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8. Faralli & Mazzanti / Antas

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F&M's Antas and Evantra models are shown at the company's Tuscany production facility in this photo. The Italian automaker works with clients to conceive and design custom-built vehicles.

  • By Andrew P. Collins Contributor

Italian automaker Faralli & Mazzanti takes customization to a whole new level with the Antas coupe. From conception to construction, the buyer is an active participant in every aspect of the car’s development.

Starting with a basic design, a client can sit in on the drawing of the vehicle’s final shape as well as its interior appointments and powertrain. Maserati engines powered the original F&M cars, but now virtually any engine and transmission the client is willing to pay for can be fitted. During the 11-month construction process, the client is invited to visit the F&M villa in Tuscany to relax and observe the car being put together.

It goes without saying that any Antas coupe is an exceptionally unique vehicle. No two examples that leave the production facility are exactly the same.

Faralli & Mazzanti are working on a supercar that you’ve probably never heard of either: the Evantra. It will be slightly less customizable,  but nearly as exclusive.

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