GTA Spano First Drive – Full Throttle
May 10, 2009 by Alborz Fallah
After spending almost two weeks in Germany, the Full Throttle team has begun its whirlwind tour of the remaining European countries, starting with a rather uncomfortable and cold night in our rented Passat chase car.
The day began with a 6.30am flight to Spain preceded by a seven hour drive from Novitec headquarters – with the team running on empty, only the promise of a one-of-a-kind supercar was enough to keep our eyelids open.
With a few Nitros under our belts we were ready to encounter our first and only Spanish supercar for the trip – the GTA Spano – with our hosts rolling out the red carpet for our most incredible shoot yet.
From the outside, the unassuming GTA factory blended in seamlessly with the surrounding industrial estates, although peeking through the partially opened roller door was easily the best looking supercar of the trip.
Its owners had arranged a closed track session on the nearby Valencia MotoGP race circuit, arriving with a full race-ready mobile garage and team of engineers.
As it turns out, CarAdvice had been graced with the privilege of being the first media outlet in the world to capture the GTA Spano on video – needless to say we were flattered.
We wasted no time in taking to the track, exploiting the challenging twists and turns for our cameras with strict instructions that only particular footage was to be released prior to the production version’s official launch date.
The prototype was not without its technical faults, but as a feat of passionate engineering it was inspiring.
Watching this Viper-powered prototype spit flames in pit lane was simply epic, the Spaniards had definitely found their niche by marrying contemporary Spanish styling with brutish American muscle.
The Spano has 627kW (840bhp) and 920Nm, although we were told a supercharged version is on its way.
With a top speed of 350km/h and an expected 0-100km/h time of 2.9 seconds, you are going to be hearing a lot more from GTA in the future.
Our day in Spain ended as quickly as it began, with our Full Throttle crew soldiering on with only minutes of infrequent sleep.
Next up we head to Italy for one of our most highly anticipated Full Throttle features – two of Lamborghini’s newest models in their home town of Bologna.
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Looks beastie from the front,maybe the supercharged version could have a crack at the Veyrons top speed.
Car Advice! top work :) really enjoying the “Full Throttle” articles. Legends :D
Wow. Looks brilliant from the front and I love that sweeping curve running up the sides. And based on those figures it would go like the clappers in a straight line.
I’m curious to know how it would go around corners though – that is a very big engine and I would imagine that it weighs quite a bit.
Meh…Noone does interiors like Italians. For the price you pay here…
Great looker, undoubtedly very fast, but before we get too excited let’s see how the business case stacks up.
Its been said before, but the design still looks to generic in this market. The danish Zenvo ST1 by comparison looks absolutely nuts, a breath of fresh air
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looks a bit weird. interior need to be pimped out.
I think I may another favourite car!
RWD, AWD? I’m tipping RWD……….
I really loved the promo shots of this when they were first released and I think it looks even better out of a studio and on the road as shot by the CA crew.
It has a rebellious commanding presence. Love it.
The front, lateral and top views look fantastic.
About the back I didn’t like it at first sight but when I saw the videos in youtube I like it much more.
I expected more from the interior design but it’s a pure engineering company build in GTA & Formula competition. So the technological level is very high with lot of new patents that for sure will see soon in new models but unfortunately the interior is not at the luxury level of other brands, but it looks comfortable.
Another thing to mention is the driving behavior which is very smooth for this kind of cars, many of sport cars I tested are very uncomfortable driving also the seats aren’t great for your back.
I would love to test this one.
good car and I want to buy it.