A dentist loved his old BAT 9 from his youth and after his wife died he decided to build his own with some tweaks. After seeing the design Bertone decided to let him build it.
After winning concept of the year at the Geneva Auto Show, he now has his own booth at NAIAS.
Story:
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/smallbusiness/bat11_auto_show.smb/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
His site and other links:
http://www.batdream.com/