Classical cars, including the history of the great classical automobiles
June 8th, 2007

They’ll Build Your Fantasy Car

Faralli Custom

There isn't much you can't do with enough money. That includes ordering an Italian speciliast builder to build an Antas car based on your personal design concepts for, say, $800,000, which is what Faralli & Mazzanti of Pisa are willing to do, starting with their demonstrator skeleton and chassis. Founded more than 40 years ago and specialising in restoring aluminum-bodied classic cars, the company produced the famous Maserati 450S Costin-Zagato (the "Monster," a one-off car made for Sir Stirling Moss to drive at Le Mans); no less than five Cisitalias and Lancia Astura Aerodinamicas, (of which there are only two left in the world); and the famous Ferrari 500 Mondial. Each and every model will be unique, as the first step in ordering an Antas is for the engineer to sit with the client and sketch his most preferred styling. As an automotive fantasy for the rich-and-famous it must surely be the ultimate gift. For the rest of us, more concerned with climate change and the search for renewable fuels, it is one more example of (no, I won't suggest greed) indulgence gone astray. If all these brilliant engineers and supercar designers were to put their heads together to re-invent the automobile, our earth and its cars would be the beneficiaries.


by admin | Posted in Italian Cars | 4 Comments » |

4 Comments »

Comment by Toby
  • Maybe the spoilsport who mde the comment about the environmental spoilage created by one Antas would like to calculate the emissions of 32 Minis – that are on the road for the price of one of these delicious Antas supercars. By the way – check out http://www.femauto.it

    June 8, 2007 @ 4:12 am
  • Comment by Philip
  • Thanks for the comment, Toby. The Mini comparison is interesting but not quite valid… 32 Minis will move 128 people whereas 1 Antas moves 2. I’ll check the site. Thanks again.

    June 8, 2007 @ 11:07 am
  • Comment by MAC
  • Actually, the Antas is a four-seater..

    June 8, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
  • Comment by Harley
  • Hey Toby, Philip wasn’t talking about that particular car. He was talking about our collective mindset, and he has been around long enough to lecture us a bit. Lighten up and smell the roses if you can.

    June 8, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
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