written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message vandenbrink design type private 1 industry automotive founded netherlands 2006 headquarters amsterdam netherlands services custom design and coachbuilding website 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 . 1 cars edit in 2006 van den brink introduced a plan to design and build a special coachbuilt ferrari . 2 3 the artist impression of a modern day gto to be based on the ferrari 599 gtb fiorano was well received by the press 4 5 prompting vandenbrink design to develop and build the design . 6 soon after the company announced it was working on two other ferrari based designs the vandenbrink gt convertible based on the 599 gtb fiorano and a shooting brake version of the ferrari 612 scaglietti . currently when 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 . aluminium coachbuilding will be performed by hietbrink coachbuilding haaksbergen netherlands . 7 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 . 8 in april 2010 the time came for van den brink to continue his business as an independent designer leaving vandenbrink design bv to his business partner robert koumans who will continue the development of the gto while michiel will create new designs under the atelier michiel van den brink name . references edit a b vandenbrink gt convertible . car body design . 2007 12 20 . retrieved 2009 03 18 . michiel van den brink interview . pistonheads . 2006 11 17 . the fine art of coachbuilding . luxury insider.com . march 2007 . top 10 coachbuilt supercars . autoblog . 2007 07 21 . is this the world s sexiest ferrari . auto trader uk . vandenbrink 599 gto will be built but not by ferrari . autoblog . 2007 05 24 . vandenbrink 599 gto . supercars.net . 2007 05 24 . current projects . vandenbrink design . 2009 07 28 . this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vandenbrink design & oldid 738765282 categories motor vehicle manufacturers of the netherlandscoachbuildersprivately held companies of the netherlandscompanies based in amsterdammotor vehicle company stubshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from september 2008all articles with a promotional tonevague or ambiguous time from april 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 23 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view