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Icona Nucleus Is A Driving Enthusiast’s Worst Nightmare

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This year’s Geneva Motor Show hosts loads of futuristic self-driving vehicles with no steering wheel, such as the VW I.D. Vizzion, Renault’s EZ-GO and this, the Icona Nucleus. Like VW and Renault’s take on a completely autonomous future, the Nucleus is without any driver oriented commands, so if you were hoping for anything resembling a steering wheel or even a dashboard, you’ll probably be disappointed. What this concept can do for you though is carry you and five of your friends comfortably, according to Icona. In fact, the seats can be moved and can even Voltron into a couch whenever the passengers want to get more of a living room vibe. There’s also plenty of room available, since the Nucleus measures 5.25 meters (17.2 ft) long, 2.12 meters (6.9 ft) wide and 1.75 meters (5.7 ft) tall. Another impressive feature is the low drag coefficient of 0.25, courtesy of an underbody diffuser as well as wheel arch aero blade extensions. In the end, if we had to choose between ...

All-Titanium Icona Vulcano Debuting In Production-Spec At Salon Prive

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Icona is set to unveil the production-spec variant of its all-aluminum Vulcano hypercar at Salon Prive in the UK next month. Previously displayed at the  Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last year  and  Top Marques Monaco  in April, the Vulcano Titanium will set back customers a cool €2.5 million ($2.78 million), making it just as expensive as the insane Bugatti Chiron. It is claimed that it took 10,000 hours of work to construct the titanium body of this initial example, giving it a truly unique look unlike any other existing car. Inside, the combination of carbon fiber, Alcantara and a 12.3-inch infotainment system promises to make the Icona  Vulcano  Titanium's cabin a truly pleasurable place to be. Under the titanium skin is a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 engine squeezing out 670 hp and 820 Nm of torque. In conjunction with the car's low overall weight, the engine and six-speed transmission is said to be enough to accelerate it to 62 mph (100 km/h) in a...