Dutch agency Ugur Sahin Design has reimagined the Ferrari F50. Dubbed Challenge Fenix, the idea was created to have fun the agency’s fifteenth anniversary.

The design’s built-in basket-handle rear wing and black physique line are clear references to the unique F50, however its bigger entrance air intakes and slim headlights and taillights are extra fashionable touches.

The unique F50 was a mid-engine two-seater with a targa high, however it’s unclear from the renderings if Ugur Sahin retained the targa roof for Challenge Fenix.

Ferrari launched the F50 in 1995 because the successor to the F40. Simply 349 have been inbuilt a manufacturing run that lasted by 1997, and Ferrari additionally fielded a GT racing model. The F50 was in flip succeeded by the Ferrari Enzo.

Ugur Sahin did not point out what’s beneath its supercar idea’s clear engine cowl, however the unique F50 was powered by a 4.7-liter V-12 that made 520 hp and 347 lb-ft of torque, and was associated to Ferrari’s F1 engine on the time. The F50 may get from 0-62 mph in 3.7 seconds and a 202-mph high velocity, in keeping with interval estimates. These are nonetheless respectable efficiency figures as we speak.

It is unclear if Ugur Sahin plans to show Challenge Fenix from a design research right into a working automobile, however the firm has overseen a handful of coach-built supercars. It beforehand teamed up with U.S. tuner Mallett on a small batch of Chevrolet Corvette “Z03” coupes, and the Corvette-derived Anandi. In 2014, Ugur Sahin additionally unveiled a Ferrari 458-derived idea referred to as the Challenge F, though it did not instantly get any takers for a manufacturing model.