Images Surface Pininfarina Rolls-Royce Hyperion

To debut at Pebble Beach
by Clinton Deacon
August 13, 2008 4:00 PM
Filed Under: European, Rolls Royce, Tuners

Pininfarina announced a couple of months a go that they were working on a special model based on the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. With just four days left until the official unveiling at the Concours d’Elegance show at Pebble Beach we can now bring you the first official renderings of the model.

The new model will carry the label Hyperion – a name originating from Greek mythology and it is believed the styling is inspired by classic pre-war Rolls Royces. Under the hood, the same 453bhp 6.75-litre V12 from the Phantom Drophead Coupe can be found allowing the Hyperion to launch from standstill to 60mph in a little under 6 seconds.

The one-off special model is being created for an unnamed super-rich customer, something Pininfarina specialises in – you may remember the mouth-watering Ferrari P4/5 based on the Enzo created by the renowned coachbuilders a couple of years a go.

Source: autoblog
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Yup, RR in italian is actually "Rounded Roice"...

by ShinyG | August 13, 2008 4:16 PM
lol xD

by sris | August 13, 2008 9:13 PM
This even tops the Lada-concept...

by Penner | August 13, 2008 4:22 PM
Real car photos leaked!

http://www.caranddriver.com.cn/news/news_cars/node_9014

by flxible | August 13, 2008 4:45 PM
I like standard version a lot, but this is a nightmare...

by kimbo | August 13, 2008 5:08 PM
only the front end tells it´s a rolls, the rest would better make for a beatiful lancia.....

by racsozelev | August 13, 2008 6:09 PM
I dunno, it looks pretty spiffy if you ask me.

I don't know what to say. I guess you either hate the design, or love it.

by nurchus | August 13, 2008 7:34 PM
I think it would look better if Pininfarina would have been more adventurous with making a modern interpretation of the RR grille.

by V6s_stink | August 14, 2008 12:23 AM
What a stinky joke is this? They think they can up and get rid of what makes a RR awesome (its unique blend of massive presence and elegance) and replace it with their italian sleekness cliché with impunity? No wonder the result is such a mutant monster! I hope they don't allow them to use the RR logo + SoE.

by ck314 | August 14, 2008 12:39 AM
With all due respect... Italians shouldnt touch as british things as RR... They simply cant make it with the dignity...

by architect | August 14, 2008 12:42 AM
Yeah, remember the Camargue disaster back in the '70s...

by ck314 | August 14, 2008 1:45 AM
Pretty damn fugly if you ask me...

by NauAudiS4 | August 14, 2008 6:04 AM
nahh this just isnt a RR... its tooo um.. .wats da word... chinzee, the original looks alot better

by BabyMilo | August 14, 2008 9:08 AM
Stop that... seriously. Maybe he thought it was funny at first but it isn't funny anymore. You can't put an RR grill on anything and then expect it to automatically be a Rolls Royce.

by Decypha | August 14, 2008 10:44 AM
It shows, despite recent tragedy in company that they have nothing to do. That kind of efforts can even be paid but are not a "serious work in design" and not a fun for proffesional designers even in our days.

by alessandro | August 14, 2008 11:21 AM
it's like these 60 y.o. rockers banding up to release a pathetic revival cd, where half of the original members are gone... the golden days of pininfarina are, unfortunately, gone long away

by ck314 | August 15, 2008 1:55 AM
It seems be truth, sk314. Only thing here. It is not just Pininfarina problem. From other design field a famous french designer Philip Stark said that "There is no design anymore". Same feelings lives among architeksts as well. The problem is hidden under huge activity in any design field and conserns in fact that whole culture have no esthetic basis, shape language or "alphabet of beauty" if prefere, like it was known in history.

by alessandro | August 16, 2008 10:12 AM
yeah that's pretty obvious, corroborated by the constant flux of neo-retro stuff, simple updates of what was striking and really innovative back in the days, or different, ackward but ugly new ideas... and the very few examples that go beyond this current lack of genuine creativity constitute exceptions that confirm the rule, sadly

by ck314 | August 17, 2008 6:02 PM
corvette badge on rear!

by mhamini | August 14, 2008 11:22 AM

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