Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid

The 2013 Icona Vulcano V12 Hybrid is a Chinese-Italian RWD hybrid supercar by Icona. It appears in Asphalt 8: Airborne as an unlockable vehicle.

Overview
Icona, a Shanghai-based design and engineering consultancy, added some supercar intrigue to the Shanghai motor show with the unveiling of its 950-hp gasoline-electric hybrid powered Vulcano concept -- a car quickly billed as China's new Ferrari. The front-engined GT was created expressly to drum up business for Icona. It is a busy combination of Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Lexus LFA and Chevy Corvette design cues all rolled into one aggressive-looking package, and yes, it boasts the classic front engine/rear drive layout. Former Jaguar and Nissan designer Samuel Chuffart is responsible for the car's styling. He says the goal was to create a combination where “beauty and beast come together.”

The car's length and width are 175.2 inches and 76.4 inches respectively, with the wheelbase extending to 106.2 inches. It is clothed in a carbon-fiber body and uses an aluminum chassis.

Icona is proposing two versions, both powered by a gasoline-electric hybrid driveline using a V12 engine (unspecified capacity) with an electric motor and seven-speed gearbox -- a system that sounds similar to Ferrari's HY-KERS arrangement. This is no real coincidence; the man behind the car's technical aspects is Claudio Lombardi, who previously worked in Ferrari's powertrain division.

An 807 hp rear-wheel drive version is claimed to weigh 3,509 pounds, with a 950 hp four-wheel drive flagship said to tip the scales at 3,597 pounds.Like much about the Vulcano, the claimed accelerative properties are theoretical at best. Icona claims 0-62 mph in 3.0 seconds, 0-124 mph in 9.2 seconds, a 9.7-second standing quarter-mile time and 217 mph top speed for the rear-wheel drive variant and 2.9 seconds, 8.7 seconds, 9.2 seconds and the same 217 mph top speed for the four-wheel drive example.

Asphalt 8: Airborne
The Icona Vulcano appears as a top A Class car, with a starting rank of 1441, a MAX rank of 1648 and a final rank of 1770 (all figures similar to the Bentley EXP10 Speed 6). Although acceleration and nitro duration are somewhat average, its main two weaknesses are its poor drifting abilities and having a fake top speed.

The Vulcano costs to purchase when on a limited-sale as an EDD vehicle, and  or  to max out. It requires 12 V12 engine cards in its pro kit formulas.