Vandenbrink Design

Infobox Company
name = Vandenbrink Design

foundation = Netherlands (2006)
location_city = Amsterdam
location_country = Netherlands
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key_people = Michiel van den Brink (Designer, Founder)
Robert Koumans (Manager, Founder)
industry = Automotive
products =
services = Industrial design, special coachbuilding for exclusive cars
homepage = [http://www.vandenbrinkdesign.com www.vandenbrinkdesign.com]

Vandenbrink Design is an automotive design and coachbuilding company, located in The Netherlands and founded in 2006 by Michiel van den Brink and Robert Koumans.The company focusses on special coachbuilding for exclusive sports cars. They create hand-built one-off cars on customer demand, based on any chassis. [ [http://www.coachbuild.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=50&g2_itemId=175 Vandenbrink Design @ coachbuild.com] ]

Currently the company is working on the realisation of the "Vandenbrink GTO", a tribute to the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, based on the underpinnings of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
Aluminium coachbuilding will be performed by Hietbrink Coachbuilding (Haaksbergen, The Netherlands). [ [http://www.supercars.net/cars/3818.html Vandenbrink GTO @ Supercars.net] ]

In 2006 Michiel van den Brink decided [ [http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=15465 Pistonheads interview] ] to join the revival of special coachbuilding after Fisker Coachbuild introduced their Latigo and Tramonto models and Zagato, Giugiaro and Pininfarina one by one introduced their special coachbuilt Ferraris. [ [http://www.luxury-insider.com/Regulars/Reviews_and_Commentary/Coachbuilding/index.aspx The fine art of Special Coachbuilding] ] Michiel made an artist impression of a modern-day GTO, which was well received by the press. [ [http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/21/autoblogs-top-10-coachbuilt-supercars/ Autoblog.com: Top 10 coachbuilt supercars] ] Reactions were so overwhealming [ [http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/34360.html Autotrader: sexiest Ferrari?] ] that they decided to develop the design and build it. [ [http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/24/vandenbrink-599-gto-will-be-built-but-not-by-ferrari/ Autoblog.com: Vandenbrink 599 GTO will be built] ] Soon after, Vandenbrink Design announced they were working on another Ferrari-based design: The Vandenbrink GT Convertible. [ [http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/12/20-vandenbrink-gt-convertible/ Car body design] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1889/ Top Gear "Beyond the 'brink"]
* [http://www.tendancehightech.com/blog/index.php?2006/10/03/327-vandenbrink-design-ferrari-599-gto-mugello-concept Vandenbrink Design, Ferrari 599 GTO Mugello Concept]
* [http://www.supercars.net/cars/3818.html Vandenbrink 599 GTO]
* [http://www.sportauto-online.de/multimedia/fotostrecken/aktuell_und_sport/mpsfshw_show_501629_14466.hbs Sport-Auto Aktuell und Sport Vandenbrink GTO]