The Ellneo Funkster · Private preview

Bring onthe funk.

Top down. Volume up. Nowhere in particular to be.

Put the needle down

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A1Intro

We're not here to be the biggest, the fastest or the loudest. We're here to make the future fun again.

Inspired by the days when the future was still a promise — the colour, the chrome, the music on the radio — and built with the technology of tomorrow. Every car is made by hand, one at a time.

Some cars move you.
This one makes you dance.

A2Morning

Lake Como,
9:40 a.m.

Cypress shade on warm stone. Water lapping at the quay, a waiter laying out cups on the terrace. The Funkster rolls in without a sound — just tyres on cobbles, and a bassline drifting out of the open cockpit.

The Funkster parked along the lake wall, the water and mountains of Lake Como behind
Lake Como

The lake doesn't hurry. Neither do we.

Polaroid: the Funkster's tail on a lakeside terrace, geraniums in front and a couple on a bench behind
They always look.
Polaroid: the Funkster parked by the water, seen through a dark window upstairs
Room with a view.
Polaroid: a driver in sunglasses and a red bandana in the open Funkster, green hills behind
One eye on the lake.
The Funkster arriving at a beach club on the Riviera, parked among palms and other luxury cars
A3The question

The question isn't how fast it goes. It's what it says about you.

Côte d'Azur, 1:15 p.m.
A4Afternoon

Monaco,
4:30 p.m.

Halyards ticking against masts. Warm tarmac, sea air through an open cockpit, the harbour flashing silver between the hulls. Through the hairpins, the only soundtrack is the one you chose.

The Funkster panning past yachts in Monaco harbour
01 — The harbourMonaco
The Funkster in motion on a coastal road above the sea
02 — The long way roundMonaco
The Funkster taking a hairpin, city and sea behind
03 — The hairpinMonaco
The Funkster between the barriers of the Monaco street circuit, apartment towers behind
04 — The street circuitMonaco
Drag, swipe or use the arrows
The Funkster reflected in a still pool beneath modern architecture

Silent enough to hear the bassline.

The Riviera
SIDE B
Flip the record

Side B.
The machine.

Everything so far was the feeling. Here's what makes it.

Tap the record to drop the needle

The Funkster in profile against a clear blue sky
B1The Funkster

A legendary shape. Lower, lighter, electric.

It begins with a 1985 911 Cabriolet. It ends up somewhere else entirely.

We lower the windscreen, open up the sky and make it a two-seater — the low, raked silhouette the factory itself chose in 1989. Then we keep going. A body of carbon fibre. A bespoke carbon windscreen frame. An all-electric drivetrain on an 800-volt architecture.

Inside, everything is new — dashboard, panels, a floating instrument cluster — trimmed in Napa leather and built for a car that is driven, not just admired.

Exterior designThe senior exterior designer behind the Alpine A110.

1,170kgKerb weight
425hpLaunch setting
590NmPeak torque
800VArchitecture
Cream Napa interior with a vermilion-lacquered tunnel, piano-key switches under the dash and a white ball-topped selector
B2Inside

Take a seat.
Stay a while.

Cream Napa on everything you touch. A tunnel lacquered in vermilion. Piano-key switches under the dash, and a white ball on a slim steel stem, cool under your palm. The dashboard and every panel are new — drawn for this car alone.

B3Look closer

God is in the details. So is the funk.

Every switch, stitch and surface is drawn for this car. Circles everywhere — in the lights, the dials, the pedals, the wheels.

Round headlight with horizontal shutter slats
01

The future looks so bright, it needs to wear shades.

A row of toggle switches below small illuminated buttons
02

A row of switches that click like a camera shutter.

Footwell with a round brake pedal and an orange accelerator reading TO MARS!
03

The accelerator has its own idea about the destination.

Cream-rimmed steering wheel with orange spokes in front of round dials
04

Round dials floating behind a cream-rimmed wheel.

Cream and orange Recaro seats and dashboard seen from above
05

Recaro seats, re-trimmed in Napa. Sports support, grand-touring comfort.

