Take a look at this roadster from a small and newly established Italian coach builder you’ve never heard of until now. Its called the Puritalia 427 and its made by, yuuup, Puritalia Automobili from Naples.

Puritalia is a traditional coach builder that makes limited series sports cars as they put it “cars designed for the purist drivers and car enthusiasts.” Or in other words wealthy clients. This is how cars used to be made from the beginning, before the age of mass production, consumerism and World War I.

The company’s moto is “if you can dream it we can build it”. The 427 takes its external design from roadsters of the 1960s. Puritalia’s roadster is designed to offer comfort and the best driving experience in one stunning looking package. A tough call for any car maker.

The Pureitalia 427 is around the same size as a Mazda MX-5 (Miata) and is powered by a not so Italian Ford Coyote V8, but at least it delivers a good old fashioned 455bhp to boot. If that’s too slow for you then a supercharged version is available which pumps out a bad boy power rating of 605bhp. This, say Puritalia, is an Italian-American muscle car.

Anything made by hand is expensive and the 427 is expected to cost a whopping £200k when it goes on sale next year. Only 427 will be made hence the 427 moniker. Reportedly a hybrid version is on the cards and most likely collectors from the U.S. and Middle East will be getting their old fashioned cheque books out and placing an order. By the internet.

DIMENSIONS L.171.259 in – W.76.850 in – H.49.409 in

Front Track 62.598 in – Rear Track 62.992 in Wheelbase: 102.401 in Weight: ~ 2535 Lbs (50/50) CHASSIS TIG welded aluminium extrusions and panels BODY Roadster 2 seats – composite and carbon fiber body panels ENGINE Front mounted Ford V8 5.0L 32V DOHC Ti-VCT HORSEPOWER Aspirated: 445Hp @ 6500rpm – 530Nm @ 4250rpm Supercharged: 605Hp @ 7000rpm – 640Nm @ 4500rpm TRANSMISSION 6 speed manual transmission Twin disc hydraulic clutch Limited Slip Differential Aluminum driveshaft Rear wheel drive SUSPENSION Four-wheel Independent Unequal length double wishbones – anti-dive and anti-squat geometry Bilstein two-way adjustable mono-tube shock absorbers Eibach springs Tubular stabilizer bars – 32mm front – 29mm adjustable rear BRAKES Hydraulically powered brake booster Front: Brembo 380mm/32 6 pistons Rear: Brembo 345mm/28 4 pistons TIRES Pirelli Pzero Front: 275/35R19 – Rear: 335/30R20