Vandenbrink Design is a

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-based

automotive design Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles - including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans. The functional design and development of a modern moto ...

and

coachbuilding A coachbuilder or body-maker is someone who manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles.Construction has always been a skilled trade requiring a relatively lightweight product with sufficient strength. The manufacture of necessarily ...

company, founded in 2006 by Michiel van den Brink and Robert Koumans.

Cars

In 2006, Van den Brink introduced a plan to design and build a special coachbuilt Ferrari, which received positive reception. Currently the company is working on the " Vandenbrink GTO", a tribute to the 1962

Ferrari 250 GTO The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's ''Tipo 168/62'' Colombo V12 engine. The "250" in its name denotes the disp ...

, based on the underpinnings of the

Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (internal code F141) is a grand tourer produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. It was the brand's front engined, two-seat model that replaced the 575M Maranello in 2006 as a 2007 model, and was replaced fo ...

. Coachbuilding will be performed by Italian partners. In July 2009, Vandenbrink announced development of the

Fra Mauro Fra Mauro, O.S.B. Cam., (c.1400–1464) was a Venetian cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. He created the most detailed and accurate map of the world up until that time, the Fra Mauro map. Mauro was a monk of the Camaldolese ...

, a

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-bodied coach apparently based on the

Spyker Spyker or Spijker was a Dutch carriage, automobile and aircraft manufacturer, started in 1880 by blacksmiths Jacobus and Hendrik-Jan Spijker. Originally located in Hilversum, the company relocated to Trompenburg, Amsterdam in 1898. Notable produ ...

C8 Spyder chassis and featuring a

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4.2 litre V8 layout. Production numbers have yet to be determined. In April 2010, Van den Brink left the company to become an independent designer, leaving the firm to his business partner Robert Koumans.

References

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