Alfa Romeo Scighera

The Alfa Romeo Scighera was conceived by Italdesign as a homage to Alfa Romeo’s racing history and was designed to be a race car drives let on the road. The name “Scighera” means mist in Milanese dialect. The design combines modern and classic design elements. The front of the car draws inspiration from Formula One cars’ front wing which has a low slung design and an integrated wing on the buttress in order to create downforce. Due to the integrated wing, the car had thin headlamps that were infamously called “clown-eyes”. The windshield of the car was inspired from Alfa Romeo’s race cars of the 1950s and 60s and extended to the side of the car. The doors had the unique opening mechanism borrowed by the Nazca M12 and C2 which incorporated a conventional outward opening door with a window opening in a gull-wing arrangement. The windows were removable, making the car convertible to an open top two-seater. The gull-wing setup was electronically operated. The large engine cover and the rear wing are a single carbon fibre piece, allowing easy access to the mechanical components of the Alfa Romeo Scighera. The thin tail lights are joined by a third brake light integrated into the rear wing. The engine cover opens in two steps. The first step allows the driver to refuel the Alfa Romeo Scighera while the second step allows access to the engine. The car featured in the Video Game Need For Speed 3.