The Vulcano Titanium is a 670bhp, 220mph Italian supercar

This, boys and girls, is a titanium supercar. And the Icona Vulcano is so proud of its atypical bodywork, it’s wearing no paint.

We’ve actually seen the Vulcano before – way back in 2013, in fact – but it’s making a fresh appearance at this weekend’s Pebble Beach event in its shiny new guise. Though while the titanium panels - and the carbon fibre tub they clothe - are heralded for their low weight, the Vulcano tips the scales at 1595kg. That's more than a four-wheel-driven, not-titanium-and-carbon Lamborghini Huracan. 

At least it’s interesting to look at. Over to Icona’s wonderfully named design boss Samuel Chuffart: “Inspiration for the Vulcano came from the world’s fastest plane, the Blackbird SR-71, whose sharp and dramatic silhouette complimenting its sensual surface transitions was key to the styling of the Vulcano.”

While the materials used for its body aren't conventional, what lies beneath the skin is less unusual, Italian coachwork clothing a Corvette-sourced V8.

It’s the supercharged 6.2-litre from the raucous old ZR1, here producing 670bhp and 620lb ft, though Icona claims the wick can be turned past 1000bhp if so desired.

Icona is already claiming a 2.8-second 0-60mph time, an 8.6-second quarter mile and a 220mph top speed – figures that tear strips out of just about everything this side of a Bugatti Veyron – but ones yet to be evidenced by a real-world drive as yet.

The Vulcano Titanium is a one-off, though we imagine Icona will craft you one if your wallet is chunky enough. Interested?