Asve Arex is one of the most exclusive supercaries in the world. He has just sold for what a Dacia Duster costs

For car lovers, Supercars They are admiration articles. They suppose the culmination of aesthetics (Sometimes questionable) and the power at the service of a single purpose: The speed. We are accustomed to certain brands that Mark the guideline In the segment of this type of sports, but sometimes there are those who skip the ‘rules’ to create His own sports. It was the case of the extravagant ASVE AREX SUPER COUPE, a car created by a Disney retired actor.

And the craziest is not that, but redefined brands like Toyota and that that unique sports in the world has been auctioned by what a dacia costs.

Change of airs. The name of David John Stollery III It may not sound to you at all. He was born in 1941 and was a child actor who starred in Disney films in the 50 and some series in later times. However, there was something that did Tilín more than the performance: mechanics and cars design.

That is why he retired from the Disney factory to study Art Center College of Design And, later, he joined the ranks of General Motors. There he worked as a designer, but it was not where he flourished. Something had to see Toyota in the young designer, who hired him to work in his center in California, where he also allowed him to open the first design center of the Japanese brand in US territory: the Calty Design Research.

Toyota Celica ’78. It was in 1973 when he began working with Noritsuna Watanabe and the goal was not simple: redefine the future of the brand’s vehicles, with an eye on the tastes of the Americans, very different from those of the Japanese. Stollery and his team began to work and, after a couple of concepts, the Californian division gave birth to the new generation of the mythical celica that so many so many We have driven in video games.

He Toyota Celica of 1978 remained that approach to Mustang of Ford, but now with 2.2 -liter engines for the US market and two finishes models depending on the buyer’s pocket. From there, generation after generation was improved to become a banner of Japanese consumption sports.

Restless rear. In total, Stollery directed the design of 22 models of the Japanese firm between commercial and conceptual models, but the designer wanted something else. Thus, in 1983, Stollery founded his own design and prototyped cars study: the Industrial Design Research with which he could accept orders of external signatures, but also give free rein to his creative vision.

Among those clients was Toyota, but also Subaru, Chrysler, Mazma, Renault or General Motors. And among the projects were the Foreaeroa rare mixture between 750cc car and motorcycle with three wheels of which only 30 and its great work were built: the Asve Arex.

ASVE AREX SUPER COUPE. We are facing a supercar that Stollery perfected for almost two decades and had brutal benefits. With a tip speed of 320 km/Hy, an acceleration of 0-100 in three seconds, the 400 hp V8 engine of an LT1 Corvette with central location and rear traction should be like an indomitable horse.

ASVE AREX has a double fork suspension on the four wheels, butterfly doors, very pointed lines and a strange nose inspired by the aviation segment. It was a unique unit, literally, since it was conceived as a sample of his company’s creative and technological potential.

A bargain. It was never manufactured in series and Stollery, who used it until 2019 decided to donate it to the museum Zimmerman Automobile Driving That same year. However, things did not go too well and, with the closing of the museum, this juicy piece has been auctioned. There was no minimal price and … How much would you say that a work can achieve so unique created by a team that you knew what you did? Surely, think about the figure you think, it is too high for which it has ended up.

Because, as we read in Car and DriverThe World Worldwide Auctiques House closed the bid at $ 25,000. It is an extremely curious price for what this car means and for what we say: it is a unique piece in the world. But well, the auctions sometimes have these things, as a rarity goes so unnoticed.

And, speaking of rare things, IDR has also designed during these years … Towers for beach guards. It is curious and we can see the Designs on a website to which, Stollery, if you allow me the advice … we would have to take a walk as far as design is concerned.

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