This vintage-looking beauty is actually a modern-day tribute to the Alfa Romeo Giulia

This vintage-looking sportscar is actually a modern-day supercar inspired by the Alfa Romeo Giulia – it’s called the Totem GT Super.

It isn’t an electric car, and it has a manual gearbox.

But the best part is the names the company behind it gave to the car’s four driving modes.

The fastest is called ‘Spaceship’.

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The story behind the Totem GT Super, inspired by Alfa Romeo Giulia

Totem Automobili, a small-batch manufacturer from Italy, wanted to create a modern-day Alfa Romeo Giulia that you can actually drive every day in a modern era.

They call it the Totem GT Super, and the first thing that stands out is the name they gave to its four driving modes.

The slowest one is called Turtle, then you’ve got Car, Plane and Spaceship.

In Spaceship mode, the car’s 2.8-liter, 738-horsepower twin-turbo V6 engine propels the Totem GT Super from standstill to 60mph in just 3.2 seconds.

The top speed is electronically limited to 250km/h – or 155mph.

Production is limited to 40 units, and the one you’re seeing is chassis n. 12.

Why so many companies are creating restomods

A restomod is essentially a classic car reengineering and modified to fit the modern world.

We’re not sure we’d call this one a restomod because it was actually built from scratch.

But it still begs the question, why are so many companies creating restomods?

We’ve got restomods based on the Porsche 911, the Maserati Shamal, there’s even that combines a Jeep Wagoneer and a Ferrari.

The answer probably something to do with modern cars, and electric cars.

There’s certainly an appetite for car that purists appreciate.

It’s a wide audience, but a relatively small market, which explains why most of these cars are produced in small numbers.

Having said that, they’re also almost always sold out immediately, so maybe the market is bigger than we think.