The Jannarelly Design-1 Is The New Retro Sports Car You Never Knew You Wanted

Having never even heard of the company before, we stumbled upon this absolutely stunning new roadster co-designed and engineered by the man who penned the Lykan Hypersport
The Jannarelly Design-1 Is The New Retro Sports Car You Never Knew You Wanted

Ever heard of Jannarelly? We hadn’t until about 10 minutes ago. It’s a neo-retro sports car manufacturer that takes the name of Anthony Jannarelly, the man who designed the Lykan Hypersport and Fenyr Supersport. And it just delivered its first car.

Jannarelly is a partnership run with Frederic Juillot, a custom boat maker and ‘expert in composite materials.’ They own a Caterham and a Donkervoort between them, and wanted to build something of their own to bring the lightweight sports car concept up to date.

The small-scale company’s first delivery is the Design-1, a two-seat roadster built around a tubular chassis and a 3.5-litre V6. It’s good for 300bhp in a package that weighs 780kg, so it’s quick. It’ll fire you to 62mph in 4.0 seconds on the way to a 135mph top speed.

The Jannarelly Design-1 Is The New Retro Sports Car You Never Knew You Wanted

Built to loosely resemble classic sports cars but reimagined with a hint of futurism, it’s a neat little thing. You sit really low in carbonfibre seats, your backside almost brushing the road while you’re secured by one of two four-point harnesses. It’s 3860mm long; about 11cm shorter than a Fiesta. It’s wider, though, for stability through corners.

Naturally, to fit with the ethos of the car it’s only built with a manual gearbox (rejoice!). Not only that, but you also get a limited-slip differential between the driving wheels, which, of course, are at the back. The good stuff continues with double-wishbone suspension at every corner. You can order it with either road-biased or track-biased Pirelli tyres.

Want one? We wouldn’t blame you. It’s available to order in the US, priced at $62,000 before any delivery charges or local taxes. An expensive toy, perhaps, but it does look a bit special.

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Comments

James Boerema

$62k seems reasonable in todays market. That puts it right around Corvette and Cayman territory with presumably similar performance. Given that its a limited production vehicle and unique with gorgeous lines, I won’t be surprised to see this company have a lot of success over the next few years.

06/16/2017 - 03:10 |
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Anonymous

Its cool and affordable. However good to compare with the recent Donkervoort D8 GTO which uses the latest 400HP audi 5 pot engine on a 700Kg weight. Seems that a V6 with 300HP is not all that.

06/16/2017 - 05:12 |
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Anonymous

One of the most beautiful cars i have ever seen

06/16/2017 - 07:36 |
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Anonymous

hard-top looks so much better

06/16/2017 - 07:38 |
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Anonymous

Its like an E-Type and a 250 testarossa had a modern baby

06/16/2017 - 08:02 |
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nobody 1

Perfect.

06/16/2017 - 08:08 |
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ColumnM

For a 3.5-litre V6, Sweet!!!

06/16/2017 - 12:49 |
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Anonymous

Th… Th… That’s one of the most beautiful cars I’ve ever seen 😍😍😍

06/16/2017 - 13:23 |
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DJ N

The side profile…I could stare at it all month long if I could
And agreeing with many who have said it already, the Design-1 could use a big ol torquey V8 kinda like the Shelby Cobra did

06/17/2017 - 04:40 |
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Hawkoga

Looks like a modernised Ferrai 250 Tessa Rossa.

06/17/2017 - 20:11 |
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