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Written by Stephen Dobie
"Will the real Hispano Suiza please stand up?" we asked before the Geneva show doors swung open. Well, all logic suggests this is the real Hispano Suiza, given its styling unsubtly nods to a 1930s classic and much of the founder"s family were in attendance to help whip off the covers. Meet the Carmen, named after the current president"s mother, Carmen Mateu who"s also the Hispano Suiza founder"s granddaughter and possessing styling quite unlike anything else on the Swiss show floor. And indeed any other 1m+ electric supercar that it initially appears so similar to on paper. It uses Formula E developed battery tech to send 1,005bhp to the rear wheels only, and with its top speed curtailed at 155mph. "I don"t want to compete with the performance of a Koenigsegg or a Rimac," says technical directior Lluc Marti. "We limit the top speed because we don"t think there"s sense in any more."
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15067
"Will the real Hispano Suiza please stand up?" we asked before the Geneva show doors swung open. Well, all logic suggests this is the real Hispano Suiza, given its styling unsubtly nods to a 1930s classic and much of the founder"s family were in attendance to help whip off the covers. Meet the Carmen, named after the current president"s mother, Carmen Mateu who"s also the Hispano Suiza founder"s granddaughter and possessing styling quite unlike anything else on the Swiss show floor. And indeed any other 1m+ electric supercar that it initially appears so similar to on paper. It uses Formula E developed battery tech to send 1,005bhp to the rear wheels only, and with its top speed curtailed at 155mph. "I don"t want to compete with the performance of a Koenigsegg or a Rimac," says technical directior Lluc Marti. "We limit the top speed because we don"t think there"s sense in any more."
Date written: 6 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15067
