Question of the Week: What’s Your Favorite Coachbuilt Car of All Time?
Welcome to the BaT Question of the Week! For those unfamiliar, here are the rules: we ask an automotive-themed question, and the author of our favorite answer from the comments is awarded a $25 credit to the BaT Gear Store.
This time, we’re asking: What’s your favorite coachbuilt car of all time?
Coachbuilt cars were typically limited to small batches built by said manufacturers, often under contract, producing freshly designed bodies or tweaking existing designs with purpose; for example, the Dové GTR4 was one of 43 coachbuilt examples produced by Thomas Harringtons of Worthing based on the Triumph TR4.
Many notable examples were birthed by popular names like Bertone and Pininfarina out of Italy, while hundreds of coachbuilders in North America also had their hand at building a huge variety of examples.
The coachbuilt car is alive and well today, produced by a few firms collaborating with auto makers, while other small-scale companies focus their efforts on bespoke creations.
We’ll pass it right off to you:
What’s your favorite coachbuilt car of all time?
Nominate your favorites in the comments, and give a thumbs-up to any other nominations you deem worthy. We’ll announce the winner on Monday.
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