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In 1995, Franco Sbarro presented the Alcador, a superb machine whose particularity was the ventilation system of the engine. The owner, a German, asked Franco Sbarro to design a new model: the GTB Alcador, presented in Geneva in March 2008.
The body is classic. The owner wanted a car less exuberant than the first Alcador. However the GTB has opening doors in elytra and a strong visual presence. Some observers found the air of family with the Ferrari 330 P4 1967 (a car that Franco Sbarro knows for working on it and then made a superb replica).
Geneva Motor Show 2009, a second version and third version of the Alcador GTB was presented. For the second version instead of the V8 from the Ferrari 348, Franco Sbarro installed the most recent V8 360 Modena. Unchanged, it develops 400 horses. The second version of the GTB Alcador differs externally from the first entrie by a redesigned rear and by 4 air entries on the side of the front.
The Third version of the Alcador GTB, LO (for Lista Office) is a sports coupe based on a Ferrari Testarossa. The sponsor appears to be Mr. Lienhard : the website address of the Autobau is written on the side skirts. Autobau is M. LIenhard's exhibition center of cars where there are some Franco Sbarro's creations. Mr. Lienhard was the owner of several Sbarro's and purchased in 1992 all the Helios program.
The LO differs from the two other Alcador GTB by its engine: a 12-cylinder boxer (Ferrari Testarossa) that develops 450 hp instead of a V8 Ferrari 348 (Alcador GTB 2008) or a V8 Ferrari 360 Modena (Alcador GTB 2009) that develops 400 hp. Other differences: the 2008 version did not have 4 lateral side inlets in the front bumper unlike the 2009 version, and the LO rear shields are slightly different.
