Covini C6W
Covini isn’t a completely unknown quantity in the automotive world. They worked on the 1993 Cadillac STS and Callaway C7 Corvette. The company has worked on quite a variety of their own vehicles, including cars that broke the top speed record for diesel cars, twice.
Why put six wheels on a car? Strangely for a sports car, half the reason Covini gave for the layout were safety-related. Blowouts are far less dangerous. that hydroplaning is less likely to be an issue since the front axle can “clear the water” for the second axle. The ride quality is better since bumps are distributed across more points of contact. Braking is better even with smaller discs, because “the total swept area and the mass are greater” – and, obviously, your tires’ contact patch is 50% bigger.
They did it properly, too. The car boasts internal pushrod suspension like a Formula 1 car – an innovation from the manufacturer’s son, who races GT cars. Covini even got Brembo on board to develop a “six-wheel, six-channel ABS system” specifically for the C6W
.The C6W features a 4.2-liter V8 that can make 400-500 hp or more. Most items that spec say around 430hp and 350lb-ft of torque. This can be pushed through either a six-speed single-clutch gearstick or a six-speed manual. No one knows what the figures are for G-forces or stopping distance, though the car weighs in at a relatively svelte 2,500 pounds due to its partially carbon-fiber construction. Of the sites that give a figure, 0-60 comes in less than 4 seconds. Top speed is 186 mph. Although according to Throttle Xtreme claims the car can also be had with a V12 with over 900 hp.
