F&M Auto Vulca S, Italian Styling at it’s Finest
F&M Auto Background information
The history of F&M’s atelier dates back to the early 1960s, when a young and passionate race car enthusiast, Antonio Faralli (but everyone calls him Mario), decides to open up a small company in his homeland, the beautiful Tuscany.
As the years passed by, out of the passion for racing and the experience gained in the construction of many different racing cars, the desire to offer a new service crops up: classic car restoration, utilising both acquired knowledge and his own experience. It’s an incredibly successful activity, in some ways ahead of its time, solely devoted to bring back to life some really extraordinary classics, some of which are one-offs of immense value. The results are fantastic, the company quickly becomes the reference point among the many Italian and foreign classic car owners/enthusiasts who keep coming back.
As the years go by, Mario is joined in his work by his two sons Walter and Andrea. In the meantime, Rossello Mazzanti and his son Luca start collaborating with him as expert bodywork painters.
The two families become good friends, they share the same passion for cars and, most of all, the same vision on life. In particular, the young Walter and Luca become really good friends, as well as work colleagues.
They are soon joined by Mino Camilotti, an automotive mechanical engineer with years of experience specializing in developing supercars such as the Pagani Zonda, the Lamborghini Murcielago/Gallardo and racing pedigree in the FIA GT championships. His contribution adds the necessary project engineering and validation for each new model, as well as an international outlook to the company.
Their vision is to bring back the Car to its rightful place, in a world invaded by too many regulations, conformity and lack of fantasy. From impersonal means of transportation, useful but lifeless, to Car with its own personality and alive. The brief is clear: the car will have to revert to the past tradition of Italian coachbuilders of between 1930s to 1960s, both in terms of building and construction methodology, and also in terms of freedom allowed to the final client to define his/her car. Based on state-of-the-art technology for the engineering validation, each car will be handcrafted in its entirety. Like a made to measure haute couture suit, each car will reflect in every detail the F&M style and the taste of its proud owner. A unique object, a jewel for the discerning few.
Vulca information:
A perfect mix between apparently opposite worlds such as craftmanship and modern technology, including strategic partnerships with OZ Racing (wheels), Continental Italia (tyres) and Black srl (interior finish), AIM Sportline (Data Acquisition System) as well as with designer Zsolt Tarnok, F&M is proud to announce the first car entirely designed and developed in-house: Vulca.
Vulca classically interprets the typical concept of “GT all’italiana”: lightweight, hand beaten all aluminium bodywork, 2+2 coupè, sinuous and modern, elegant yet aggressive style. Under the hood pulsates a powerful, reliable, latest generation engine which provides in all its guises exhilarating performance.
Two engines are available:
- V12, 7.1l, 520 hp, 800Nm
- V10, 5.8l, 630 hp, 630Nm (“S” Version).
Vulca will be produced upon order in very limited numbers: only 10, individually numbered. This will ensure instant collectable status and the most exquisite attention to each detail.
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