Automobili Mignatta Rina Coupe 2027: V8 engine, price and specs

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Automobili Mignatta brought to the Goodwood Festival of Speed not yet another electric hypercar but a stubborn reply to modern industry: the Rina Coupe with a naturally aspirated V8, a manual gearbox and a cabin free of screens. For a tiny Italian brand this is not nostalgia for the sake of a nice picture but a bet on a niche the big names have quietly left.

The coupe is built on the same architecture as the open Rina Barchetta and stylistically nods to Italian sports cars of the 1960s — the Ferrari 250 GTO and the Maserati Mistral. The Coupe version gets a double-bubble roof, a redesigned rear end with a Kamm tail, large round lamps and a small ducktail-style spoiler. The real car is promised for 2027.

Engineering matters more here than the retro image. At its core sits a proprietary carbon monocoque weighing around 71 kg with a claimed torsional stiffness of 101,000 Nm per degree. Target kerb weight is roughly 1,000 kg with 50:50 weight distribution. Under the bonnet is an all-aluminium 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V8: according to CarBuzz, a Ford Coyote reworked by Italtecnica Engineering. Expected output is around 500 hp, drive is rear, and the gearbox is a six-speed manual with a rear transaxle and a limited-slip differential.

Prices start at $290,000. For the mass market that is absurd, but in the boutique sports car segment the figure no longer looks random: Morgan, Bizzarrini, GMA and small European ateliers sell not only speed but a vanishing set of sensations — a light body, a big engine, a manual gearbox and minimum digital noise. Ferrari barely offers that formula today: even where a naturally aspirated engine remains, the manual is long gone.

The point of this car is not its 0–100 time but that it refuses to be a do-it-all. In 2026 that is already a rare luxury.