A startup firm primarily based in Modena, Italy, got here out of the woodwork this week with a teaser video promising one thing new on Could 22, 2025.
The corporate is named Giamaro, and its video does not present something automobile associated aside from confirming a quad-turbocharged V-12. It additionally states {that a} “formidable energy is coming,” seemingly referring to the engine’s output.
Given the corporate’s base in Modena, typically nicknamed Italy’s supercar valley, as a result of proximity of Italian efficiency homes equivalent to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Pagani, it is protected to imagine Giamaro’s engine will find yourself in a supercar of some types, although as Ferrari has proven with the Purosangue, a V-12 is simply as at house in an SUV as it’s in a supercar.
There aren’t many fashions with V-12 engines left, not to mention ones with quad-turbocharging programs. Nonetheless, Giamaro will not be the one firm with a contemporary quad-turbocharged W-12. Danish hypercar marque Zenvo final 12 months unveiled the Aurora powered by a quad-turbocharged 6.6-liter capable of ship 1,250 hp by itself. Nonetheless, within the Aurora, the engine is paired with a hybrid system taking output to 1,450 hp in a track-focused Agil model and 1,850 hp in a Tur grand-touring model.
Giamaro additionally will not be the primary firm out of Modena to supply a quad-turbocharged V-12. Earlier than it was purchased by the Volkswagen Group within the late Nineties, Bugatti was primarily based in Modena and was constructing the EB110 powered by quad-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-12. The EB110 engine delivered 592 hp in its strongest kind, and was changed by the well-known quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engine within the EB110’s Veyron successor.
