Icon has announced plans to build retromobiley

California-based Icon has begun to develop a new retro car. Create coupe crossover based Tesla Model X, which has not yet gone on sale. 

New products will be called Helios, after the ancient Greek god of the wind. Under the hood of the car to install an electric motor. Likely to receive a four-wheel drive coupe. Other technical details of the machine, as well as the debut of the new items are not reported. 

As for the design Helios, it will be executed in the style of racing cars 30-ies of the last century, as well as aircraft, designed by billionaire Howard Hughes after the First World War. 

The car will be a two-door, but it will mark five people. Body is made ​​of polished aluminum with leather ties, such as the hood, and copper rivets. 

"At the moment, this project is still only a concept. However, I'm ready for him to move mountains," - said the founder of Icon Jonathan Ward. Recall SUV Tesla Model X will go on sale in 2015. The new crossover will cost more than the Model S. The first cars will go off the assembly line in late 2014, but the planned production company released no earlier than mid-2015. 

"We want to release some of the first copies of X in the end of next year, but the planned production volume can go to the middle of 2015, and thus the average volume of production will be comparable to the Model S", - said CEO Elon Musk. 

SUV will be equipped with four-wheel drive, which will be achieved through two electric motors. Each motor is driving a single axis.