Vandenbrink Design
{{Short description|Dutch automotive design company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Vandenbrink Design
| logo = M Vandenbrink small.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| location_city = Amsterdam
| location_country = Netherlands
| location =
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| industry = Automotive
| products =
| services = Custom design and coachbuilding
| homepage = [http://www.vandenbrinkdesign.com www.vandenbrinkdesign.com]
}}
Vandenbrink Design is a Netherlands-based automotive design and coachbuilding company, founded in 2006 by Michiel van den Brink and Robert Koumans.{{cite web |url=http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2007/12/20-vandenbrink-gt-convertible |title=Vandenbrink GT Convertible |date=2007-12-20 |publisher=Car Body Design |access-date=2009-03-18}}
Cars
In 2006, Van den Brink introduced a plan to design and build a special coachbuilt Ferrari, which received positive reception.{{cite web |url=http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=15465 |title=Michiel van den Brink interview |date=2006-11-17 |publisher=PistonHeads}}{{cite web |url=http://www.luxury-insider.com/Regulars/Reviews_and_Commentary/Coachbuilding/index.aspx |title=The fine art of Coachbuilding |publisher=Luxury-insider.com |date=March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409232355/http://www.luxury-insider.com/Regulars/Reviews_and_Commentary/Coachbuilding/index.aspx |archive-date=2009-04-09 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/21/autoblogs-top-10-coachbuilt-supercars/ |title=Top 10 coachbuilt supercars |publisher=Autoblog |date=2007-07-21}}{{cite web |url=http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/34360.html |title=Is this the world's sexiest Ferrari?|publisher=Auto Trader UK}}{{cite web|url=http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/24/vandenbrink-599-gto-will-be-built-but-not-by-ferrari/|title=Vandenbrink 599 GTO will be built but not by Ferrari|date=2007-05-24|publisher=Autoblog}}
Currently{{when|date=April 2019}} the company is working on the "Vandenbrink GTO", a tribute to the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, based on the underpinnings of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Coachbuilding will be performed by Italian partners.{{cite web|url=http://www.supercars.net/cars/3818.html|title=Vandenbrink 599 GTO|date=2007-05-24|publisher=Supercars.net}}
In July 2009, Vandenbrink announced development of the Fra Mauro, a carbon fiber-bodied coach apparently based on the Spyker C8 Spyder chassis and featuring a mid-engine 4.2 litre V8 layout. Production numbers have yet to be determined.{{cite web |url=http://www.vandenbrinkdesign.com/current-projects/vandenbrink-project-fra-mauro |title=Current Projects |publisher=Vandenbrink Design |date=2009-07-28}}
In April 2010, Van den Brink left the company to become an independent designer, leaving the firm to his business partner Robert Koumans.
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Category:Automotive companies of the Netherlands
Category:Privately held companies of the Netherlands
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Amsterdam
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