Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage: Ultimate V12 Wagon

A Rolling Masterpiece Unveiled at Woodcote Park

Automotive design occasionally transcends utility to enter the realm of pure art. The newly unveiled Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage by Dutch design studio Niels van Roij Design is a definitive example of this transition. Over half a century after the legendary 1972 Ferrari Daytona Shooting Brake captured the imagination of car enthusiasts worldwide, this modern interpretation reimagines the coachbuilt icon for the modern era.

This coachbuilt one-off made its global debut on July 8, 2026, at the prestigious Royal Automobile Club in Woodcote Park. Utilizing a front-engine, naturally aspirated Italian V12 platform as its technical foundation, the project blends historic proportions with contemporary manufacturing techniques.

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Over 15,000 Hours of Bespoke Aluminum Coachbuilding

Creating a completely unique vehicle requires an immense investment of time and engineering precision. Niels van Roij Design dedicated over 15,000 hours to the project, spanning across initial sketches, physical clay modeling, digital surface development, advanced CAD engineering, and meticulous prototyping.

Apart from the donor car’s doors, every single exterior panel was completely redesigned, engineered, and hand-formed from aluminum. The design philosophy strictly avoids conventional panel gaps and traditional rear hatch seams, making the grand tourer appear as if it were sculpted from a single block of metal.

[Design Concept] ➔ [15,000 Hours of CAD & Clay] ➔ [Hand-Forming Aluminum Panels] ➔ [Final V12 Integration]

Innovative Butterfly Rear Glass Architecture

A defining aesthetic and functional highlight of the vehicle is the rear greenhouse structure:

Electric Butterfly Windows: The rear side windows split horizontally, opening upwards via electric actuators to grant access to the rear luggage compartment.
Exposed Mechanical Engineering: The glass panels are mounted on custom-milled aluminum hinges featuring visible drillings, deliberately celebrating mechanical components as design elements.
Seamless Rear Integration: The rear-most glass elements remain fixed, preserving a clean, undisturbed shoulder line along the side profile.

Engineering Specifications and Aesthetics

The front and rear facias showcase a seamless blend of retro-inspired styling cues and modern high-tech components. The custom-engineered headlights feature 3D-printed carbon fiber structural components, while a full-width amber-tinted light bar pays tribute to the 1972 original using modern LED depth and crystalline forms.

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Vehicle Component	Engineering & Material Details
Chassis Foundation	Italian front-engine, rear-wheel-drive architecture
Powertrain	Naturally aspirated V12 engine
Body Construction	Hand-hammered aluminum panels (except doors)
Development Time	15,000+ total hours
Exhaust System	Carbon fiber diffuser with quad “shotgun-barrel” tips
Lighting Components	CAD-designed LED arrays with 3D-printed carbon housings

A Cabin Defined by Cognac Leather and Structural Carbon

The attention to detail extends into the heavily customized interior. While the central instrument cluster echoes the layout of the historical classic, the traditional walnut wood veneers of the 1970s have been entirely replaced by lightweight structural carbon fiber.

ℹ️ Technical Note: The cognac leather surfaces throughout the cabin—covering the seats, dashboard, door panels, and headliner—are stretched over custom, hand-formed aluminum structures. This specialized trimming technique creates highly sculptural, three-dimensional surfaces that regular foam-padded interior panels cannot replicate.

The luggage compartment is integrated into the structural floor using six individually milled aluminum rails embedded directly into a visible carbon fiber floor. The rails are engraved with the inscription “DAYTONA SHOOTING BRAKE HOMMAGE”, alongside hidden studio logos that reveal themselves depending on the angle of light through the rear glass.

Pure V12 Sound and Classic Road Presence

The vehicle’s stance relies on understated elegance rather than aggressive modern supercar tropes. The polished alloy wheels feature a multi-spoke layout reminiscent of classic wire-wheel designs, contrasted by brake calipers finished in a subtle matte silver.

⚠️ WARNING: As a classic grand tourer driven by a high-output, naturally aspirated V12 engine, thermal management relies on functional front grilles and subtle underbody channels. Proper engine warm-up is essential to ensure optimal oil pressure across the massive cylinder banks before exploiting the full rev range.

At the rear, the quad exhaust tips are arranged vertically in pairs—resembling the twin barrels of a side-by-side shotgun—providing a clever nod to the “Shooting Brake” nomenclature. Combined with the unfiltered acoustic symphony of the naturally aspirated V12 engine, this coachbuilt machine delivers an uncompromising grand touring experience.