Featuring Motorola Seamless Mobility technology, this car takes Internet connection and use one step further. Bodywork in carbon fibre.
Unveiled at the '05 Geneva Auto Show, the Birdcage 75th Concept, designed by Pininfarina (Lowie Vermeersch, Jason Castriota, Giuseppe Randazzo & Ken Okuyama), is built on the carbon fiber chassis of a Maserati MC12 GT1.Engine:Ferrari Dino F140 700bhp V12. 2005 Maserati Birdcage 75th Pininfarina Concept
The Maserati Birdcage 75th was a concept car created by automobile manufacturer Maserati and des
igned by Pininfarina and the design team, including Jason
Castriota under the guidance of Ken Okuyama at Pininfarina. The Maserati Birdcage 75th, a Pininfarina designed concept car based on the Maserati MC12 and built in collaboration with Motorola.The car's body was designed by
Pininfarina to celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. The gorgeous car, which received the "Best Concept" award at this year’s Geneva Motorshow and features in the "Ten coolest concept cars" classification by Forbes. Designed to celebrate Pininfarina’s 75th anniversary, the Maserati Birdcage 75th returns to the tradition of extreme sports prototypes, which highlighted the Italian
renaissance of car design. The Birdcage 75th is a concept car where everything – style, performance, use and conception of the car – is extreme so as to get the maximum impact on the
collective imagination. The technologies integrated in this concept car
fulfil a vision of seamless mobility and feature an iPen and a mobile router, using projection screens for man-machine communication. Technical Specifications
The Birdcage 75th is built on the carbonfibre chassis of a Maserati MC12 GT1 race car and shares many components, most notably the engine. The Birdcage 75th is powered by the Ferrari Dino F140 V12 engine of the MC12 and the Enzo Ferrari mid mounted at 65°th's engine has been tuned for racing
and as a result produces around 700 brake horsepower. Chassis: load-bearing frame in carbon fibre and Nomex honeycomb with front and rear structure in aluminium. Drivetrain: Longitudinal rear-mounted gearbox with rigid connection to the engine. Mechanical drivetrain with 6 sequential gears. Engine: 12 cylinder in a 65° V, total displacement 5998 cc. The exterior is made of carbon fiber with diffusers at the rear and 2 spoilers that automatically raise at speed. The windshield is made of perspex and extends
almost from the front to the back of the car; this is a necessity because of the driver's low seated position - if the windscreen ended higher, they would be
unable to see the oncoming road. This visibility problem is compounded by typical concept-car omissions like wing mirrors.The Birdcage also lacks doors; instead, a bubble canopy composed of
much of the front bodywork can be raised, in a similar manner to the Bond Bug, Ferrari Modulo and Saab's 2006 Aero X concept car. However, since the lone
demonstrator model lacks air-conditioning or any form of climate control, and the bubble provides substantial 'glasshouse effect'. The cabin has a Head-Up Display (HUD) which is projected on to a clear panel raised in the centre of the dash. It shows information that would usually appear
on dashboard instruments, including the tachometer and speedometer. Also projected is a digital image of Maserati's traditional analogue clock. According to designer Ken Okuyama the theme of the car is connectivity and "the centre of the steering wheel is a control device that is very similar to a cellphone".
