Next Generation

Automobile

Coachworks

Who We Are
We are gearheads with gasoline in our veins – with a passion for driving in its purest form. Taking enjoyment from the tactile and sensory experience of a quality machine – we seek to exploit a gap that has been created in the auto industry.

 
Why Are We Doing It
Driving pleasure:
We are seeking to create the quintessential classic sports car driving experience – for a modern age – seeking a balance of performance, styling, practicality, and cost.

• When you do take it out, you’re hit with a few other problems. Namely: driving the car isn’t very enjoyable unless you’re on an empty, winding back road. In cities, you have to contend with potholes, road debris, curbs, and other drivers, who aren’t really checking their mirrors at all, let alone looking for a sports car that barely sits four feet off the ground. Blind spots are big, and the suspension is harsh. Normal city streets are cringeworthy, and filled with bumps you never even knew were there. It’s not until you get out, away from crowds, and bad roads, and inattentive drivers, that you can really enjoy a car like this.
• And then there’s the issue of what you can’t do when you’re driving a Ferrari. Park it outside. Enter steep driveways. Give it to a valet. Hit a big pothole. Leave it anywhere in public overnight.

 
Modern Cars are Devoid of Fun
The manufacturers have taken it too far … cars are too silent, to encapsulating, and there is no longer a visceral enjoyment available. They are homogeneous, and high-end sports cars, and especially hypercars, are impractical.

 
What We are Making
We will modify 10-20 year old high performance cars and re-imagine them as cars from the 60’s.

“Those who enjoy classic cars have long understood the notion of relative speed.

Most old cars have inferior handling, roadholding and stopping power in comparison with modern roadgoing missiles – which makes them so much more involving at sane speeds. This was brought home to me when reading the road test of one of the latest Porsche 911s in which EVO’s tester admitted that the car is too fast to enjoy anywhere other than on a long racing circuit.

It makes sense to enjoy classic cars that give you fun, excitement and real driver involvement at a realistic pace”

 
Comparable Car Companies

Singer Cars:
“re-imagined Porsche 911s fully rebuilt 1990s era Porsche Chassis – rebuilt from the ground up” made to look like late 60’s cars

• Cosworth Engine (GT3 level power)
• Carbon Fiber Body
• Custom everything
• Authorized by Porsche AG
• Price $400k
• Over 30 sold to date

David Brown Speedback GT:

• Aston Martin styled GT based on a Jaguar XKR Platform
• $750,000
• 503 HP

Jaguar Copies built by Lynx:
While these cars are not necessarily modernized – they are new build vintage look and high prices

• C-Type
• D-Type
• XK-SS
• $570,000

Bensport – La Sarthe (Bentley):
Completely new design that harkens back to a car Bentley could have built in 1950’s

• Handbuilt on vintage Bentley Drivetrain
• Fully restored
• Prototype going into production
• $600,000

 
Target Chassis