Aiteria Works Arcturus Agosti

## Info

Aiteria Works Arcturus Agosti

The **Aiteria Works Arcturus Agosti** is a grand tourer jointly developed by Vietnamese automotive manufacturer Aiteria Works and Italian automobile manufacturer Automobili Agosti and sold in 2023. The car was offered in a coupé bodystyle with the car being a limited edition model. the MSRP price of an Arcturus is **$450,000** (€421,000).

## Development

The Arcturus was first proposed during a meeting between the board of directives of Aiteria Works and the current CEO of Agosti, Ettore Cosimo on January 28th, 2023. Cosimo envisioned a grand tourer concept that Gioachino Agosti had that would combine both technologies from the companies to possibly make a revolutionary product. Aiteria Works would make the decision to join forces with Agosti after being intrigued by the idea that would help both companies learn and improve their own abilities in designing luxurious sport cars.

Development started after Ettore got full permission from Gioachino to use the Agosti four-door front-engine Concept Design named the "Energia". Designers from both Aiteria Works and Agosti Centro Stile would tweak the design to become a high performance 2-door grand tourer that can surpass all other grand tourers in performance.

Production would start in February 3rd, 2023 with two prototypes being used to test the Agosti 6.0L V12's compatability with Aiteria Works' transmission. The car would have a finalized design that would go into full production on February 18th, 2023 and would release to the public as an exclusive grand tourer.

## Design

### Brakes

The Arcturus features Sensotronic Brake Control, a type of brake-by-wire system. The brake discs are carbon-ceramic units and provide better stopping power and fade resistance than steel discs when operating under ideal working temperature, Aiteria Works claims these discs are fade resistant to 1,200 °C (2,200 °F). The front discs are internally vented and measure 370 mm (14.6 in) in diameter; eight-piston callipers are used. Rear discs are 360 mm (14.2 in) in diameter with four-piston callipers. During wet conditions the callipers automatically skim the surface of the discs to keep them dry.

### Aerodynamics

The Arcturus features active aerodynamics; there are two fin spoilers on each side of the car's rear. The spoiler increases downforce depending on its angle of elevation (angle of attack). At a set speed, the spoiler/brake automatically tilts to 10 degrees, when demanded via the driver's switch, the tilt can be increased to 30 degrees for increased rear downforce, at the cost of increased steady state drag. The car has a flat underbody and a rear diffuser for improved downforce. The exhaust of the Arcturus was borrowed from an Agosti Potenza to produce the aggressive Agosti sounds found in all Agosti vehicles.

### Engine

The Arcturus has a hand-built 6.0 L all-aluminium alloy modified Agosti V12 engine. The engine is lubricated via a dry sump system. The engine generates a maximum power output of 640 PS (631 hp) at 6,500 rpm and maximum torque of 780 N⋅m (575 lbf⋅ft) between 3,250 and 5,000 rpm.

### Transmission

The Arcturus utilizes the Aiteria Works 7-speed manual transmission used in the 101 Alexanor. Miraculously, it was able to get mated to the Agosti V12 after several tweaks to the transmission design to fit with the 6.0L engine.

### Performance

The car uses carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) construction in an attempt to keep the weight low. Despite CFRP materials, the total curb weight is 1,750 kg (3,858 lb). The Arcturus could attain a top speed of 120 BPS (206 mph).