2014 UP Design Lucrezia - AllCarIndex

UMBERTO PALERMO UNVEILS THE ELEGANT SHOW-CAR “LUCREZIA”TO THE WORLD PREMIERE

Turin, 25 June 2014. Umberto Palermo, UP-Design’s president, as the leading figure to the Turin automotive’s excellence, will entertain an exclusive date. On June 25, next to the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile “Avv. Giovanni Agnelli”, Palermo will show “Lucrezia”, a sportive sedan, which emphasize its elegance and sportive soul through its flowing and kinetic design. Width 1958mm, Length 5272 mm, Height 1419 mm, interaxis distance 3181 mm, equipped with a 4200 V8 Turbo 510 CV engine; The car interior’s concept is based on the decrease in weight giving an aeronautical feeling.

The manufacturing of Lucrezia has been executed by Hexagon, and our final purpose is to realize an exclusive and limited production series.

Pirelli, an Italian excellent brand, provided Lucrezia with tires (295/22ZR22, NERO gt), while the whole braking systems and wheels for high performance were supplied, respectively, by Brembo and Fondmetal.

During the Lucrezia’s show, Umberto Palermo will announce even a new project, an innovative and sports car called Mole, which will be presented on the next autumn at the Milan fair.

The glorious story of the Turin automotive will go on with Up-Design and the newborn Officine Umberto Palermo, which will become the new point of reference in the automotive and industrial design fields for creativity and manufacturing.

Hotpoint Ariston, for which Up-Design designed the UP coffee machine Hotpoint for Illy, will take part at the event.  Hotpoint Ariston will make the entire home built-in appliances range of Luce and a selection of small appliances, HD LINE, available to realize an astonishing show cooking.

Some of the last cars design excellence of the FIAT automobile group will be exhibited at the scene location, kindly offered by the Mirafiori Motor Village.  

The Up-Design promotes a fundraiser for Operation Smile, a non-profit international humanitarian presided in Italy from Santo Versacedi which Umberto Palermo and his wife Lucrezia Roncone, have always been great supporters.

The place of the date is on Wednesday 25 June, at 19.00, at Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino (Corso Unità d’Italia 40) which, thanks to the renovations conclusion, has devoted a whole section for the history and evolution of the world’s car design, through a selection of designer brand among which UP Design is proud to be part of it.

SOURCE: UP DESIGN

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION LUCREZIA – QUATTROCOUPE’

WIDTH : 1958 mm

LENGHT: 5272 mm

HEIGHT: 1491 mm

WHEEL BASE : 3181 mm

MOTOR: 4,2 V8 TURBO 510 CV