Cizeta V16T Supercar

On paper, Cizeta V16T could be seen very successful. But building a good car doesn't always run smoothly when you get into the business world, and Cizeta did not have what it takes to compete with other supercar manufacturer.

But on the other hand, this car was made by people who are experienced in building a super car and exotic.

Manufacturer Cizeta Automobili is automotif Italy stood in the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli, the owner of the Ferrari dealer and Giorgio Moroder, a record producer. The name "Cizeta ' itself is derived from the pronunciation of the abbreviation Italy, Claudio Zampolli (CZ).

The only product they are the Cizeta-Moroder V16T supercar, the Cizeta V16T just now, for Giorgio Moroder has decided to step down. This car has the highest technical specifications of the machine 16 cylinders with a transverse configuration.

Body design by Marcello Gandini, who also designed the Lamborghini Miura and Countach. Cizeta V16T's design is very similar to the Lamborghini Diablo, as Gandini never submitted a design proposal to the current Lamborghini owned Chrysler in 1987. But Chrysler said the design of the Cizeta V16T was too embarrassing, not accept booed, he finally decided to join berasama Cizeta.

Debut in 1988, code V16T was the name for the drive systems. 16-cylinder engine is actually made of two V8 engine combined with a crank. Has eight camshafts, applied not only to be seen from the Bugatti Veyron's W16 engine, but also on some modern car engines. Symbol 't ' on the V16T's not turbocharged but the mean transverse bar. Thanks to the large engine mounted transversely forms body to be very wide.

6.0 litre engine producing 540 HP, and was said to be faster than Diablo, although this was never confirmed. The original manufacturer of Modena was first released the Cizeta V16T in 1991, but clearly he never directly confronted with its own, Lamborghini Diablo.

Cizeta V16T has several advantages compared to Diablo, but the selling price is twice as expensive. In 1991 Cizeta V16T price at USD 300,000 or equivalent to Rp2,9 billion. Prestige brand Cizeta is also not as good as Lamborghini, and finally only eight cars ever produced until production was halted in 1995.