The Retro-Styled Jannarelly Design-1 Is Yours For £86,000

Its styling is influenced by 1960s Le Mans racecars, and it’s available to buy in the UK now. What do you think of it?
The Retro-Styled Jannarelly Design-1 Is Yours For £86,000

Dubai’s known for its fast cars, but we’re not talking about gold chrome/ sparkly Lamborghinis or the country’s slightly ridiculous police car line-up here. You wouldn’t immediately think of sports car production in Dubai, but the Jannarelly Design-1 might be the car to change that.

The styling is suitably eye-catching, but not in the way you might have expected. With its curvy bodywork, chopped roof and wide rear track, it’s like a hot rod version of a classic Le Mans racer. There are huge gaping vents in the bonnet and a chin spoiler pokes out from under the front bumper, while you could easily mistake the rear end for a classic Ferrari.

The Jannarelly Design-1 was first revealed in 2017, but is now available in the UK
The Jannarelly Design-1 was first revealed in 2017, but is now available…

You can choose for that svelte bodywork to be produced entirely in carbon fibre which, combined with the tubular space-frame chassis, means the car can weigh just 850kg.

With such a light kerbweight, it doesn’t need a huge engine. Under the swooping bonnet you’ll find a 3.7-litre nat-asp V6 borrowed from the Nissan 370Z, producing 321bhp and 274lb ft of torque. The power is shuffled through a six-speed manual gearbox (a manual!) to the rear wheels and, despite no all-wheel-drive or fancy auto ‘box, it can still hit 60mph in under four seconds.

The Retro-Styled Jannarelly Design-1 Is Yours For £86,000

Helping its cause is a limited-slip differential, Pirelli P Zero tyres, lightweight alloy wheels and large vented disc brakes.

You don’t have to have a coupe, as Roadster and Aero body styles are also available. The customisation doesn’t stop there, either; there is a huge amount of personalisation on offer such as carbon-fibre or leather bucket seats, and a range of paint finishes. You can also choose Momo or Nardi steering wheels, plus whether the interior is trimmed in wood, leather or Alcantara.

The Retro-Styled Jannarelly Design-1 Is Yours For £86,000

The Dubai start-up was formed in 2016 by Frederic Juillot (a racing boat builder) and Anthony Jannarelly, who created the design of the multi-million pound Lykan HyperSport. The styling of the Jannarelly Design-1 is said to be a “retro-futuristic tribute” to classic sports cars.

It’s on sale in the UK now, with prices starting from £86,000 - although you can probably push the price up by choosing the carbon-fibre bodywork and other options. It’s best to think of it as a weekend toy, like the Morgan Plus Six or KTM X-Bow.

What do you think of it? Tell us in the comments.

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Comments

Joel Lundin

Wow that looks so good

12/03/2019 - 11:53 |
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Anonymous

I think I’m in love.

12/03/2019 - 12:14 |
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Matthew Henderson

If I was a spoiled chap with loads of money to spare, this’d be my track-toy of choice.

12/03/2019 - 13:10 |
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Anonymous

It looks incredible! I cannot believe that you can actually buy this thing! Do you know if its going to be available in other countries too?

12/03/2019 - 13:26 |
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Peanut_guy

You can look at Seb Delanay’s channel. He gots one.
You said the 3.5L engine from the 370z, isn’t it a 3.7L in the 370z ?

12/03/2019 - 13:40 |
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Latooman

Pricing actually seems very reasonable. I would have guessed 100.000+ base.

12/03/2019 - 14:36 |
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Niko Ala-Rämi 🇫🇮

I saw the picture first and thought: this probably costs like 500k

12/03/2019 - 14:38 |
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Dante Verna

It’s nice to have some proof again that you don’t need ridiculous amounts of power for a fun sports car.

12/03/2019 - 14:39 |
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deand

This is one of a handfull good retro atributes! But unlike the others it doesn‘t cost millions

12/03/2019 - 14:43 |
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Anonymous

If I hadn’t been told otherwise, i would have sworn that was a Zagato design.

12/03/2019 - 17:08 |
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