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Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

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Recently updated on December 20, 2022 at 03:11 am

Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

Have you heard of Berardo Taraschi? Officina Meccanica Berardo Taraschi was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles and started producing vehicles in Teramo in 1947. First the brand name was Taraschi, and when Attilio Giannini came into contact with Taraschi in 1950, the brand name was changed to Giaur. In 1955, however, the collaboration with Giannini ended and only a few years after the separation, the racing cars and tuning parts produced up to then (For example the Urania model with two-cylinder boxer engine from the BMW R 75 or later vehicles for the Formula Junior) with the brand name Taraschi no longer manufactured. But suddenly the name Taraschi Berardo comes up again.

BMW i8 as Taraschi Berardo

Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

In the form of a plug-in hybrid supercar with a retro body. 23 years after the death of the Italian racing driver and car designer, his son actually presented a new hybrid supercar that, in honor of the Taraschi Giaur Champion 750 from Team 1-Off, is to convince with performance and an extraordinary retro design and was christened after the father . The look is inspired by the Champion 750 and has some sections with very similar round shapes. However, the dimensions have grown significantly. The new edition is almost 5 meters long, 2 meters wide and 1,30 meters high. In addition, the athlete has a wheelbase of 2,80 meters. The vehicle is based on the BMW i8, but a completely new and handcrafted aluminum body is installed, which still has the butterfly doors of the i8. It comes from Quality Cars from Padua and only the rear diffuser is not made of aluminum, but carbon.

Rear diffuser made of carbon

Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

It envelops two large round exhaust pipes in the middle and the cockpit is also inspired by the models. Inside, too, everything is handmade and so there are fine mahogany details, there are leather seats with vintage tones and at the same time the cabin impresses with the instrument display and the familiar controls from the BMW i8. Only the mix of components could have been implemented a little better, as we think. Everything is in order, however, under the sheet metal. The athlete relies on the drive from the recently discontinued BMW i8 with a plug-in hybrid system and has therefore installed a 1,5-liter three-cylinder with an electric motor. However, the performance is higher.

470 or 520 hp are feasible

The basic system performance (231 PS / 320 Nm combustion engine + 105 kW / 250 Nm electric motor) with 420 HP is already 46 HP more powerful than the series and on request even 470 or 520 HP are possible. So a maximum of 280 km / h should be in there. And the Berardo also has the BMW i8 all-wheel drive with it. It distributes the power over all four wheels (front 245/35 ZR21, rear 285/30 ZR21) to the road and is captured again by 380 millimeter brake discs with 6-piston brake calipers, which can even be upgraded with Brembo components. Incidentally, when it comes to price, you really strike. The small edition Taraschi Berardo is expected to cost a whopping 800.000 euros. If we get more information about the changes compared to the base vehicle as a BMW i8, there is of course an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply use ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

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Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

Retro car! BMW i8 is reborn as Taraschi Berardo!

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