Alfa Romeo Issima
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| name = Alfa Romeo Issima
| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo
| production = 1996
| predecessor =
| successor =
| class = Concept car
| platform = Dual Frame
| layout = Front-engine rear-wheel drive
| body_style = Roadster
| engine = 5.9L V12 (pair of 3.0 V6)
| transmission = 5-speed manual
| wheelbase = {{convert|2.66|m|in|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|3.80|m|in|abbr=on}}
| width =
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| weight = {{convert|1200|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}
| aka = Sbarro Issima
| related =
| designer = Sbarro
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The Alfa Romeo Issima is a concept design car by the Swiss engineering company Sbarro. The Issima was introduced at the 1996 Geneva Motor Show, it is equipped with two 3 litre V6, creating a V12 with {{convert|500|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}}.Diseno-Art: [http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/concept_cars/alfa_romeo_issima.html Alfa Romeo Issima | Concept Cars | Diseno-Art], accessdate: 16. January 2017
Its name derives from the Italian suffix "-issima" ("very very" for feminine names), used on adjectives.
Technical specifications
- Engine: 12 cylinders (two V6 twin in line) Alfa Romeo, 4 valves per cylinderitaliaspeed.com: the Italian Automotive news information portal for details of the Sbarro Issima concept car: [http://www.italiaspeed.com/proto_issima.html s 3800mm long and 1800mm wide and wei], accessdate: 16. January 2017
- configuration: front longitudinal
- displacement: 5918 cc (2 x 2959 cc)
- power: {{convert|500|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}}
- chassis: Dual Frame
- transmission: rear wheel drive
- gearbox: manual
- wheels: front : 8,5 x 19 " / rear : 11 x 19 "
- tracks front/rear : 1,70 / 1,80 m