Hispano Suiza is a name that has been around for over a century. The Spanish car brand has produced beautiful models in the last century. The brand was revived in 2019, but that should not have been necessary in the eyes of many car enthusiasts.
The latest model is a fully electric supercar, the Carmen. Last weekend the very first production model was delivered to an American owner: the mattress king Michael Fux. He is known for his choice of special super sports cars in different colors and this model in the color ocean song rose fits perfectly with that.
The Carmen should also have been included in the list of ugliest cars ever made for many car enthusiasts. “If Batman were a drunken Russian oligarch, this would be his Batmobile,” it wrote British Goodwood. Also with other enthusiasts, this model scratches the retina with its extremely high wheel arches, cheap-looking grille with too thick chrome rim and ‘rear lights that look sadly down’. An author of Driving.ca wrote on seeing the first prototype that the car resembles a VW Beetle kit car and that it is “probably the ugliest car ever made”.
Price: 1.65 million euros
The model that the extremely wealthy American businessman received during a day-long car fest on Amelia Island was not the entry-level 1005 hp, but the 1114 hp strong Carmen Boulogne, of which only five are made. They all cost about 1.65 million euros, excluding taxes. Apparently the car manufacturer itself is not completely convinced that the new model is a bull’s eye, because the total production is limited to nineteen copies.
The name Carmen refers to the granddaughter of the company founder. That is also the mother of the current director. The car is rear-wheel drive. There are four electric motors on the rear axle for this purpose. The supercar is not really efficient. The target is a range of approximately 400 kilometers and it charges with a maximum of only 80 kW. In comparison: the Kia EV6 can charge with more than 200 kW.
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