Rolls Royce Hyperion

“Never heard of it” I hear you say. Well, that’s because it doesn’t exist - yet!

We’ve had news from that paragon of Italian car design, Pininfarina, that they are working on a very special project for a client - a 2-door, 2-seater convertible in the style of those great 1930s coachbuilt cars. This harks back to those great one-off projects undertaken for private clients in days gone by by the likes of Mulliner and Park Ward. It’s such a shame that Rolls Royce (who ended up owning both Mulliner and Park Ward) no longer offer custom coach building. It did produce some stunning cars in the past.

Pininfarina have worked on a number of incredible cars for private clients, perhaps most notably the re-worked Enzo produced for James Glickenhaus in 2006. That was built to evoke the styling of Ferrari’s 1960s racing cars and was a very impressive car, so much so that it was officially recognised by Ferrari. And now it’s the turn of Rolls Royce

So far, Pininfarina have only released the ‘teaser’ shot shown here, but the car is actually due to debut at Pebble Beach in August, so it must be pretty well advanced as a project. This isn’t about simply flying a kite to get publicity. The car is real.

Based on the already glorious Rolls Royce Drophead Coupe, this promises to be one of the most interesting and beautiful cars ever produced. Will the Rolls Royce Hyperion be for sale? Well, I suppose in truth everything is - at a price. But it won’t come cheap!

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