Hoovey689

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Ugur Sahin returns with Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe II design

Gallery:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/rolls...photo-5499566/

The "Round Door" Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe (inset) is a magnificent black beast of a car (and you can see it at the Petersen Automotive Museum for a limited time) as well as a mystery: designed by the Jonckheere Works in Belgium in 1935, all records for the one-of-a-kind coupe were destroyed in World War II, so no one knows who designed it or who commissioned it. What remains of the original coachbuilding company now makes bodies for cars and buses, and has asked designer Ugur Sahin to reinterpret the most fabulous car from its history.

We've written about Sahin often before, recently about his Corvette-based Anandi being shown at Top Marques Monaco and going into production. For a man who favors long hoods and short bodies, this particular Rolls-Royce couldn't be better. Sahin says the word "Respect" guided his lines for the 77-year-old car, the most apparent changes being the front fender treatment, the headlights dropping into the fenders, and the serious downsizing of the fin at the rear. Sahin says that there are talks with potential investors about building a one-off.

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/12/15/u...dynamic-coupe/

Hoovey689

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Just fantastic. Absolutely stunning

Harbinger

Lose the led's around the headlights (loved them when they were 1st debuted on Audi's, but soooo sick of seeing them on everydamnthing), and something just a bit classier for rolling stock. Beyond that, it is pure automotive pornography in the best of every way. I genuinely hope they find the funding to produce a limited run of this vehicle, and it doesn't disappear into one-off obscurity like the Exelero.