A fledging automotive company is developing a bombastic new hypercar, and...wait, come back! For this be no ordinary bombastic new hypercar. It’s a hypercar that features a superbike-style seating position.
So no, in this instance it’s not the heat melting your brain. It’s the pictures of the new Sanrivatti and its ‘Apex Position.’ Sounds like hot yoga, will actually contort your senses.
And that’s kinda the point. “I became fascinated by the possibility that a different driving position could fundamentally change how a vehicle is experienced,” said Sanrivatti boss Santiago Sánchez Rivero.
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Hence, making you sit like you’re about to enter a MotoGP race. The finer detail is still under wraps and “proprietary,” so we’re only told that the Sanrivatti architecture puts the driver quite literally front and center, head poking forward inside the cabin.
It is said to combine “immersive ergonomics, enhanced body alignment, an extended field of vision and controls designed around natural human movement”. Whether that means you can get yer knee down or wheelie past that slow-moving backmarker remains to be seen.
That ‘proprietary’ tech involves the driver moving “more naturally” with the car, with a “heightened sense of awareness, superior balance and enhanced connection during acceleration, braking and cornering.”
Basically, you’re supposed to feel exactly what the car is doing underneath you. What propels it and how quickly has yet to be divulged, but we’ll bring you more news as soon as we get it.
We do know the Sanrivatti team now consists of personnel who’ve done time at Singer, McLaren, Lotus and Bentley, to name a few.
“On a high-performance motorcycle, rider and machine move as one,” said Rivero. “The connection is immediate, physical and instinctive. Every movement of the body directly influences the experience; every change in balance, posture and perception becomes part of the interaction.
“By contrast, even the world’s most capable performance cars frequently separate driver and machine through layers of architecture, packaging, systems technologies and convention.”
Body hanging in three, two, one…
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
