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Engine |
6.5
liter V12 |
Weight |
3671
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natural |
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HP |
631
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97.1
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(from Prindiville
Press Release) BESPOKE BODYWORK AND £10K AIR VENTS…
Prindiville Prestige
revives the art of exclusive coachbuilding
Record sales of top-end supercars and luxury limousines over the
past few years has been good news for manufacturers, but perhaps
less satisfactory for customers seeking exclusivity.
So how do you stand out when all your contemporaries have the same
supercar as you? Simple: by commissioning your own bespoke
coachwork.
British-based Prindiville Prestige is reviving the traditional art
of exclusive coachbuilding and complementing it with modern
materials and technologies, allowing clients to create a car that is
unique. And to demonstrate its talents in three-dimensional form,
Prindiville Prestige has painstakingly handcrafted the ‘Murciélago
by Prindiville’.
‘Murciélago by Prindiville’
Although retaining the
central core of the donor Lamborghini, in terms of its bodywork
‘Murciélago by Prindiville’ shares only the front compartment lid;
all the other panels, including the roof, have been replaced and
restyled.
There’s a bolder, more aggressive front valance, eye-catching sills,
a more dynamic rear valance through which exits a specially designed
titanium sports exhaust system, ‘handle-less’ doors with remote
electric opening, and a restyled engine bay cover with transparent
cooling louvres. All of the body panels are in exquisitely finished
carbonfibre.
£10K interior ‘jewellery pack’ –
the price of doing the job properly
‘Murciélago by
Prindiville’ features a bespoke interior, enhanced by the use of
rich ostrich hide and precision-milled aluminium accents. There are
also ‘little touches’ that reveal the depth of the company’s
attention to detail – precision engineered aluminium air vents, for
instance.
‘The standard plastic air vents aren’t worthy of the rest of the
interior,’ explains company founder, Alex Prindiville, ‘so although
it was a complex and therefore costly procedure, we decided to
manufacture replacements from aluminium. On their own these vents
represent a significant proportion of the £10,000 cost of our
interior ‘jewellery pack’, but it’s all part of the price of doing
the job properly.’
Finishing touches – door mirror
cameras
Clients can, of course,
specify whatever on-board entertainment and communications systems
they desire. An extra that they may wish to consider is the door
mirror camera system fitted to the ‘Murciélago by Prindiville.’
Installed in each of the door mirrors, miniature cameras feed images
to a monitor in the cabin, helping owners to protect the sills and
alloy wheels of the car when parking next to high kerbs; a rear
valance-mounted camera is also part of the system.
Coachbuilding – bringing dreams to
life
At the very high end of
the car market, exclusivity is crucial. ‘And that’s where we come
in,’ explains Alex Prindiville. ‘A client can either commission us
to generate and execute an idea, or they can engage us in a
consultation process where we bring their dream to life.
‘Whichever route our clients choose, our skilled engineers and
craftsmen then realise the project to the very highest standards.
And because every client has different ideas, what we produce for
them is truly unique.’
More dreams to come in 2009
Following the recent
presentation of the ‘Murciélago by Prindiville’ at the 2009 Top
Marques Monaco motor show, several orders have already been taken.
And on the drawing board for later in 2009 is a Ferrari F430 with
gullwing doors and rear-hinged complete tail section, akin to that
of the fabled F40, as well as a fresh interpretation of the BMW X6,
visual enhancements for the Porsche Cayenne, and a road-going Le
Mans-style supercar.
As well as furnishing clients with complete cars, Prindiville
Prestige is also able to supply individual components either to its
own designs or those of a client.
