Stile Bertone Mantide- italian one-off show car with an LS9 heart

[ganaZ]

Not sure if this has been covered, so close this if it has..
But for those LSxx enthusiasts interested in seeing where else the LSxx have been used... came across this puppy- happy reading!

"ITALIAN design house Stile Bertone has taken the fire-breathing Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and draped it in a new Italian suit to create the Mantide."

"Stile Bertone (http://jalopnik.com/tag/stile-bertone/) started with the best 'Vette platform yet, the 638-horsepower supercharged LS9 2009 Corvette ZR1 (http://jalopnik.com/tag/corvette-zr1/). By creating the Mantide's body shell in carbon fiber, they were able to shave off 220 lbs from the already lightweight ZR1 allowing it to rocket to 62mph in 3.2 seconds and break police radar detectors and lasers with its 217mph top speed"

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mellor.nsf/story2/66BE6C7CD1490E56CA25759F00194FBE

http://www.easycarblog.com/2009/04/bertone-project-m-aka-the-bertone-mantide-now-unveiled.html/

http://jalopnik.com/5219337/stile-bertone-mantide-part-corvette-zr1-part-italian-model

[Toddler78]

That sure is one ugly looking car :spew:

[kpop]

corvette with a bodykit ey? id just rather spend the dosh upgrading the regular z06

[Big_Valven]

Does anyone else think they're starting to over-design cars these days?

[VT_Lance]

at first look wasnt sure if the arse end was the front or rear of the car and its pretty ugly car all round tho

[Jarhead]

Does anyone else think they're starting to over-design cars these days?

Yep! While you can't ignore the advancements in safety but I really feel the 'fun' is being taken away from a lot of modern day cars.

Also, they are turning cars into engineering experiments rather than driving enjoyment.