LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Performance
automakers Porsche and BMW chose Italian-made luxury material from
Alcantara for a host of vehicles making world debuts at this year's
Los Angeles Auto Show.
Electric-vehicle manufacturers Rivian and Genovation also
unveiled new models equipped with Alcantara® at the L. A. show, the last major international show
of calendar year 2018.
Porsche showcased the world debut of its 460-horsepower
Panamera GTS and Panamera GTS Sport Turismo for the
first time in Los Angeles with
seating, center consoles, door panels, armrests, headliners and
steering wheels all dressed in light-weight, sustainable Alcantara
material. Both cars will be offered with a four-liter V8 engine and
standard sports exhaust system.
The 700-horsepower Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport also made
its world debut with an Alcantara dash panel. Priced at more than
400,000 euros, the motorsports
version of Porsche's street-legal 911 GT2 RS is scheduled
for a limited production run of 200 units next year.
BMW picked Los Angeles for the
world premiere of its BMW X7 and Vision iNEXT concept
vehicle. Displayed as a concept car at the 2017 Los Angeles show,
the now production-ready BMW X7 was shown with Alcantara door
pillars, rear deck cover and headliner.
The Vision iNEXT "represents a building block for the future of
the BMW Group" and incorporates all of the company's strategic
innovation fields, including autonomous driving, connectivity and
electrification. For its debut showing in Los Angeles, the concept vehicle's door
panels, front seats and steering wheel were all trimmed in subtle
shades of beige and Purus Rosé Alcantara matched with natural wood,
gold finishes and Jacquard fabric.
Alcantara offers designers a virtually unlimited palette of
colors and textures. Alcantara's commitment to sustainability and
the material's light weight, soft touch and extreme versatility
make Alcantara an ideal interior choice for the new generation of
electric, connected and autonomous vehicles envisioned by BMW's
Vision iNEXT.
Two electric-vehicle manufacturers – Genovation and Rivian –
used Los Angeles as the auto show
launch platform for a broad range of new vehicles all equipped with
Alcantara.
Described as an "all-electric supercar," Genovation's
800-horsepower GXE employs state-of-the-art batteries, inverters
and twin electric motors. GXE models shown in Los Angeles featured black Alcantara on
seating, featured by red stitching defining a particular rhombus
pattern, sun visors, headliners and both instrument and door
panels. Genovation cars have set a number of electric-vehicle speed
records.
Rivian showed an all-electric five-passenger pickup truck and an
all-electric SUV as a world premiere in Los Angeles as well. Rivian's R1T
pickup and its seven-passenger R1S SUV are both
all-wheel-drive vehicles that offer a driving range of up to
400-plus miles.
Alcantara S.p.A. – www.alcantara.com
Founded in 1972,
Alcantara represents a prime example of Italian-produced quality.
As registered trademark of Alcantara S.p.A. and result of a unique
and proprietary technology, Alcantara is a highly innovative
material, offering an unrivalled combination of sensory, aesthetic
and functional qualities. Thanks to its extraordinary versatility,
Alcantara is the choice of leading brands in a number of
application fields: fashion and accessories, automotive, interior
design and home décor, consumer-electronics. These features,
together with a serious and certified commitment in terms of
sustainability, make Alcantara a true icon of contemporary
lifestyle: the lifestyle of those who want to fully enjoy their
everyday life, respecting the environment. Since 2009 Alcantara is
certified "Carbon Neutral," having defined, reduced and offset all
the CO2 emissions derived from its activity. To mark out
the path of the company in such a field, every year Alcantara draws
up and publishes its own Sustainability Report, certified by BDO
authority and available also on the corporate website.
Headquartered in Milan,
Alcantara's production site and R&D department are located in
Nera Montoro, in the heart of the
Umbria Region (Terni).
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