The Jannarelly Design-1 Is The New Retro Sports Car You Never Knew You Wanted
Ever heard of Jannarelly? We hadn’t until about 10 minutes ago. It’s a neo-retro sports car manufacturer that takes the name of Anthony Jannarelly, the man who designed the Lykan Hypersport and Fenyr Supersport. And it just delivered its first car.
Jannarelly is a partnership run with Frederic Juillot, a custom boat maker and ‘expert in composite materials.’ They own a Caterham and a Donkervoort between them, and wanted to build something of their own to bring the lightweight sports car concept up to date.
The small-scale company’s first delivery is the Design-1, a two-seat roadster built around a tubular chassis and a 3.5-litre V6. It’s good for 300bhp in a package that weighs 780kg, so it’s quick. It’ll fire you to 62mph in 4.0 seconds on the way to a 135mph top speed.
Built to loosely resemble classic sports cars but reimagined with a hint of futurism, it’s a neat little thing. You sit really low in carbonfibre seats, your backside almost brushing the road while you’re secured by one of two four-point harnesses. It’s 3860mm long; about 11cm shorter than a Fiesta. It’s wider, though, for stability through corners.
Naturally, to fit with the ethos of the car it’s only built with a manual gearbox (rejoice!). Not only that, but you also get a limited-slip differential between the driving wheels, which, of course, are at the back. The good stuff continues with double-wishbone suspension at every corner. You can order it with either road-biased or track-biased Pirelli tyres.
Want one? We wouldn’t blame you. It’s available to order in the US, priced at $62,000 before any delivery charges or local taxes. An expensive toy, perhaps, but it does look a bit special.
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Does look Great actually, would expect a V8 though
Agreed. As those vegan commercials say, could’a had a V8.
I thinking about: “I feel like this should have a V8 for some reason…”
i thought so too, but it is really small.
Depending on where they sourced that V8 and gearbox, an LS3 and a T56 might actually be cheaper and lighter. Though for a car this light 430 hp might be a bit much.
Would rather a straight 6 single cam with sidedrafts and itbs.
That’s beautiful…
does it have diamond inbeded headlights?
Fast and Furious 9 car list revealed.
They’re gonna jump this through a few buildings.
But here’s the twist.
It’s open top for extra thrills.
That last picture is 😱😱😱
I was going to hate on this for ripping off the 250 Testa Rossa.
Then I realised that’s not actually a bad thing.
I agree with you! It does look like a 250 Testarossa from the front
It’s like a cross between the 250, a Viper and Jag E-Type
I was thinking more of the Shelby Daytona, but I can absolutely see 250 Testa Rossa too. A bit of both, the best of two worlds.
Looks like a failed cross between a Ginetta G4 and a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
It looks like a brilliant combo between those!
Idk if it’s just me but I see a little bit of a viper in the side view…
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At 3860 mm in length, it’s not only shorter than a Ford Fiesta. It’s the same length as the original AC Cobra. Incredible that they are still making sports cars that small.
What no booty shot?
Here’s the booty shot.