Italian Coachbuilt Car of the Year 2006

This has truly been a year when the fabulous Italian tradition of coach building has been revived with some spectacular results and the winner of the Coachbuilt Car of the Year section was the stunning Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina (6,255), which finished ahead of Autodelta’s latest road monster, the Brera J5 3.2 C (4,910), with Zagato’s Ferrari 575 GTZ (1,638) third.

Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C

The Autodelta Brera J5 3.2 C draws the maximum performance and driving pleasure from the production Alfa Romeo Brera. It's the culmination of more than a year’s intense research and development as well as hard work and innovative thinking put into application. Fitted with the compact Rotrex C30-94 supercharger, the Autodelta Brera offers 348 bhp and 430 Nm torque. 0-100 km/h is achieved in 5.3 seconds while top speed is 260 km/h. Styling changes include a wider front bumper, offering more air to the supercharger's oil cooler, and a rear apron.

Ferrari 612 Scaglietti "K" by Pininfarina

Peter Kalikow, Chairman of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), asked Pininfarina to design, engineer and build a special version of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, through a style development aimed to enhance the car's own elegance and exclusiveness. The car has been totally re-bodied, with the style changes developed to be so slight and fine as to allow no more than 10% of Ferrari experts to catch them at a first glance. The main features include a striking photovoltaic glass roof, Enzo-inspired tail lights and an elegant bonnet scoop.

Ferrari 575 GTZ by Zagato

Yoshiyuki Hayashi is a famous Japanese car collector, who owns numerous cars of great historical value, including several Ferraris. In the classic tradition of the keen purchaser of Italian exclusive cars who stimulated the creativeness of Italian coachbuilders in the 1950s and 1960s, Yoshiyuki Hayashi commissioned a body for his 575M in the style of the famous 250GTZ berlinetta. The result is a stunning handcrafted all-aluminium body, with two-tone paintwork and styling cues and volumes that hark back to the sublime Zagato-bodied Ferrari 250 models of the 1950s.

Ferrari P4/5 by Pininfarina

American film-producer and sports car collector James Glickenhaus commissioned Pininfarina to build a one-off based on the Ferrari Enzo, inspired by the legendary Ferrari 330 P3 (a car which resides in his personal collection). After an astonishing development programme with more than 200 components specifically designed, the car was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elégance. Its aerodymanic body, styled by Jason Castriota, envelops a custom-ergonomic cockpit and improves the already impressive high-speed performance of the Enzo.

Lancia Aprilia Sport by Zagato

To celebrate the centenary of Lancia this year, and to emphasise the long standing affiliation between the 100-year-old Turinese marque and Zagato historically remembered for its Sport-branded versions, Andrea Zagato decided to re-edition the Lancia Aprilia Sport, identical to the car which was built by his grandfather Ugo in 1938. Recreated from 2 period photographs, the Aprilia sport was reconstructed on modern CAD programming, with the buck then CNC milled to perfection. The aluminium bodywork was then handcrafted by Zagato's expert panel beaters.