James Glickenhaus is known to car fans around the world as the most interesting man in the world, designing his own dream cars using some of the most exclusive supercar chassis and getting famous carrozzerias to build them for him. Glickenhaus made a serious splash in the Ferrari world a few years ago when he had Pininfarina build a Ferrari P4/5 road car based on his own designs. That car earned him if not the wrath, then the displeasure of the Maranello-based supercar maker. Glickenhaus earned even further displeasure from the brand-conscious but perhaps a little too uptight supercar maker with the debut of a racing version of his P4/5, which we saw in person just a few weeks ago. The Ferrari 430-based P4/5 Competizione took everything that was great about the P4/5 and remixed it into a potent track machine for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, his private racing outfit, which campaigned it in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring twice.
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus isn't standing still when it comes to new designs, and it has just published a video giving a preview of their latest project, SCG 003, which won't be based on any existing Ferrari chassis. Instead, it will be designed around a unique carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, with the entire design done in-house. The 24 Hours of the Nurburgring is still in SCG's sights, and even from the 3D renderings, it's apparent that this new endurance racer will feature a body design that will represent a departure from the P4/5.
"Our new car, SCG 003, will be unveiled at the 2015 Geneva auto show. And, shortly thereafter, we will take it to race the 24 hours of Nurburgring," Glickenhaus said.
The P4/5 has already competed in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring twice, in 2011 and 2012, finishing second in its E1-XP2 experimental class during its inaugural outing and earning the Constructor's Trophy in the process. We can't wait to see the final design of the SCG 003.
Jay Ramey grew up around very strange European cars, and instead of seeking out something reliable and comfortable for his own personal use he has been drawn to the more adventurous side of the dependability spectrum. Despite being followed around by French cars for the past decade, he has somehow been able to avoid Citroën ownership, judging them too commonplace, and is currently looking at cars from the former Czechoslovakia. Jay has been with Autoweek since 2013.
