Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Touring (2013)

Car Barn Sport | Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Touring (2013) | The lightweight, ultra-aerodynamic Alfa Romeo C52 "flying saucer" was as a design icon almost from the beginning, when he saw the light in 1952. The initial project was based is registered as a "design". With Alfa Romeo 1900 C elements, the car received a new tubular frame and a lightweight aluminum body and surprisingly effective. First, for the race car, the C52 Disco Volante is one of the best examples to illustrate the faith founder Felice Bianchi Anderloni Touring "The weight and the enemy, the E Dell'aria resistance barrier" (the weight is the enemy air barrier resistance). The keywords are: bold, innovative, refreshing bold.Once frozen the project, we understand and solve production problems immediately, without compromising design had Of course, the adjustment of interior design to meet customer needs is part of the offer, in line with the philosophy set employee Touring. The Alfa Romeo 8C steel space frame and other structural elements maintained to ensure torsional rigidity, high performance and quality. The elements of the carbon frame and the center of the cell unchanged.

The design of a front-mounted engine is mounted in the center, with a transmission for driving the transmission of the rear wheel and an optimum weight distribution of 49-51% between the front and rear axles. An excellent front and rear suspension system of the moving square, with the hub ensure realization to forged aluminum and additional weapons on the right rear wheel suspension in combination. E 'with a six-speed sequential paddle-shift and electronic control gear selection coupled. Designed all new and modified components of the Disco Volante CAD. Since the torsional rigidity and noise reduction are crucial, particular attention was paid to the structure under the body and its parts, such as metal frame supporting the rear fenders and the car paid for the roll bar and join the C-pillars. Other problems were complex design of the hinges on the rear doors, windows and doors 3d-convex, and the covers of the front wheels. Disc wheel steering investigated CFD to the aerodynamic flow of air and improved aerodynamics for a load on the back of improving.

Touring Superleggera is synonymous with the manufacture of lightweight body. Today, however, aluminum plates stroke-hand technique with the use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) combined. For the Disco Volante, decided to use this combination of touring aluminum and carbon fiber. CFRP is for certain components such as the front bumper and grille, hood, side skirts, hood and integrated rear window frame used. The hood and the hood are made with Nomex sandwich filling in the middle for better stiffness / weight and absorb vibration and noise. The aluminum panels. This technique increases the structural stiffness and adhesion properties. In order to ensure consistent quality and repetitive, the production process will be documented and recorded digitally. Tolerances, dimensions and other quality standards are quantified.

The quality control process includes performances of static and dynamic tests of the car before it was signed. The static test protocol imposes high standards of interstitial and surface orientation, painting and coating quality, interior design and installation. The dynamic test is conducted in field trials Race comprises turns at high speed and handling tests on different types of surfaces.