Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage Teased By Coachbuilder
Mar 09, 2021 at 3:41pm ET ++ It takes inspiration from a unique Daytona.
Niels van Roij Design recently completed its Ferrari Breadvan Hommage, and the coachbuilder has decided to stick with a similar theme for its next project. The company has decided to build a modern take on the one-off Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake from the 1970s.
Right now, the unique car only exists in renderings, but it s absolutely striking. The low-slung, point nose immediately recalls the actual Daytona. The somewhat bulbous extended rear with two glass panels separated in the middle is not a shape you expect to see on a Ferrari.
Belgian coachbuilder Neils van Roij Design, the company behind the custom Tesla Model S and Rolls-Royce Wraith Shooting Brake models as well as, more recently, the (Ferrari-based) Breadvan Hommage, is working on yet another project: the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage.
Paying tribute to the original Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake (though the coachbuilder is careful not to mention the name of the Italian carmaker), it will mirror its looks, including the long nose, headlamp design, and glasshouse surrounding the boot and back end, complete with the butterfly windows, albeit with a modern twist, as it will be based on a newer Italian exotic.
Do we really need to say any more than that? It’s more of the new Ferrari Breadvan Hommage by Niels Van Roij Design.
Based on a Ferrari 550 Maranello and given an extended tail to give it a Kamm back body style. Built to specifically resemble the 1962 “Breadvan” that was based on a 250 GT SWB and whose extended tail was designed by Giotto Bizzarini for Giovanni Volpi of Scuderia Serenissima.
The hommage does a really good job of recreating all of the original’s flourishes in the style of late ’90s Ferrari design language. The vents on the nose, for example, are pure Breadvan but expressed in the style of an F50. The tailpipes, too, take a cue from the original’s quad pipes, but they haven’t gone overboard and given it the full chrome trumpet treatment.