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You don’t hear about coachbuilt cars anymore. Back in the day, you used to pick a chassis or platform, and then you’d bring it to the company you’d want building the body for it. It still happens, but it’s quite rare and often quite expensive.
Ferris Rezvani wants to alter that a little bit. His latest creation is called the Beast and at $140-$150,000 it’s still expensive. Considering what you’re getting, however, maybe it’s a bit of a deal. It’s certainly a return to the day good ole days of coachbuilding passed…

Underneath that carbon fiber body sit an Ariel Atom 3. For those who don’t know, this is basically a Rotrex-supercharged Honda K24 engine surrounded by a tube chassis and six-speed manual gearbox. Rezvani takes this platform and builds upon it. There’s a body added, along with a dashboard and Apple Car Play by way of an Alpine head unit.
What’s not added? Power steering, power brakes, or traction control. Oh baby they like it raw.
And so do we…
This is the 300 horsepower version, and it’s quite entertaining. There’s a 500-horsepower variant that Rezvani already told us we can drive and from there Rezvani plans on adding a 700-horsepower Beast X. After that there are many body styles that Ferris Rezvani would like to bring to life, and he plans to do so on a variety of platforms. This means everything from a Beast Coupe up to a militaristic SUV.
We’re onboard to drive all of them and report back. For now though, take in the Beast drive in the video above.