Heritage
The signature under the seat
Chiara Lanza
Lead Composites Artisan
November 11, 2025 · 3 min read
I joined the atelier in 2017. I have laid up eleven Vortex monocoques. Each takes approximately 360 hours across five weeks. When a monocoque leaves my bay, I sign it — not on the surface, but on a small aluminium plate bonded beneath the seat rail on the passenger side.
No client has ever seen my signature without lifting the seat. That is the point. It is not for them. It is a note from me to the car, saying: I know you. I made you. I will recognise you in twenty years.
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