It’s not every day one gets invited to inspect a prototype of a $650,000 Pininfarina-designed battery-powered limousine, much less a retro-pastiche land yacht with a wooden hood that’s still being fleshed out on Long Island but is slated to go into serial production from a factory with an adjacent hotel and hospitality center in Hudson, New York, in 2028.
That’s years off and, frankly, it’s an improbable tale—mom and pop build an ultra-luxury car its makers call “a Rolls-Royce for America,” in the Hudson River Valley. But, ever curious and dreamer-positive, I accepted the offer and headed to Long Island’s Port Washington for a look-see.
