Move Over, Cybertruck, This Is How You Make an Exposed Metal Wedge Car
Check out the Peralta S: It's a new one-off supercar designed by GFG Style, the Italian design firm founded by designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son, Fabrizio.
The Peralta is a mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car, but more important, it's a hand-built wedge car made entirely out of mirror-polished aluminum.
According to GFG, the design for the Peralta S was largely inspired by the that Giorgetto Giugiaro himself designed.
Step aside, Tesla Cybertruck. This is how you build an exposed-metal wedge car. It's called the Peralta S, and it's built by GFG Style, the Italian design firm launched in 2015 by the famous designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and his son, Fabrizio.
The body is made with hand-bent, mirror-polished aluminum that stretches across the length of a car in an unbroken arc. The only parts of the car that aren't made from aluminum are the side sills, front spoiler, and rear diffuser, which are all made from exposed carbon fiber.
Rather than using traditional doors (boring), the Peralta S has a huge front-hinged canopy that extends upward, giving way to the car's cabin (cool). The out-there design doesn't stop there. Rather than use traditional windows, which would have broken the car's shape, the Peralta S has a huge gullwing-style window on each side.
According to GFG Style, the Peralta draws inspiration for its styling from the 1972 Maserati Boomerang concept, which is fitting, given that Giorgetto Giugiaro designed that car too. The one-off was commissioned by the Mexican car collector Carlos Peralta and two sons, who gave the car its name.
Under the crazy design, the Peralta S is based on the Maserati MC20. That means a mid-engine, rear-drive layout pushing out 621 horsepower and 538 pound-feet of torque from a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6.
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