Vandenbrink Design is a

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coachbuilding A coachbuilder manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles. The trade of producing coachwork began with bodies for horse-drawn vehicles. Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages. The word ...

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 grand tourer produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for Homologation (motorsport), homologation into the FIA's Group 3 (racing), Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's Ferrari Colombo engine#250, ...

, based on the underpinnings of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Coachbuilding will be performed by Italian partners. In July 2009, Vandenbrink announced development of the

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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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