Sanrivatti supercar revealed with superbike ‘riding’ position

The worlds of two- and four-wheels regularly cross over, be it in terms of engine advancements, materials breakthroughs or thanks to shared electronics and technology.

One two-wheeled constant that rarely seems to be touched on by car designers, though, is the riding position we use when sitting on a bike. That could be about to change.

Sanrivatti is a fledgling supercar maker headed up by Santiago Sánchez. Its first machine, which is yet to be seen by the public, will debut what its maker calls the “Apex Position”, which basically ‘sits’ the driver in the car as if they were sitting on a sports bike.

Sanrivatti says the thinking behind its unusual approach is simple: modern hypercars have become incredibly fast, but in the process have lost some of the connection between driver and machine. Rather than chasing more power or bigger aerodynamic gains, the Dutch start-up believes the answer lies in rethinking where (and how) the driver sits in the car.

Inspired by bikes, the Apex Position moves the driver further forward, closer to the front axle, with a more head-first posture than you'd find in a conventional supercar. According to the company, that improves visibility through corners, makes it easier to place the car accurately and allows the driver to feel more of what the chassis is doing underneath them. One obvious downside is that it places the driver much closer to a front-end smash - but I’m sure Mr Sánchez has already thought of that.

It's a bold claim, and one that remains unproven until the car hits the road, but the idea is to put the human at the centre of the design rather than treating the cockpit as something that's packaged around the powertrain. If Sanrivatti can make it work without compromising comfort or safety, it could offer something genuinely different in a segment where outright performance is no longer enough to stand out.

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