Motormind opens its new Bengaluru design studio, says the production Hyperion-1 lands by the end of 2026

Motormind, the Bengaluru customisation and design outfit, has unveiled a new facility and used the occasion to put a date on the car it has been promising for a decade. In a report published on 26 October 2026, evo India said the production version of the Motormind Hyperion-1 is scheduled to launch by the end of 2026.

The new building houses a design studio and a showroom. Motormind describes it as more than a shop floor, a place where it will display its design work, hand over finished customer cars and host enthusiasts. Flywheel reported that the space took close to five years to complete and that it brings design, engineering and fabrication under one roof.

The Aventador One, and what the kit actually is

The headline build at the unveiling was the Aventador One, a bespoke styling project on a Lamborghini Aventador with a custom carbon-fibre body kit designed and engineered in-house under design chief Shahid Haq, according to Flywheel. Boopesh Reddy of Bren Corporation was the chief guest and pulled the cover off the car.

This matters more than another wrap-and-wheels job. Very few Indian shops engineer their own composite panels for a car of that value, and almost none do it for a mid-engined Italian supercar where panel fit, airflow and cooling openings all have to work. Neither report lists a price for the kit or says whether Motormind will sell it as a repeatable product, so treat it as a one-off customer commission until the company says otherwise.

Hyperion-1: ten years from Auto Expo to a showroom floor

The Hyperion-1 first appeared as a prototype at the 2016 Delhi Auto Expo. Motoroids, which saw the car there, described an open-wheeled sports car with scissor doors, a rear-mounted Hyundai V6 petrol engine and rear-wheel drive, with a carbon-fibre centre console and a 3D-printed flat-bottomed steering wheel inside. It was a one-off at the time with no production plan.

What has changed is the commitment to a date. What has not changed, at least publicly, is the detail. The evo India report does not give power figures, kerb weight, a price or a production number for the road-going car. Until Motormind publishes those, and more importantly until it shows a type approval route, the end of 2026 target is a statement of intent rather than a booking window.

The Indian legal bit you cannot skip

For a customer putting a body kit on a registered car, the rule has not moved. In Regional Transport Officer and Others v. K. Jayachandra and Another, decided in 2019, the Supreme Court held that alterations which depart from the manufacturer's specification and the prototype test certificate are not permissible, and that state rules cannot override the central Act. Fitting accessories is one thing. Changing the structure, the body shape or the particulars recorded in the registration certificate is another, and it needs the RTO's approval or it is simply illegal, however good the carbon work is.

A low-volume car built by an Indian shop faces the harder version of the same problem. It has to be homologated and registered as a vehicle in its own right, which is where India's previous attempts at a home-grown sports car have usually come unstuck. Motormind now has the building. The paperwork is the next test.

Sources

• Motormind to launch Hyperion-1 by year-end 2026, evo India, 26 October 2026
• Motormind Hyperion-1 Launch Set for Year-End 2026, Flywheel
• Auto Expo 2016: Made in India Hyperion-1 by Motormind Designs, Motoroids
• Supreme Court Upholds Strict Compliance with Section 52 for Motor Vehicle Alterations, Casemine