Incas

The general architecture of this new study links up to the Medusa (1980), a four-door, four-seater berlinetta with mid-transversal engine. Yet thanks to its door opening system (mobile dome at the front, gullwing doors at the rear) and strong sports characterization, the Incas takes on an exotic look and suggests a more appropriate definition of a four-seater coupe. However, the Incas maintains the berlinetta's characteristics of roominess. Seen from the front and plan views, the shape is characterized by extremely clean lines, a kind of severity of design that presents no roughness or reliefs but only a winding mass of sheet metal and glass studied to penetrate the air with the least possible resistance. Structurally-speaking the Incas is an evolution of the research conducted by Giugiaro in 1984 with the concept car Maya: stamped and bent sheet metal platform and rear subframe. The aim of this design research was to create a sports car that could be built with contained investments and the equipment and technologies already used by the major car manufacturers worldwide. Improved and developed through the experience accumulated in building the two prototypes, Maya and Maya II EM, the Incas reinterprets this philosophy in a four-seater concept.