Giocattolo
Giocattolo Motori Pty Ltd was a short-lived Australian car company, founded in 1986 by sports car enthusiast Paul Halstead and Formula One designer Barry Lock. The company's name comes from the Italian word for "toy". • Illustration — Rear view The Giocattolo was originally based on a heavily modified Alfa Romeo Sprint body shell with a mid-mounted Alfa V6 engine. Power was 190 kW. It is unknown what happened to the factory Sprint engines and gearboxes that were taken from the cars.
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Giocattolo Motori Pty Ltd was a short-lived Australian car company, founded in 1986 by sports car enthusiast Paul Halstead and Formula One designer Barry Lock. The company's name comes from the Italian word for "toy". • Illustration — Rear view The Giocattolo was originally based on a heavily modified Alfa Romeo Sprint body shell with a mid-mounted Alfa V6 engine. Power was 190 kW. It is unknown what happened to the factory Sprint engines and gearboxes that were taken from the cars.
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Including the Alfa-powered third prototype (which was rebuilt and re-fitted with the Holden V8 after an accident with a police car almost destroyed the vehicle), just fifteen Giocattolos were built before the company folded in 1989. Fourteen of the fifteen cars are still in existence. The other - Build No. 007 - was destroyed in a fiery high-speed crash at Eastern Creek Raceway in February 2001, killing the driver, 29-year-old Todd Wilkes. The third prototype appeared on the TV show Beyond 2000.
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• Name — Giocattolo Group B • Manufacturer — Giocattolo Motori • Production — 1986–1989 • Assembly — Australia: Brisbane, Queensland • Designer — Barry Lock • Class — Sports car • Body Style — 3-door hatchback • Layout — RMR • Platform — Alfa Romeo Sprint • Engine — Alfa Romeo 2.5 V6 Holden 5.0 V8 • Transmission — 5-speed ZF manual • Wheelbase — 2455 mm • Length — 4030 mm • Width — 1760 mm • Weight — 1140 kg • Sp — au
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