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Pebble Beach '08 Preview: Rolls-Royce Hyperion by Pininfarina
Click to view more of the Pininfarina Hyperion
As we count down to this year's Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, one of the most highly anticipated concept cars scheduled to make its debut there has popped up a bit early. Based on the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe, the Pininfarina Hyperion has been commissioned by one lucky and presumably very wealthy customer. The unique creation does away with the rear seats and moves the front ones, along with the swept windscreen, back by 400 mm. If you can believe it, a gun rack has been fitted in front of the cabin (yeah, we're serious), while famed watchmaker Girard Perregaux has crafted a special tourbillon timepiece for the Hyperion that can be removed from its wrist-strap and mounted in the dashboard. Meanwhile, word has it that Rolls-Royce could be collaborating with Zagato or Bertone on another special model as well.
This, of course, is the first new vehicle from the Italian design firm to be unveiled since the untimely death of Andrea Pininfarina. Stay tuned for live shots of the Hyperion after its unveiling in five days. In the meantime, click on the thumbnails below to view new images of the concept, along with the original teaser sketch.
Gallery: Pininfarina Rolls-Royce Hyperion
[Source: Pebble Beach via Virtual Car]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Biomech 11:38AM (8/12/2008)
I'm trying to like it, I really am... =/
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GTT-4 12:55PM (8/12/2008)
Squint a tiny bit and its a Rollexus sc430
Kumail 11:40AM (8/12/2008)
please no...
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ken_aisin 11:41AM (8/12/2008)
This looks really good. Clean, simple, yet elegant. One complaint though, the silver thing underneath the front bumper looks a bit out of place. It just shouldn't be there,
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Nick 9:22PM (8/12/2008)
My Personal complaint is that it is ugly...
I think its just one of those things that people overlook when they develop cars...
Epyx 11:44AM (8/12/2008)
I dont like the front end but the rest is beautifull.
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PaulPaul 11:47AM (8/12/2008)
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FThorn 12:04PM (8/12/2008)
I'm not a big fan of the RR/Bents, but I LIKE THIS>
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Gregg 12:10PM (8/12/2008)
That thing is huge. That much metal for a two seater has gotta scream "I got money."
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AntBee 12:11PM (8/12/2008)
I will wait for better pictures before I make up my mind on this car.
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J M C 3 12:21PM (8/12/2008)
Stunning.
Nobody can design like Pininfarina.
I'd like to see them redesign Jaguar for TaTa.
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Seoultrain 12:25PM (8/12/2008)
Is the rear of this car incapable of looking good? Phantom, Drophead, even Pininfarina can't fix it.
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Dausman 12:40PM (8/12/2008)
Beautiful except for the front end.....perhaps the front will receive a nomination for the Sofa King Ugly Award.... maybe it will look better in person.....
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Torrent 1:05PM (8/12/2008)
Looks better than the new one. On the new one, the the horizontal headlights are nice, then the lights (fog lights?) are way too high up and abnormally large. This one takes better use of the front end.
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Chaz 1:21PM (8/12/2008)
Looks grand to me.
It's a car for gliding beyond and above all disruptions, rather than a cubefaced bludgeoning tool like the Phantom.
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Alex 2:11PM (8/12/2008)
those head-lights kill it for me.
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Jacob Simmons 2:14PM (8/12/2008)
sultan of brunei i presume
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gabe ramos 2:16PM (8/12/2008)
did they say gun rack? Um... Drug dealers can now perform their drive by's in style.
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Mi key 2:26PM (8/12/2008)
Nice looks. Can't wait to see what it looks like in the flesh.
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Nick 4:16PM (8/12/2008)
Bloated, fat, anti-functional, retro, ridiculous.
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