Icon launches Suburban Reformer Sequence with 1,000-horsepower 1970 mannequin
California-based Icon has unveiled its first Chevrolet Sububan-based construct. The primary mannequin in a brand new vary of resto-modded classics referred to as Suburban Reformer Sequence is a one-off 1970 mannequin with an intensive checklist of modifications, supercar-like energy, and a price ticket to match.
“[The] consumer needed us to stretch creatively, which resulted in additional aggressive efficiency and styling than we usually go for. All these lovely design touches had been built-in with astounding efficiency and all of the modernity one might hope for in a luxurious automobile,” summed up Icon founder Jonathan Ward in a press release. It sounds just like the nameless buyer is about to take supply of 1 hell of a truck.
Icon began the challenge with a three-door Suburban that was unmodified right down to the manufacturing unit paint. Many would have pushed it as-is, however Ward and his workforce noticed it as a clean canvas for a one-of-a-kind challenge impressed by the less-is-more method to design that characterizes the work of European designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. One of many first steps was including a fourth door within the title of practicality. Icon then gave the outside a delicate make-over that features a one-piece grille machined from 6061 billet and HRE wheels wrapped by ZR-rated tires.
Practically each a part of the inside has been custom-made. The driving force faces a three-spoke steering wheel and a contemporary instrument cluster whereas sitting on a custom-designed bench seat. Trendy facilities embrace air con, power-operated home windows, and USB charging ports.
The modifications proceed underneath the sheetmetal. Energy comes from a Nelson Racing Engines-sourced 427-cubic-inch (7.0-liter) LS V8 that is twin-turbocharged to ship 1,000 horsepower and 900 pound-feet of torque. For context, that is roughly the identical quantity of horsepower as the brand new Lamborghini Revuelto (which makes use of a plug-in hybrid drivetrain constructed round a V12) and a torque improve of about 100 pound-feet. The engine spins the rear wheels by way of a four-speed computerized transmission. Moderately than drop a 1,000-horsepower engine on a inventory Suburban body, Icon constructed the truck on a one-off chassis constructed by Artwork Morrison with a four-wheel unbiased suspension system.
Brembo brakes preserve the facility in verify, whereas energy steering make parking a behemoth of a household hauler a simple activity. The of entirety is on the driving force’s door deal with: Icon machined the commissioning buyer’s initials into the push button. Past including an additional be aware of personalization, this cool element is a tribute to the consumer’s family, who labored on Chevrolet meeting strains when the Suburban was constructed.
In case you’re curious to see what an Icon-built, $1.1 million one-off 1970 Chevrolet Suburban appears like within the steel, head over to the Icons of Design occasion happening on November 19 on the Hagerty Storage in Van Nuys, California, to test it out.
