A unique design, visionary function and remarkably low fuel consumption
are all features of the aero-dynamic bulk tankers prototype developed,
together with star designer Luigi Colani, by the Spitzer bulk tanker factory
in Elztal-Dallau. The sponsors of this forward-looking project also include
Corus Aluminium Rolled Products in Koblenz.
Even as the Spitzer-Colani bulk tanker was on its way from the factory in
Elztal-Dallau to the IAA 2002 commercial vehicle trade fair there were a
few drivers who could hardly believe their eyes when they met it on the
motorway. The same went for many passersby en route, and of course for
the trade fair visitors in Hanover, where the vehicle was being presented to
the public on the occasion of the trade fair and the 50th anniversary of the
founding of Spitzer Silo-Fahrzeugwerke GmbH. The reactions were hardly
surprising, considering the futuristic design and unique aerodynamic form
of the innovative prototype are eye-catching even from a distance.