Turbot Rhino 1 (Turbotraction)
It exists! Spirou's Turbot Rhino 1. The one that first appeared in the album "La corne du rhinocéros". The Turbotraction that made all the kids who grew up with Spirou dream. It exists. For real! And Franco Sbarro built it.
A legendary model
For the 2004 Franquin
exhibition at the Cité des Sciences de la Vilette, Franco
Sbarro built this car based on the drawings published in the
famous comic strip. A technical and aesthetic feat: the car
created by Sbarro is so faithful that any Spirou fan can't
help but be moved when they see it. A true success story.
Even more astonishing is the fact that the Turbot Rhino runs and is registered in Monaco, as Raphaël Belly's photographs taken on the rock in the summer of 2010 testify. The underside of the car is that of a Citroën Xantia Activa V6. Admire the rear turn signals: arrows embedded in the bodywork. The car has three front seats.
Even more astonishing is the fact that the Turbot Rhino runs and is registered in Monaco, as Raphaël Belly's photographs taken on the rock in the summer of 2010 testify. The underside of the car is that of a Citroën Xantia Activa V6. Admire the rear turn signals: arrows embedded in the bodywork. The car has three front seats.
- Citroên Xantia Activa V-six engine
- Displacement: 2946 cm3
- 190 horsepower
- 5-speed mechanical gearbox
In brief
1- Spirou and Fantasio's car in "La corne du rhinocéros" comic strip
2- Highly successful lines faithful to Franquin's drawings
3- Citroën Xantia Activa V6 base