Zagato Milano Contemporary
A true Bespoke Design and Manufacture car company. Designing cars for Ferrari, Maserati, Bugatti, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Jaguar, BMW and more.
Italian Bespoke car designers – Bertone, Frua, Gandini, Ghia, Giugiaro, Touring and Zagato
Italian car designers – Bertone, Frua, Gandini, Ghia, Giugiaro, Touring and Zagato.
“…It was also not uncommon, particularly in the early part of the 20th century, for individual customers to ask a coachbuilder to do a one-off design for them, to be fitted to a standard chassis and engine supplied by a manufacturer…”
Pininfarina: Exclusive Vehicles – Bespoke Design and Build
Exclusive Vehicles – Restorations < Services < Pininfarina.
Returning to its origins, Pininfarina designs and builds exclusive bespoke vehicles.
http://www.pininfarina.com/en/services/exclusive_vehicles_restorations
(Above) Pininfarina Hyperion, one off bespoke design and built car based off the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe.
Rinspeed – Creative think tank for the automotive industry. Where the future is reality – today.
Rinspeed – Creative think tank for the automotive industry. Where the future is reality – today..
An overseas company that essentially designs and manufactures bespoke vehicles of all kinds including the underwater Lotus Elise.
A great model business of a bespoke design and manufacture industry, a key factor I need to do is identify how bespoke they go with their vehicles.
A Good Idea: Kent Fuller’s Last Car
A Good Idea: Kent Fuller’s Last Car.
Kent Fuller is a legend of Bonneville Salt Flat drag racing. Since 1955, he has built over 300 chassis and pioneered innovations like the three point roll cage, a design that saved many lives on the flats. Now he’s building one last car, and needs your help.
Fuller’s family have been working to make this car happen for the last 10 years, but still need some help to make it happen. So they’ve started a Kickstarter to make what they’re calling ‘The World’s First Crowd-Funded Race Car’.
Read the article for further details.
Road-ready 3D-printed car on the way
Road-ready 3D-printed car on the way.
Not the greatest looking car by far but the principle behind it is great, with 3D printing pushing its way further into other areas of manufacturing.
However this article focuses on the potential 3D printing has for mass production of cars, which is completely opposite of my projects direction, still interesting insight though, food for thought…
Bespoke Automotive Design + Manufacture 