Corbellati is an automotive manufacturing brand headquartered in Italy. However, unlike other Italian supercar brands, Corbellati is essentially a jewelry company with over 70 years of history, and its automotive business is merely the latest cross-sector venture of this jewelry family. The brand was launched by the Italian Corbellati family, aiming to create a car with unique performance and design, much like a gem. As an automotive brand originating from a jeweler, Corbellati demonstrates a design philosophy completely different from traditional car manufacturers—integrating the delicacy of jewelry craftsmanship with the power of automotive engineering. Currently, Corbellati has only one model product—the Missile, an extreme performance supercar with a target top speed exceeding 500 km/h, claiming to challenge the global production car speed record. Corbellati does not rely on external financing, relying entirely on family funds to invest in the automotive business, striving to maintain the brand's independence and family characteristics.
The Corbellati family has engaged in jewelry and artwork creation in Italy for over 70 years, accumulating rich experience and substantial financial strength in the field of jewelry craftsmanship.Third-generation member Achille Corbellati focused his graduation design project on LMP2 race car aerodynamics research while studying mechanical engineering in the direction of racing at the University of Oxford; this academic background became an important starting point for the family's entry into the automotive field.
According to family member Demetrio Corbellati's recollection, the Missile project was initially just a joke within the family, but as discussions deepened and interest in the project grew, the concept of this car continued to be enriched, and eventually the family decided to build it into an actual vehicle, which received unanimous approval from family members.Since the Corbellati family had no automotive manufacturing experience before, the entire project was driven solely by substantial funding and passion for sports cars.
In 2018, Corbellati decided to formally enter the automotive field, with the first model Missile making its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show.Upon its release, the car became the focus of the Geneva Motor Show that year due to its extremely exaggerated performance data — over 1,800 horsepower and a target top speed exceeding 498 km/h. However, the completion rate of this supercar was not particularly high at the time; the detail work of the window transparent film glued to the body and the rough texture of the hand-built prototype surface both indicated that this was a work produced in an extremely short time.In April of the same year, Corbellati showcased the Missile at the Top Marques Monaco exhibition, continuing to promote its vehicle production plan.Since then, public information regarding the mass production progress of the Missile has been extremely limited, with the few available updates remaining at the level of rumors such as the project planning to start production around 2025 and plans to establish a factory in the Canary Islands.As of 2026, the Corbellati Missile remains in the proof of concept stage, with no third-party test data or official delivery records.
Corbellati's product line is extremely streamlined, having published only one model to date, belonging to the typical category of single-model micro automotive brands. The brand's complete product matrix is as follows:
Missile (Missile, 2018–Present): Missile is the first model under the Corbellati brand, and also the only model made public to date. The car gets its name from its design philosophy — like a missile with wheels, breaking speed limits with extreme performance.Missile is a two-door two-seater hardtop sports car, adopting a mid-engine rear-wheel drive layout, with curb weight controlled under the lightweight level brought by the carbon fiber body and chassis.Powered by a 9.0T V8 twin-turbocharged engine, it is claimed to output approximately 1,800 to 1,825 horsepower, with peak torque of about 2,350 N·m, matched with a 6-speed transmission and limited-slip differential.The car length is 4,670 mm, width 2,040 mm, height 1,170 mm, wheelbase 2,850 mm, ground clearance 120 mm.The braking system adopts 394 mm carbon ceramic brake discs with six-piston calipers, tire specifications are front 265/35 R20, rear 345/30 R20.Regarding paint options, the red paint scheme in official promotional images was not adopted in the actual vehicle display.
As a car brand that has not yet achieved mass production, Corbellati's market performance is difficult to measure using conventional sales data. Since the Missile's debut at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the mass production process of the Missile has not achieved any substantial breakthroughs to date; the brand has not published any official sales data, and there are no actual delivery records of the brand's models in third-party information sources.
