NIELS VAN ROIJ DESIGN DAYTONA SHOOTING BRAKE HOMMAGE: CONTEMPORARY COACHBUILT WINGED WONDER SHOWN!


Niels van Roij Design proudly presents a selection of different design sketch iterations, renderings and photos of the newest one-off coach built Hommage* project. The Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage is the provocative sequel to the winged Italian wonder from 1972 bearing the same name. Just like the classic car, the Hommage was born out of the client’s passion for traditional custom coachbuilding. The Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage features a one-off hand beaten aluminium body. This technique was introduced with the outspoken Breadvan Hommage and confidently reiterated with the newest Niels van Roij Design Hommage project.

(*Hommage is spelled with double M, linking to the Dutch heritage of the Niels van Roij Design studio)

Niels van Roij:
“It was a true car design devotee that reported to Niels van Roij Design with the very special request to design an ode to the legendary one-off Daytona Shooting Brake from 1972.”

“Styling the purebred has taken 12 months and construction of the full-scale clay model has now been finished. Following approval of the clay model, the design was sculpted by hand in aluminium. Niels van Roij Design works closely with a team of specialist craftspeople to construct their one-off cars. The body of the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage was constructed by Bas van Roomen.


Designing the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage commission was an honourable task and great opportunity. The project is equally ambitious as it is demanding. Rendering the legendary classic ‘70s shooting brake into a contemporary piece of car design was complex. The design of the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage celebrates the ’72 car, yet introduces much new DNA to the bloodline: the classic wasn’t a burden to our creativity. In fact, the design is a perfect synthesis between the sinuous volumes and ideal proportions of the classic inspiration and the powerful forms of the modern day supercar donor.” Says Niels van Roij.

Compared to the donor car the changes to the body are significant. Only the windscreen and doors of the donor car remain. Typical of the new design will be the shark-nose, as an ode to the car that inspired this bespoke commission. Newly shaped front bumper, fenders and the iconic horizontal ochre light bar complete the unique front and adds theatricality to this car.

 

The dramatically lengthened roofline starts from the windscreen and flows elegantly backwards. The angle of the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage B-pillar is new too. The entire car expresses a touch of drama in all its features, and the novel remote controlled butterfly side windows are its most striking expression. Every detail is fascinating yet subtle. The fast rake of the shooting brake rear end was a complex task to resolve, as it had to fit the proportional statement of the modern base vehicle whilst linking subtly to the 1972 car. The rear window is fixed in place and set deeply into the body work: a dramatic sculptural visual delicacy.

The sleek rear body contours are simple and voluptuous, with richly shaped rear fender informing the shape of the butterfly windows. There is not a hint of the brutal and overly complex “styling” typical of much of the current supercar genre – including the donor car – in sight. The Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage is a clean and classically attractive automotive sculpture.

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