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Design studio Icona will use the 2019 Shanghai auto show to present a self-driving logistics vehicle developed for Chinese online retail giant JD.
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World's only titanium car can be yours for $2.78 million
Ever dreamt of a car made from titanium? Well, your dreams have come true thanks to Icona, the design house and coachbuilder founded in Turin and based in Shanghai. Icona is selling its Vulcano Titanium supercar for a cool 2.5 million euros (approximately $2.78 million). ALSO SEE: 2018 Ford Mustang...
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Building a car out of titanium certainly isn’t easy
Icona, a design firm with Italian roots but headquartered in Shanghai, last year impressed us with a supercar concept whose body was made entirely of titanium. The concept is called the Vulcano and it showcases the talent and capabilities of Icona’s design team. That means you won’t be...
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Icona Unveils Updated Neo Concept With In-Wheel Electric Motors: Video
Icona is a design house with Italian roots but is based in Shanghai, China where it has access to a number of Chinese automakers, both established and up-and-coming. The company was only founded in 2010 but has close links to Italian firm Cecomp, which for more than three decades has been building...
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Icona Design Vulcano Titanium Mega Gallery
Whether the Vulcano Titanium will get a limited production run remains to be seen, and it's looking less likely with comments from its designers that the car was envisaged purely as a technical showcase. But the latest Vulcano (the original was unveiled two years ago) from Icona, the design house...
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Titanium-Bodied Icona Vulcano Supercar Debuts At Pebble Beach Concours: Video
Design house Icona has returned with a second iteration of its Vulcano supercar that we first saw in 2013. Icona was founded in Turin but based in Shanghai and specializes in exporting Italian automotive design and engineering services to firms operating in China. Its Vulcano was originally...
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Having already stunned crowds at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year, Icona’s V-12-powered Vulcano supercar concept will soon be on its way to the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance where its creators will be judging interest in the car and deciding whether production will go ahead. The Vulcano is the creation of Shanghai-based design studio Icona and was built by coachbuilders in Italy. Its lines were penned by former Bertone designer Samuel Chuffart and its powertrain technology developed by former Scuderia Ferrari engineer Claudio Lombardi. Icona is looking to...
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Vulcano V-12 Supercar May See Limited Production: Video
One of the standouts of last weekend’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show was a stunning supercar concept from Italian-owned but Shanghai-based design firm Icona. The concept carried the Vulcano name, which is Italian for “volcano,” and its lines were penned by French designer Samuel...
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Icona Vulcano Supercar Concept Live Photos From Shanghai
One of the big surprises of this past weekend’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show was the Vulcano supercar concept from local design firm Icona. In addition to its gorgeous body, the car packs one of two potential powertrains, both of which develop more than 800 horsepower and feature some form of...
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Icona Vulcano Supercar Concept Debuts At Shanghai Auto Show
Italian design firm Icona revealed its new Vulcano supercar concept today at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The car was built to showcase Icona’s talents as well as preview some new automotive technologies, particularly those concerning its powertrain. The Vulcano actually features two possible...
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Icona Readies New V-12 Supercar For 2013 Shanghai Auto Show
Italian coachbuilder and design house Icona, a company founded in 2010 but with links to the auto industry that date back much further in time, has revealed the first image of a new V-12 supercar concept it plans to unveil at next month’s 2013 Shanghai Auto Show. The new supercar, which is...
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