HYDE | ARCHIPELAGO
An original automotive expression by Sylvian Hyde. Conceived at the intersection of automotive design, architecture and couture, HYDE ARCHIPELAGO is a distinctive electric performance vehicle currently in development. Envisioned as an exceptionally rare collector’s automobile, the programme will be limited to just 144 individually considered commissions per edition, with bespoke finishes and personalisation at the heart of its identity. Unveiled in September 2026, ARCHIPELAGO represents a new chapter in the HYDE design house’s creative vision. Not simply built to be driven, but created to be collected.
1638 – 2026
Long before modern fashion capitals defined luxury, networks of trade, landholding, and cultural continuity were shaping the Atlantic world. From 1638 onward, the Hyde name became part of the commercial and civic architecture of British Honduras. Merchants such as James and George Hyde helped build systems that influenced Belizean economic and Creole heritage for generations.
Belize itself belongs to an even older continuum. Sites like Lamanai, one of the longest continuously occupied Maya cities in the region, stand as reminders that permanence, artistry, and authority existed in the Americas long before European recognition. HYDE stands at the intersection of these histories.
Not as nostalgia, but as stewardship.