Pride
Every car carries the signature of the hands that made it.
Emotion
Project A28, the first hand-built Khumalo hypercar. Built in Cape Town.
We don't build cars. We build beauty, together.The Khumalo ethos
01 · The look
It begins with a glance
The headlights are shaped after the human eye: almond, calm, a little mysterious.
02 · The line
Carved, not stamped
One surface flows into the next like fabric in motion, shaped by wind and time.
03 · The whole
Project A28
A sculpture first and a machine second, and the two are inseparable.
The first car · codename
Project A28
Our first hypercar is a sculpture before it is a machine. Its form follows the human silhouette: fluid curves, soft transitions, balanced proportion. It is not aggressive and it does not shout. It moves with quiet power.
Inside, analogue controls are tactile and mechanical. Every visible part shows the hand of the maker, from engraving and stitching to the lay of the carbon.
A28 is the working codename. The car's name will be revealed at its unveiling.
Project A28
Build plate · Nº 001
- Engine
- Naturally aspirated
- Gearbox
- Gated manual
- Structure
- Carbon-fibre monocoque
- Controls
- Analogue, mechanical
- Aerodynamics
- Hidden channels, no visible wing
- Production
- 12 a year, fewer than 100 in total
Performance figures at unveiling
Tap the points to explore the detailsStudy · side profile
Presence
Low, poised, assured
The car sits as if it settled naturally onto its wheels. It is low without aggression and confident without excess, holding a quiet tension between softness and power.
Gold traces the bonnet and the window line like jewellery on a body. Nothing is loud.
Gallery
In the studio
The sketchbook
Drawn by hand first
Every Khumalo starts as pencil on paper. These are pages from the development of Project A28, from the first profile lines to the cockpit and chassis layout.
Who we are
How will it become when we do it?
Khumalo is a hypercar, beauty and craftsmanship company. We build original, South African-styled cars with a pure African artistic feel, and we push past what a conventional car can be.
We favour the old-school engine build over the modern electric one. We take on difficult challenges, because our mission is to shift the market and bring back the old feeling of exclusivity and comfort.
Africanism
African creativity and heritage in every surface, stitch and detail.
Warmth
Natural leather and wood, and a welcome that feels like family.
Beauty
A car should be beautiful and functional, and worthy of existing as art.
Resilience
Built to last for decades, by people who don't give up.
Founder & CEO
Kwazi Khumalo
Kwazi founded Khumalo to build cars the way the great independent makers do. He is a long-time admirer of Horacio Pagani and shares his belief that a car should be both beautiful and functional, whatever it takes.
For Kwazi, a car is not designed around how many will sell. It is a work of art that deserves to exist for its own sake.
Colour & material
The art of natural perfection
Colour is part of the story. Each exterior is paired with an interior leather and an accent metal. Nothing loud, nothing screaming.
Satin White & Gold
Interior tan or green
Metal gold, bronze
Verde Mara
Interior ivory or brown
Metal titanium
Grigio Londra
Interior saddle brown
Metal rose gold
Azzurro Sardegna
Interior white or cognac
Metal silver
Rose Gold
Interior dark green
Metal gold · special editions
Brown carbon fibre
Blue-tinted carbon
Matte forged carbon
Natural leather
Real wood veneer
Brushed titanium
Enamelled Khumalo crest
The atelier
What we make, and who we make it with
We build the parts that give the car its character by hand, in-house. For components where specialists have spent decades perfecting their craft, we partner with them.
Made by Khumalo
- Carbon monocoque and chassisR&D workshop
- Bodywork and aerodynamicsDesign team
- Interior and trimCraftsmanship team
- Pedal box and gear linkageEngineering
- Badging and crestAtelier
- Intake and exhaust sound tuningEngineering
- Final assembly and testingAtelier
From specialist partners
- EngineNaturally aspirated
- TransmissionManual
- Suspension and dampersFully adjustable
- BrakesCarbon-ceramic
- Steering rackCustom geometry
- ECUs and wiringMotorsport grade
- Tyres and exhaust materialsTrack proven
01ComponentsSpecialist parts arrive from Europe, the UK and Japan.
02The atelierChassis, body and interior are built by hand in the Western Cape.
03TestingRoad and dyno tests, inspection and validation.
04DeliveryHanded over locally or exported to the owner.
Restoration
Care for the car you already love
We restore and enhance clients' existing cars with the same craftsmanship that goes into our own. To enquire, email us with your car and what you have in mind.
Restore and enhance
Bodywork, interiors and mechanical work, finished by hand to the standard of a Khumalo.
Planned
A restaurant and café in our building, so you can relax while we work on your car.
Khumalo eSports
The team
The next champions start on a sim
Khumalo eSports aims to breed the next motorsport world champions through sim racing, and to give the less fortunate a way into the expensive world of motorsport.
Talent firstDrivers are picked on lap times, not on budget.
Sim to circuitA path from the simulator to real-world racing.
Open accessMotorsport opened up to drivers who could never afford a seat.
The garage
One team, every discipline
Commission
Begin a conversation
Fewer than one hundred of our first car will be built. Register your interest and we will be in touch before the unveiling.
- Register interestTell us a little about yourself.
- Private briefingMeet the team and talk through the car.
- ConfigurationColour, materials, cabin, and your car's name.
- Build and handoverUpdates through the build, then delivery.
Received
Thank you. Enquiries will be delivered once the form is connected. For now, please email khumaloautomobiles@outlook.com.