Every atelier has an origin car. Ours is the P1800 — the shape that taught us what the marque could be.
The P1800 rewards reverence. A Progenitor commission preserves everything the car's designers would recognise — the low nose, the delicate chrome-era lines, the profile that made the coupe a design icon — while quietly re-engineering everything beneath it for the modern road.
We refresh the original four-cylinder architecture with modern fuel injection and cooling, uprate braking and suspension for composed touring, and hand-trim the cabin so the romance of the classic never depends on its temperament. The car you fall in love with is the car you actually drive.
Every Progenitor is built once, for one owner. When the commission is delivered, its specification is retired and never repeated.
The brief at a glance
The silhouette we build toward.
Concept renders of the P1800 form — the lines a Progenitor commission preserves and refines. Presented in the atelier's house grade.
Images are commissioned concept renders showing design direction — not photographs of a delivered car. Final commission photography replaces these on completion.
Yours to specify, ours to execute.
A Progenitor is a starting point for a conversation, not a catalogue entry. Together we fix the details only you will know to look for.
Five stages, each documented.
The Consultation
A private conversation about how you drive, where the car will live, and what it should say when it arrives.
Sourcing & Provenance
We locate a structurally honest, documented donor P1800 and present its full history before a panel is touched.
The Design Commission
Together we fix the specification above — finish, materials, driveline character, and the details only you will know.
The Build
Bare-metal restoration and re-engineering, photographed at every stage. You watch your car come into being.
Delivery & Aftercare
Concierge handover, a bound provenance dossier, and an ongoing relationship with the atelier that built your car.
Commission a Progenitor.
Allocations for the Late 2027 Drop open by private invitation, and the earliest conversations are the first considered. Tell us about yourself and the car you have in mind, and the atelier will place you on the waitlist for a private consultation.
Five more silhouettes.
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The square-shouldered estate, elevated into a daily-drivable heirloom.
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The sculptural rarity from Trollhättan, restored to its jewel-like form.
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The cult mini-truck, rebuilt for the pure joy of it.
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