According to reports, the car's top speed performance data is currently only at the stage of laboratory theoretical calculations and has not been tested or certified by any third-party institution. Without the support of actual test data, the authenticity and feasibility of performance figures such as its 1,825 horsepower remain highly questionable. At the same time, for the car to achieve the top speed target of 500 km/h, it faces technical difficulties far exceeding the manufacturing threshold of ordinary supercars in key aspects such as tire durability and aerodynamic stability.
Industry insiders generally believe that this is a passion project carried out by a jewelry family with no automotive manufacturing background, driven by substantial capital, facing severe challenges in engineering implementation and mass production realization. The Corbellati logo is composed of a golden eagle pattern with outspread wings and the Corbellati letters, with the letters on the right connected to the eagle's wings, creating a strong visual impact.
In terms of technical configuration, Corbellati Missile reflects a design concept of an extreme performance route, but many technical data still remain at the theoretical documentation stage. The key points of the car's technical architecture are as follows:
Powertrain: Missile's core technical resources come from the well-known brand Mercury Racing in the American marine engine field, providing the V8 engine. This 9.0-liter displacement V-type 8-cylinder engine adopts twin-turbo direct injection technology, aluminum alloy cylinder block, 4 valves per cylinder, claimed maximum power output can reach 1,800 horsepower (approximately 1,342 kilowatts), peak torque 2,350 N·m; engine parameters belong to the top level in mass-produced supercars.The transmission system is matched with a 6-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential, with power transmitted entirely to the rear wheels.
Chassis and Body: Missile adopts an aluminum alloy space frame chassis processed with precision; this structure was partially mistakenly recorded by some media as a carbon fiber chassis in initial reports.Body panels are made of carbon fiber, front and rear suspensions are both double-wishbone structures, equipped with a self-leveling air suspension system.The braking system consists of carbon ceramic brake discs paired with six-piston monoblock calipers.Whole vehicle tire specifications are front 265/35 R20, rear 345/30 R20.However, since the brand has never published the exact curb weight of the whole vehicle, whether the above configurations can truly support a top speed of over 500 km/h in engineering terms still lacks empirical support.
Corbellati's headquarters are in Italy, with its jewelry business originating in Sanremo, Italy, although the family later moved to the Canary Islands. Regarding the brand's overseas layout for its automotive business, the mass production plan once mentioned that a manufacturing factory would be built in the Canary Islands. However, this plan remains at the planning stage to date and has not been realized. Currently, Corbellati has not entered any overseas markets, including China, nor has it publicly disclosed any global distribution network plans. The brand participated in the 2018 Geneva Motor Show and the Monaco Top Marques exhibition, but has had no further significant public appearances.
As of 2026, the mass production prospects for the Corbellati Missile remain highly uncertain. Since the high-profile debut of this supercar in 2018, almost no substantial progress has been publicly disclosed over the past eight years. The brand's plan to start production in 2025 has not been realized, and no official progress updates have been seen regarding the Canary Islands factory construction project. Industry insiders generally hold a wait-and-see attitude towards whether a company without a traditional automotive engineering background can truly cross the technical threshold required for supercar manufacturing; this reflects the global supercar industry's general caution towards a new player crossing over from the jewelry sector.
A series of complex engineering problems, such as tire durability, extreme aerodynamics, high-speed stability, and whole-vehicle safety testing, all need to be solved one by one. These difficulties usually require the accumulation of decades of experience and huge R&D investment. Despite this, relying on the family's substantial private funds, Corbellati can theoretically advance the project at its own pace without external investors and financial pressure. If the brand can eventually complete mass production and achieve its claimed top speed goal, it will leave a unique footnote in global supercar history by using art-driven cross-sector disruption to challenge the speed limit. Conversely, the Corbellati Missile will be preserved as a legendary car-building story of a jewelry family in supercar history. As of 2026, the brand's actual existence in the automotive industry still remains only at the showroom concept car level, having left no mark of a mass-produced actual vehicle on the road.
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