SIDE A
The Ellneo Funkster · Private preview

Bring onthe funk.

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

Put the needle down

Private preview · Not for public releaseA test pressing, for a few ears only. Keep it between us.

A1Intro

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

Some cars move you.
This one makes you dance.

A2Morning

Lake Como,
9:40 a.m.

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.

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 to drop the needle · drag to scratch

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.

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.

B3Your dashboard

Every dashboard
is a remix.

Yours will be drawn around you.

  1. 01 · Power
  2. 02 · Juicemeter
  3. 03 · Speed
  4. 04 · Now playing
  5. 05 · Time

Swipe through all five dials.

B4Look closer

God is in the details. So is the funk.

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

Every switch, a shutter click.

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

Ten and two. Mind elsewhere.

Cream and orange Recaro seats and dashboard seen from above
05

Sit in. Sink in.

Charging cable plugged into the side of the Funkster
06

Plug in over lunch. Gone by dessert.

Charging
150kW
B5Light

600 pixels
of goodbye.

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.

B6Liner 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 — and the dashboard redrawn for every owner.

    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

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.

B7The collection

Pressed once.
Never reissued.

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.

Start your pressing

Still in the crate.

Waiting for their first pressing.

Tap a sleeve to pull the record

Lemon

Lemon Squeeze

Neon Carrot

Sunset Strip

Record sleeve in Grape: the Funkster on the Monaco street circuit, printed in grape and vanillaUnreleasedEllneoGrape
Expectations

Grape

Grape Expectations

Aquamarine

Poolside Sessions

Lilac Luster

Luster Lounge

Mint

Mint Condition

Record sleeve in Terra Cotta: the Funkster’s shuttered headlight, blinds down like a siestaUnreleasedEllneoSiesta

Terra Cotta

Siesta

Record sleeve in Pine: the Funkster by Lake Como, printed in pine and mintUnreleasedEllneoCypress Road

Pine

Cypress Road

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

Come for
a drive.

By appointment. Bring sunglasses.

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