The RMLGroup Short Wheelbase is almost here, with the first customer car set for delivery next month -
250 SWB but can't cough up the required millions to get hold of one: RML’s reboot is almost ready to hit the road. The nine month production process for the first three examples is well underway, with the first car due to be completed next month.550 Maranello underpinnings with a bespoke body designed in the image of the iconic 250 SWB.
Despite the 40-year age gap between the original 250 SWB and the 550, the two actually share remarkably similar proportions in wheelbase and height, with only the overall width proving to be substantially different. This made it somewhat easier for RML’s chief designer, Jonathan Bowen, to transfer the SWB’s iconic design to this all-new car.The 550’s F133 5.
To keep the Short Wheelbase on the ground at the distinctly un-classic speeds it will be able to achieve, the design team has had to install a selection of subtle aero devices on the body to reduce high-speed lift without too obviously punctuating the overall design. Some of these have been inspired by aero elements found on the original, including the vents behind the wheelarches to reduce pressure within.
Unsurprisingly for a project like this, RML has not given any indication of price, but considering the sheer amount of custom fabrication that will go into each example – not to mention the rising values of the 550 Maranellos that RML will need to chop to pieces in order to create each one – we suspect it won’t be cheap.
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