StudioTorino Coupetorino turns Mercedes SL into... something else

[Bill Wood]

Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, Mercedes-Benz

Click above for gallery of pics of the StudioTorini Coupetorino

Here's what happens when a designer sees the Solstice Coupe or Miata Coupe and thinks, "If they can do it to one of those, we can surely do it to an SL." StudioTorino, in conjunction with IAAD (Istituto d'Arte Applicata e Design), has created this Coupetorino based on the Mercedes-Benz SL. Designed for the 'Turin World Design Capital 2008' event in the "Bespoke Coachwork" class, this 1:4 scale model was created by Alfredo Stola at StudioTorino and Piotr Degler Jablonski at IAAD. The idea was to transform the Mercedes SL into an exclusive coupé with Italian flair. We'd say they succeeded, although we would have preferred a hatch to gain some luggage space. If the name sounds familiar, StudioTorino is the firm that brought us the wagon-esque Maserati Cinqueporte, the comically sinister Fiat 500 based Diabolika, and the Porsche Cayman-based RK Coupe.

Gallery: StudioTorino Coupetorino



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12-12-2008 02:32 PM

[Fulcrum525]

Uh oh, some idiot crashed a CLS into the back of an SL