In 2017, the ban of iconic classics in cities across the globe continued at an increasing pace: Munich, Paris, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Milan, London, Arnhem, Los Angeles, Cape Town, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Seattle and Auckland were recently added to the list, to name a few. And the list is still growing every day. More than anyone, we welcome clean air and pollution free inner cities, but the perspective of a world without inspiring classic design just makes us sad. Luckily, 2018 is about to change all that. In the past year, we’ve been overwhelmed by the interest in our first product - the quintessenza - from customers, press and investors, both from The Netherlands and from abroad! A
Today, the Dutch authorities have cleared the road for the street legal reproduction of our iconic classic! We are looking forward to rebuild this beauty as an all electric classic in 2018. So the smoke you see above won't be her last breath!
Every time, it's heart breaking, the state we find them in. Teared engines, ripped-off dash boards, souped up gearboxes. Iconic classics, waiting for better times, for a market to evolve. And while it used to be a sure bet to stock these cars and wait for their audience to grow up, longing to finally possess the poster car that was on their wall as a 9-year old, those days are now over. As we are experiencing the biggest turnaround in automotive history, these combustion engin classics will only survive when they are truly exceptional, museum worthy icons. But the idea of keeping them on the road, for daily joy, will soon appear to be nothing but a wishful fantasy, a relic from the past. The