manufacturer that was formed in 1978 by ferruccio covini . the company is generally best known for the covini c6w a 6 wheeled sports car that has two axles four wheels in the front of the car . covini s first prototype the covini t44 turbo was a 4x4 off road vehicle with the exterior body consisting entirely of flat interchangeable panels . it was powered by a 2000 cc turbocharged diesel motor . however the t44 never saw actual production beyond the one prototype . over the following 20 years covini developed several two door sport cars with diesel engines the t46 b24 t40 and c36 . only the b24 was produced in small quantities including a few bt424 with lancia gamma petrol engine 1 while the other models remained at prototype level . the b24 was the first diesel car to reach 200 km h 124 mph 1 and the c36 in its final prototype form reached 300 km h 186 mph with its vm motori diesel engine . 2 in 2008 after several years of renderings and photographs covini officially announced the public release of the c6w . 3 the peculiar 6 wheel format draws inspiration from the tyrrell p34 formula one car of the 1970s . 4 apart from developing its own prototypes the organization has also done consulting and design work on other projects . the firm contributed to the redesign of the cadillac sts for the european market as well as for the design of the callaway c7 . outside of the automotive industry covini also worked on the dragonfly project which was an attempt to build an ultralight helicopter . contents 1 b24 2 t40 3 see also 4 references 5 external links b24 edit covini b24 turbocooler overview manufacturer covini engineering designer ferruccio covini the covini b24 turbocooler or sirio is an experimental car built by covini engineering and unveiled to the public in january 1981 at the geneva show . it was built to test new technologies such as the air liquid intercooler . it was the first diesel road vehicle to exceed 200 km h with a top speed of 205 km h. 5 t40 edit covini t40 overview manufacturer covini engineering designer ferruccio covini the covini t40 overboost is a car designed by ferruccio covini and produced by covini engineering between 1985 when it was introduced and 1988 . it is a 4 seater coupe . it was sometimes known by its nickname summit because it is a refined version of the earlier covini t46 an innovative diesel sports car . the car featured a 5 cylinder diesel engine and a top speed of 235 km h. 6 see also edit covini c6w tyrrell p34 vm motori references edit a b covini b24 at covini engineering . covini c36 at covini engineering . six wheeled covini heading to production at jalopnik.com review of covini c6w at auto.il translated by google covini engineering . accessed june 15 2010 . http www.coviniengineering.com english b24.htm covini engineering . accessed june 15 2010 . http www.coviniengineering.com english t40.htm external links edit http www.coviniengineering.com website for covini engineering http www.covinic6w.com dedicated home for the c6w retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title covini engineering & oldid 542905234 categories motor vehicle manufacturers of italy navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 8 march 2013 at 21 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view