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The Eadon Green Black Cuillin is a 6.0-litre V12 spor- cial power of the people who drove such machines
ts car that’s been revealed at the Geneva motor across Europe at a time when such journeys seemed
show. Eadon Green is a new British start-up that is impossibly daring.
producing the model with a mix of classic looks and A detailed analysis was undertaken to identify a mo-
modern features. It mixes a vintage design features dern chassis and power train that would satisfy a di-
contrasted by modern cabin features, and has been scerning driver of the 21st century. In addition, only the
inspired by the design of the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 best materials would suffice for an Eadon Green car,
from the 1930s. The car uses a twelve-cylinder engine and an aluminium coach built body was specified. Bu-
that has a 7000rpm redline and top speed approa- ilding upon these two essential foundation stones, the
ching 170mph - as shown by the images - although detail of the design followed, incorporating enginee-
no performance figures have been released as of yet. ring excellence into the already well developed body
The Black Cuillan is named after a mountain range drawings until the design was agreed and passed for
on the Isle of Skye, off the Scottish coast. The com- 3D creation. With the detailed drawings in place, Ea- EADON GREEN IS
pany’s logo comprises a coat of arms with the word don Green moved into the final phase, creating and A NEW BRITISH
‘integrity’ underneath, surrounded by a grey ring con- checking proportions in 3D CAD, ensuring that every START-UP THAT IS
taining the company’s name and race flags, sugge- area, from perfection in each line, surface and interface, PRODUCING THE
sting that performance will be a focus. The Black Cu- to the interior ergonomics, had been made production MODEL WITH A MIX
OF CLASSIC LOOKS
illin, or project “FE57” as it started out, was to explore ready Cars exist very happily inside a computer, with AND MODERN
the idea of a romantic Grand Tourer of 1930s style in the most amazing 3D tools at our disposal to view re- FEATURES.
a collection of 2D sketches and visuals, considering alistic, rendered images that look very convincing and
the interior and exterior themes as well as the type difficult to tell apart from a photograph. Despite this
of car it should be. I was originally inspired by an Alfa technology, there is no substitute for seeing a new cre-
8C 2900 convertible but my main passion has always ation in the flesh. Eadon Green believes that, once the
been the Coupe, so a Coupe body was decided upon. 3D CAD design is considered complete, the first step
Refined, elegant, powerful, quiet, exclusive and luxury towards production is to manufacture a full scale Vision
were all words used when discussing the project. This Model that can occupy its space in exactly the same
led to the need for a large, imposing machine of the proportion as a showroom production car.
very highest quality, evoking the romance and finan- www.eadongreen.com

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