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News of this Mexican-made hypercar erupted in September, but nobody was brave enough to take it too seriously. After all, it did look like a life-size hot-wheels model car for kids with too much imagination and too little experience to develop an actual sense of taste.
Now, though, after more than five years of development, the Inferno Exotic Car exited the virtual realm and presented itself as a real-life car that you can actually touch. It’s even got an engine - an unspecified V8 turbo good for 1,400 hp, granting the Inferno a top speed of 395 km/h (245 mph) and a 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint time of “under three seconds.”
But as hard as those 1,400 hp make it believe, power is not of the essence here. The Inferno Exotic Car is all about the material its bodywork is made of. Called “metal foam,” it is an alloy of zinc, aluminum and silver patented by the team behind Mexico’s first hypercar.
So, what’s so special about “metal foam,” apart from the fact that it sounds terribly expensive with silver being involved and all? Well, if what its inventors claim checks out, metal foam is extremely resistant to impact while also weighing almost half as much as raw steel. It can also be stretched up to 100 times its original size without losing its properties and it can be repaired up to ten times.
Even though the project was entirely developed in Mexico, the car will actually be produced in Italy, as the team has realized it needs the kind of skill and experience that its home market simply lacks. And since the Inferno Exotic Car won’t be cheap, if it actually makes it into production, this high level of quality was desperately needed.
We have no idea if they felt a design as busy as this would be useful to demonstrate metal foam’s malleability, but we think it looks wrong. It’s like an organic version of the Lamborghini Egoista, and we mean that in the least complimentary way possible.
Past experiences have proved that there’s always a sufficient supply of people with more money than sense who will love the idea of owning something exclusive, regardless of how it looks. Still, you can’t help but feel this is a missed opportunity of coming up with something both beautiful and spectacular. We’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out.
But as hard as those 1,400 hp make it believe, power is not of the essence here. The Inferno Exotic Car is all about the material its bodywork is made of. Called “metal foam,” it is an alloy of zinc, aluminum and silver patented by the team behind Mexico’s first hypercar.
So, what’s so special about “metal foam,” apart from the fact that it sounds terribly expensive with silver being involved and all? Well, if what its inventors claim checks out, metal foam is extremely resistant to impact while also weighing almost half as much as raw steel. It can also be stretched up to 100 times its original size without losing its properties and it can be repaired up to ten times.
Even though the project was entirely developed in Mexico, the car will actually be produced in Italy, as the team has realized it needs the kind of skill and experience that its home market simply lacks. And since the Inferno Exotic Car won’t be cheap, if it actually makes it into production, this high level of quality was desperately needed.
We have no idea if they felt a design as busy as this would be useful to demonstrate metal foam’s malleability, but we think it looks wrong. It’s like an organic version of the Lamborghini Egoista, and we mean that in the least complimentary way possible.
Past experiences have proved that there’s always a sufficient supply of people with more money than sense who will love the idea of owning something exclusive, regardless of how it looks. Still, you can’t help but feel this is a missed opportunity of coming up with something both beautiful and spectacular. We’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out.
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