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No discussion of coachbuilding in the 21st century would be complete without mention of the now world-famous Pininfarina P4/5 supercar. With a classic Ferrari racecar – the 1960s P3/4 – firmly in mind, James Glickenhaus, in cooperation with Pininfarina – the famous Italian design house responsible for so many iconic sports car shapes, including other Ferraris – re-imagined his Enzo as something much more beautiful to him than the factory-fresh product.

But the modifications were not limited to the coachwork, as mechanical revisions ultimately saw the donor Enzo shorn of 270 kg (374 lbs) of weight, with many new, lighter parts used in place of the Ferrari items. Needless to say, this was a comprehensive, no-expense-spared work of exquisite detail from the new front end right down to the ceramic, periscopal exhaust system, all of which reportedly ended up costing Mr. Glickenhaus somewhere in the region of US$4-5 million all told. But money aside, the car is now truly different from literally everything else on the road, whilst still remaining recognizably a purebred Ferrari supercar – and gorgeous with it.