Charging cable plugged into the side of the Funkster
06

Plug in over lunch. Up to 150 kW, and you're back on the road by dessert.

Charging
150kW

DC fast charging, from a 48 kWh battery developed and built in-house.

B4Light

600 pixels
of goodbye.

The rear light is a matrix of 600 pixels in six tapering rows, each one controlled on its own. It says hello when you walk up, shows the way when you turn — and, when the mood takes it, it dances.

The Funkster from behind in a dark tunnel, its rear light glowing
Somewhere under the mountain

In a tunnel, the car behind you gets the best view.

B5Liner notes

Read the
sleeve.

Ellneo · LP-001 · Test pressing
The Funkster · Stereo · 33⅓ RPM
Full specification inside

Greatest hits
1,170kgKerb weight
425hpLaunch power setting
590NmPeak motor torque
800VElectrical architecture
48kWhBattery, built in-house
600Pixels in the rear light
A

Body & Soul

  1. A1

    Lighter Than You Think

    A 1985 911 Cabriolet, reborn as a low-windscreen roadster. A custom carbon-fibre body that keeps the original doors and front lid, and a bespoke carbon windscreen frame. Exterior design by the senior exterior designer of the Alpine A110.

    1,170 kg
  2. A2

    Eight Hundred Volts of Soul

    Cascadia electric drive on an 800-volt architecture, with a dual SiC inverter. The motor spins to 12,000 rpm and weighs 74 kg.

    800 V
  3. A3

    Hold That Thought

    Peak power of 474 kW (≈ 640 hp) at 800 V DC, currently set to 425 hp. Continuous power of 194 kW (≈ 260 hp).

    425 hp
  4. A4

    Instant Gratification

    590 Nm of peak torque at the motor. Power-to-weight on par with the 992 GT3 RS.

    590 Nm
  5. A5

    Plug & Play

    A 48 kWh battery pack, developed and built in-house. DC fast charging up to 150 kW.

    150 kW
B

Feel & Light

  1. B1

    Clubsport Shuffle

    KW Clubsport 3-way adjustable suspension, Tarett Engineering suspension arms, and Fikse 18″ wheels — the maker Singer also uses.

    3-way
  2. B2

    Cream Napa Dream

    An all-new dashboard and panels, a floating instrument cluster and Porsche Napa leather. Recaro Sportster CS seats, fully re-trimmed to match: sports support, grand-touring comfort.

    Napa
  3. B3

    600 Little Lights

    A rear pixel matrix in six tapering rows (106 · 106 · 104 · 98 · 94 · 92), every pixel individually controlled. Programmable welcome sequences, dynamic indicators and brand signatures.

    600 px
  4. B4

    Homegrown Code

    The UI, the software and the mobile app, all developed in-house.

    In-house
Produced byEllneo
Recorded atLake Como & the Riviera
Exterior designSenior exterior designer, Alpine A110
Electric driveCascadia
SuspensionKW · Tarett Engineering
WheelsFikse
SeatsRecaro, in Porsche Napa
SoftwareEllneo, in-house

800 volts is the high-voltage class of today's most advanced performance EVs — the foundation for fast charging, efficiency and composure under sustained load.

Specification of the launch car, as of this test pressing — details may still change. Every Ellneo is built to order, so they vary from commission to commission.

B6The collection

Pressed once.
Never reissued.

Every Ellneo is a one-off pressing. The colour, the leather, the stitching, the light show that greets you in the dark — chosen with its owner, and never repeated.

Record-sleeve style cover: the vermilion Funkster against a blue sky№01EllneoTo Mars!

№01 — To Mars!

Colour
Vermilion
Interior
Cream Napa, vermilion lacquer
Destination
Printed on the accelerator
Pressing
1 of 1
NextEllneoYours.

Next pressing — yours.

Your colour. Your leather. Your light show. Your soundtrack. Pressed once, for you — and never again for anyone else.

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The Funkster facing the camera on fan-patterned cobbles by Lake Como, its shuttered headlights catching the light

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a drive.

Private viewings on the Riviera and at Lake Como, by appointment. Bring sunglasses.

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