Usagi

Thiago Omar Luis Zarinah Jawad

The Pontiac Banshee was introduced in 1988 to provide a glimpse at the high-performance sports car of the future. The Banshee name first appeared in the ’60s as a code name for the forthcoming ’67 Pontiac Firebird, companion to the ’67 Chevrolet Camaro. It served as a styling study for a future Firebird. According to legend, a Banshee is a fairy-elf who foretells the demise of a person by screams and wails. A 230 horsepower, 4.0-liter V-8 teamed with a 5-speed manual gearbox allowed the concept to scream off the line.

The Fiat Turbina prototype was officially introduced in Spring 1954 at the time of the Turin Motor Show. Work on this prototype was started in 1948, and in September 1950 the first drawings were made of the layout that had been chosen. The turbine itself was completed in January 1953 and on April 14th 1954, the car went through its first test track at the Lingotto factory.