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ITALIANS are known for their supercars, from Lamborghini to Ferrari, Maserati to Bugatti – but one you probably haven’t heard of is the Covini 6SW. In 1974, Ferruccio Covini first conceived the original idea of manufacturing a six-wheeled supercar. Low-profile tyres were unavailable at the time, so the project was abandoned at its inception and was left until the 1980s, when hydro-pneumatic suspensions were developed. High costs and various other hindrances further delayed the project until the 1990s, when new technologies and airbags encouraged investors. The car has a starting price of €600,000/$651,000 USD but can be much more expensive if customised. And the family say that the public response to their creation is incredible. Federico said: “Generally the people who see this car for the first time are amazed - they simply can’t believe what they’re seeing.”

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Videographer / director: Matteo Terzaghi
Producer: Kalina Van Vlack, Ruby Coote
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00:00the italians are known for their epic supercars the ferrari the maserati the lamborghini to name
00:26a few and one that you might not have heard much about until now no other manufacturer has this
00:36technology the car is very drivable with our power steering
00:46this is the covini six-wheeled supercar
00:49covini six-wheeled is the first supercar street legal in the world
01:08my name is federico covini i'm the elder son of ferruccio our goal at first was not to sell
01:17these kind of cars but we just build them for passion and then we try to find the right investor
01:27in order to reach our target the covini six-wheel supercar has been equipped with everything it
01:36needs to make the drive a unique experience
01:38this car is equipped with a 4.2 liters engine positioned in the middle with a transaxle
01:47gearbox and we have the rear wheel drive with approximate 500 horsepower so the speed is
01:57roughly 300 kilometers per hour
02:05it's very powerful very strong and when you enter in the corner you feel at the front of the car that
02:10is pushing in pushing inside so it's very different from a four-wheeled car
02:17this sensation is different the noise of of the engine that is so gorgeous
02:24that's so exciting it's really nice
02:30there is not understeer and you can enjoy a lot when you exit because we have a lot of power without
02:36any traction control so it's very very enjoyable to ride the car inside looks very simple we have a
02:45manual gearbox and a rear view camera and then you can customize all starting from the colors
02:53to the materials of the leather only just you need to drive and to enjoy the car
02:58the base cost of this car is around 600 000 euros but then of course you can customize it and you can
03:12choose other components and increase of course the value with such a unique vehicle driving it around
03:21the streets of milan always picks up new admirers generally the people who see this
03:28car for the first time is amazed and they simply can't believe what they're seeing
03:38Covini è la prima unica e incredibile supercar
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