Niels van Roij Design, from the Netherlands, took a Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and styled it after the legendary one-off Ferrari 365/4 Daytona Shooting Brake dating back to 1972. It may sound like a straightforward task, but a closer look at the sheer quality of execution will make you realize why it took 15,000 hours to get there.
As the company started work on the 599, it had to fabricate a number of body panels from a blank slate, plus 3D-print some of the trickier parts from a special carbon-composite material. While they were at it, they installed butterfly-wing windows on top of the trunk compartment and put elegant multi-spoke wheels into the arches.
The interior was retrimmed in Cognac tan leather and more carbon fiber, and the gauges traveled from the left side of the dash into the middle for historical accuracy reasons. If you’d like to look up more about the source of inspiration for the build, look up “Luigi Chinetti Jr.’s Daytona Shooting Brake”.
It appears that the 6.0-liter V12 under the hood stayed intact. Outfitted like this, the 599 GTB is usually good for 620 PS (611 hp / 456 kW) and a 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) launch in 3.7 seconds.
Apparently unwilling to clash with the Ferrari legal department, Niels van Roij took care to replace the Prancing Horse logo on the steering wheel with a custom one. He also put a badge saying “Shooting Brake Homage” on the front end. In other words, the replica wants you to know that it knows its place, however much effort went into it.