Amazing Supercars – Covini CV6 and sQuba

Six-wheeled Supercar Covini CV6

The peculiar six-wheeled supercar Covini CV6 has been revealed by an Italian company called Covini. However, the Covini CV6 is not the first high performance car with six wheels as the Tyrell P34 Formula One racer and the Panther 6 of the 1970s actually pipped Covini to the post. Despite its obscure look, the CV6 is already being offered to interested, as well as, wealthy customers, all thanks to the partnership with industrial digger builder PMI.

Powered by a 440bhp 4.2-litre V8 taken from the Audi R8 which is mounted behind the driver and sends power to the rear wheels only, the CV6 is indeed an impressive effort at least on paper. According to Covini, the extra pair of wheels at the front makes the CV6 handle and stop more effectively than a normal four-wheeled car. Other benefits of the car include greater comfort and less risk if one of the tyres suddenly blows out.

Due to the technical complexity of managing six wheels, it has made such a car very tricky to produce. Because of this, the CV6 will not come cheap and the price is rumoured to be around €300,000 (£250,000).

The body of the car, consisting of scissor-style doors, is made of carbon fibre and fibreglass, so it is light and weighs just over a tonne. We have not gotten any word on its performance yet but we can expect a 0-62mph time of under five seconds and a top speed of at least 180mph.

Underwater Supercar sQuba

The underwater car sQuba (realeased by Swiss car maker “Rinspeed”) can drive on both road and sea. At the push of a button, the world’s first real submersible car can dive up to 10 meters (33 feet) under the sea, thanks to today’s cutting-edge technology.

Presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008, the sQuba which has a steel chassis, consists of lightweight body panels made of carbon nanotubes. The two-seater also includes a self-contained on-board oxygen system so that the driver and passenger will be supplied with fresh air for breathing. The electric sports car, which has zero-emissions, is driven by three electric motors and powered by rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries. On the roads, an electric motor provides rear-wheel drive while underwater, two propellers in the stern and two jet drives in the bow propel the “amphibious” vehicle. The design is environmentally friendly, thereby eliminating any pollution into the sea.

Rinspeed CEO Frank Rinderknecht admitted that part of the inspiration for the underwater car came from the 1977 James Bond hit “The Spy Who Loved Me”. As such, the concept symbolized the realization of this fantasy which had materialized and become a reality in today’s world. But mass-production of the car has not been planned for the foreseeable future.