A Mexican billionaire asked the Giugiaro family to build him another one-off car. This time, the brief was copper.
The result is the Peralta D, a coachbuilt creation from GFG Style that takes the bones of a Maserati GranTurismo and buries them under hand-hammered copper bodywork, carbon fiber structure, and copper-tinted glass that stretches from the front wheel arches to the angular tail. It was unveiled October 24 at the Pastejé Automotive Invitational in Mexico and immediately entered the private collection of Carlos Peralta, the businessman who commissioned it.
This is the second Giugiaro one-off bearing the Peralta name. Last year’s Peralta S sat on the mid-engined Maserati MC20 platform and wore an aluminum body. That car was dedicated to Peralta’s sons. The D is for his daughters.
Both were born from what GFG Style calls a friendship between the Peralta and Giugiaro families, which sounds warmer than the usual client-designer transaction but likely carries a price tag well into seven figures.
GFG Style is the studio Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro founded in 2015 after parting ways with Italdesign, the firm Giorgetto originally created in 1968. The elder Giugiaro is arguably the most prolific car designer who ever lived. His son Fabrizio now runs the operation from Turin, and commissions like these are the studio’s calling card.
The Peralta D’s proportions follow the GranTurismo’s front-engined, 2+2 layout, but every surface has been rethought. Full-width LED light bars span both ends. Fender-mounted mirrors replace conventional door units.
A hexagonal fuel cap and a discreet rear diffuser with quad tailpipes finish the back. The copper itself was shaped entirely by hand, and GFG Style describes it as noble and delicate, which is a polite way of saying this car will patina if you breathe on it.
Access to the cabin happens through a forward-tilting front canopy paired with four gullwing doors. Inside, Maserati’s digital instrument cluster and center console survive, supplemented by an additional passenger display, a vanity mirror with integrated lighting built into the glovebox, and a champagne holder nestled between the rear seats. The upholstery matches the exterior’s gold-copper palette, layered over brown leather with contrast stitching.
Underneath the artisanal metalwork, the mechanical package appears to be the GranTurismo’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter Nettuno V6, producing either 483 or 543 horsepower depending on which variant served as the donor. The quad exhaust tips rule out the Folgore electric version. Carbon fiber reinforces the bespoke body panels, mounted to an aluminum chassis.
Fabrizio Giugiaro spoke about the project in terms of creative synergy and minimalist aesthetics, the kind of language designers reach for when the work is meant to stand apart from anything a factory could produce. And it does. Copper is not a material anyone would choose for a car meant to be mass-produced.
It dents, it oxidizes, it demands attention. That’s precisely the point.
GFG Style did not disclose the cost. They never do on projects like these. What they did reveal is that the Peralta family relationship continues to generate commissions, and the Giugiaro name still opens doors that no render farm or startup badge can.
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