine is a turbo-cylinder position, is a Peugeot-sourced 4-cylinder turbo 1.6 thp. slightly modified to produce 220 hp. (suite...)
Oniric is the second prototype of the 2021-2022 graduating class of the Montbéliard. With its long hood, deeply recessed cockpit and long, plunging rear end Oniric is an interpretation of the lines of classic classic British roadsters. Under the hood, a six-cylinder Jaguar six-cylinder engine from an XJR. (suite...)
100% electric prototype on the theme of single-seater racing. The 22 students in the class of 2017/2018 imagined and realized this project in 12 weeks of intense work, from drawing to rolling and functional prototype. Powered by two YASA electric motors, each rated at 100 kW and 750 Nm of torque, the vehicle is 2 m wide, 5 m long and has 19-inch wheels, this formula is made for the racetrack. (suite...)
Sbarro
50 years ago, Franco Sbarro presented the Stash coupé. This model, an evolution of the SV1, was produced in five examples, with a variety of Volkswagen and Mercedes engines, offering power ranging from 105 to 286 hp. One of the models was modified by Pierre Cardin, with a painted lamellar rubber interior and striped carpets. The Stash HS is a Porsche Targa-style convertible. (read more...)
Following the cancellation of the Geneva 2020 show, Franco Sbarro was unable to to present his new projects. It was to the Vaud newspaper La région that he showed the one that was to take pride of place on his stand: a modular electric motorcycle that incorporates two two ideas already used by Sbarro: a motor in the front wheel in the front wheel and the famous hubless orbital wheel in which a helmet can be stowed. When stationary, the seat folds down and the footboard disappears. When will we be able see it "in real life": no one knows.
At the 1973 Geneva Motor Show, Franco Sbarro presented theSV1, the first car to make him a household name. However, there was a second car on the stand stand: the Tiger, a sports coupe with the look of a Porsche 917. The Tiger was born as a prototype at Bertone in 1968. It acquired by Sbarro, with a view to small-scale production. series. The project never came to fruition, and the car remained a one-off model. Today, the Tiger is currently being restored. Discover the details of this and rare photos of this mysterious Tiger.
It's often difficult to trace Franco Sbarro's cars. Franco Sbarro's cars. In 2019 Vintage Car magazine found the Sbarro Super Eight on the Speed 8 Classics stand at last year's InterClassics Brussels. The car, with only 26,254 km, was for sale (around 100,000 euros). For more find out more, visit Vintage Car magazine.
Technique
Empty a wheel and make it still turn. No hub, just empty space. It's a perfectly thought-out idea that led Franco Sbarro to reinvent the wheel. The spectacular aspect is only a consequence. The aim was to reduce as far as possible to the ground rather than the central hub.
The orbital wheel has been fitted to three motorbikes, as well as to a spectacular car, the Osmos. Equipped with a Jaguar V12 engine with visible exhaust pipes and a spoiler positioned in the in the vacuum wheel (suite...)
After invented the empty orbital wheel, Sbarro is reinventing the the wheel again, but this time filling it with... a motor! (suite...)
It is to separate the dynamic structural functions (the mechanical part) from the structural functions of protection and comfort (the trim section). Between these two parts are pneumatic spheres that inflate and deflate according to road conditions or driving style. (suite...)
Archives
Franco Sbarro has built hundreds of cars since 1959. Here are a few random models to give you an idea of the Franco Sbarro's wealth of ideas..
