Jun

When a Ferrari’s Not fairly Hot ample… Passionata

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Turkish-born and Dutch-based, upstart car designer Ugur Sahin is making fairly a name for himself as a reinterpreter of other company’s designs. final year, he “unveiled” his computer-rendered Spiga Concept, a slightly more organic-looking version of the Lamborghini Gallardo, followed by the Audi Locus and Ferrari Dino concepts.

Lately, however, Sahin and trade partner Axel van Mourik have been toying with much grander plans. The designer recently announced plans to build (or at least commission) 100 examples of his Corvette Z03 Concept, a good-looking carbon fiber-bodied rewrite of the current Chevrolet Corvette Z06, inspired by the third-generation (1968-1982) Corvette and packing as much as 750 horsepower.

Now, fast on the heels of the Z03 comes the GT-S Passionata, a very slick grand touring coupe based on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. The car is designed around the Ferrari’s aluminum space frame structure and 612-horsepower V-12. And Sahin’s leaving open the door to production plans: “We present the USD GT-S Passionata as a feasible design concept, which indicates that when there

will be demand for customer conversions, production will be arranged.”

More photos after the break, courtesy of Ugur Sahin Design and Ferrari.

No word yet from Ferrari regarding the company’s take such revisionist design work, but the 599 GTB Fiorano ain’t a Pontiac Fiero, friends. It’s tough to assume the Italian automaker will get Sahin and his unauthorized rebodying with open arms. (To wit: Images of the Dino concept on Sahin’s web site now feature suspiciously blurred-out prancing-horse emblems, suggesting that somebody in Maranello placed a pretty convincing phone sign.)

In the meanwhile, Sahin’s GT-S Passionata is a very fine effort and, like the Corvette Z03, arguably prettier than its donor car. possibly somebody in Maranello (or Detroit) needs to give Ugur Sahin a job.