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The Fioravanti Vola

The Fioravanti Vola is the Italian design house's look at an Alpha Romeo sports car. In this vehicle, they pay particular attention to the flexibility of the roof and to how the brand identity will evolve in future Alphas.

The aesthetic solution chosen for the car shows, in a very "graphic" way, the basic principle of the patent: ...the rotation axis of the roof is the same as the one of the trunk axis.... There can be alternative layouts which look very different, but keep the same geometric conditions.

The roof, supported by a carbon fibre frame, is made of a variable transparent plastic for protection against sun rays and for rear visibility. It can be manual or automatic. When opened. the rear window, rotating on itself, becomes an anti-turbolence device.

The typical "Alfa trilobation" features a new kind of fog lamps which are very long and thin and become indicator lights and emergency lights on the side. Day lights, night lights and high beam lights are all joined in one single transparent element which is also used to let air out of the engine and as support for the rearview video cameras.

The rear/indicator lights emerge from the rotation element of the roof. The rear-end of the of the car features typical Alfa Romeo features such as the high, thin and separate tail lights. The rear gear light is situated on top of the license plate which is lit from behind.

The interior was to maintain the same aesthetic values as the exterior - aiming for 'symmetry' throughout. The interior comprises of two identical "canoes" in which are situated the seat, instruments, pedals and steering wheel on driver side, the seat and airbag-glove box on passenger side. The symmetrical door panels feature a unique armrest also used as support and opening handle and air outlet. The main instruments which are highly three-dimensional are beside the rearview display. The steering wheel, with F1 gear shifts, is in carbon fibre and partially leather wrapped.

The central element between the two "canoes" includes a multi-functional display for GPS, telephone, climate controls, minor controls, the button to operate the roof and the control keyboard for other functions.