Mignatta Rina Sports Car Is Fantastically Retro, Will Debut At Goodwood

Anyone who longs for the styling and analog goodness of Italian sports cars from the 1960s – but not their sketchy reliability and general unwieldiness – will be interested to learn about Mignatta and its Rina Speedster. Mignatta, a startup based in the Piedmont region of Italy, first provided photos of the Rina in May, and now the company has announced the public debut of the car.

The Rina combines the gorgeous styling of something like a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa in a modern package that includes carbon-fiber construction and an all-aluminum V8. Anyone who wants to see it in person will have their first chance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which runs July 10-13 in the UK The car won’t just be on static display, either. Mignatta confirmed it will make exhibition runs.

Big-Cube V8 In A Lightweight Package

Thanks to carbon-fiber construction (plus some Kevlar) for both the central tub and the body, the Rina’s dry weight is claimed by the company to be just over 2,200 pounds. The carbon tub was developed with help from Mignatta’s parent company, JM, which specializes in building carbon-fiber parts for marine applications. According to the company, it helps deliver torsional rigidity in the Rina superior to that of supercars like the Lamborghini Aventador.

Completing the chassis are tubular subframes front and rear, and suspension with overlapping arms and adjustable dampers. Mounted at each corner is a forged wheel, with the front pair measuring 19 inches in diameter and the rear measuring 20 inches. Housed within are six-piston brake calipers at the front and four-piston units at the rear, clamping down on steel rotors as standard or carbon-ceramic rotors as an option.

This light, ultra-stiff chassis is then combined with a 5.0-liter V8 – an all-aluminum design with double overhead cams. A power output hasn’t been mentioned yet. Mignatta also hasn’t confirmed whether the engine is Ford’s popular Coyote V8 from cars like the Mustang, though the company said the engine has been worked over by Italtecnica Engineering.

The engine sits in a front-midship position and drives the rear wheels via a six-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential. The transmission, which includes a gated shifter, is mounted at the rear for improved weight distribution. Mignatta claims the balance is an ideal 50:50 front and rear.

No Two Examples Will Be the Same

Only 30 examples are destined for production, and if any build slots are left, Mignatta will likely be happy to accept deposits following the Goodwood debut. The company has previously announced a price tag of $290,000. This price tag will likely inflate quickly once some options are selected.

Because of the hand-built nature of the cars, Mignatta is promising a lot of customizability. The leather looks like it’s the same used in Italian shoes, while all the controls – including the gauge cluster, with real gauges, mind you – have a 1990s-like exotic look to them, as though they were leftovers from an early Pagani Zonda or something.

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There’s no infotainment system dominating the center stack, either. Curiously, the company has chosen to mount the speedometer there. Underneath are some physical controls which, like the gauges, are all machined from aluminum.

Mignatta isn’t the first company to attempt a sports car combining 1960s-era styling with modern mechanicals. A few years back, a startup by the name of Jannarelly showed a speedster with styling similar to the Rina. Jannarelly wasn’t successful, but some other companies have been. One of them is historic British firm AC Cars, which recently launched a modern take on the AC Cobra.

Sources: Mignatta