A brand new Italian automaker has revealed its first automotive, and it’s a throwback to a special period. The Rina is a small, light-weight barchetta constructed by Automobili Mignatta. We don’t know all the small print simply but, however Mignatta did present a number of tidbits of knowledge that make the automotive sound promising.

Beneath the hood is an unspecified, naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V-8 engine. Mignatta will announce official output later, however it’ll energy the rear wheels by a six-speed gated handbook transmission. Better of all, the H-pattern is gated—an indication of any actually nice unique sports activities automotive. When the Rina goes into manufacturing, it’s going to be certainly one of simply two gated handbook automobiles on sale (the opposite being the Pagani Utopia).

Picture by: Automobili Mignatta

Picture by: Automobili Mignatta

It’s gentle, too, weighing about 2,205 kilos—not having a roof and windshield will try this. The Rina has 19-inch entrance and 20-inch rear wheels. They assist cover the six-piston entrance and four-piston rear Brembo brake calipers.

The Rina is all about offering an analog expertise, and also you received’t discover any fancy screens spanning the sprint or crammed behind the steering wheel. The Rina lacks these digitized goodies, as an alternative that includes a giant, Porsche-like tachometer within the heart with a 6,200-rpm redline and 4 smaller dials round it.

The speedometer is within the heart of the dashboard between the seats, above the aluminum switches for the assorted car features and the HVAC. The cabin has darkish brown leather-based accents and uncovered carbon fiber all through. There’s even a cigarette lighter and what seems to be an ashtray subsequent to the shifter.

The automotive begins at €290,000 ($322,000 at right now’s trade price). There is not any phrase proper now on what number of will probably be constructed, or if any will make it to the US.