Ferrari Modulo Concept

By Rob

Editor-in-Chief

Back to the future! Designed by Paolo Martin and built over a Ferrari 512S, the Ferrari Modulo concept stunned everyone at the Geneva Motor Show in 1970, and again took center stage during the Pininfarina 75th anniversary celebrations in 2005. Not the most practical concept–the bodywork around the front wheels meant the car could only go straight. More pics and history on this cool car here.

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Posted at 11:56 am in 70s, Ferrari, Modulo concept, Random Stuff, Rob Einaudi

Comments

Evan
Jan 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm

I have a picture of me standing next to this thing at EXPO 86 in Canada.

Ted
Jan 12, 2008 at 3:30 am

unless the 1/4 mile flares out to allow for change of angle due to tire slippage thus change of direction anyway… I guess this would be okay at a dry lake bed, but sometimes ya gotta steer at higher speeds to keep from going into a slide.
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I wonder how many other concepts had front and rear fixed axles… or something that didn’t allow for change of direction.

Stewart
Jan 11, 2008 at 9:53 pm

I’d race it…
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In the quarter-mile

Ted
Jan 11, 2008 at 9:37 pm

What they could have done was to encase the front wheels as they did, but have a section of body around it articulated to rotate with the steering. Tight tolerances between tire and body could have been the same as in the picture, and the car would have the ever-critical ability to turn.
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Personally, I think disregarding such essential functions like steering for the sake of putting out a concept for exhibition is quite stupid. This comes off as a very half-baked concept, and it taints whatever else was achieved in the design.

Travis
Jan 11, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Turning is a huge plus for me. But it looks very aerodynamic.

Ted
Jan 11, 2008 at 2:21 pm

Should have called it the sorryo, I can onlyo driveo straighto

Anonymous
Jan 11, 2008 at 12:57 pm

It would have been amazing if they had taken the covering walls of the side of the wheels and had widened the distance between the two headlights.