Ai Design can’t be described by just one aspect of what they do. Their palate is quite broad. They are not just audio, restoration, fabrication, or custom vehicles; there are a wide variety of options when you arrive at Ai. What they do is deliver very specific work from unique requests.

Matt Figliola is trying to sort the electronics on an Aston Martin Lagonda. This is no small challenge. The Lagonda, an outrageous four-door wedge of hubristically ambitious Seventies futurism, was the first car with a purely digital dashboard, a technological overreach that nearly bankrupted the company.

The joy of owning an original Shelby Cobra may be in tearing down a B-road in it, but tearing up its dashboard to install a modern sound system? Big nope. Using a rare $2 million car as intended is one thing, but even a modest modification could diminish its value to the tune of a split-level ranch in Hackensack.

What would you do with your dream classic if money were no object? Plenty of people would let well enough alone and keep it original, but let’s say you want to enjoy good music and more comfortable seats while you drive...

Ferrari’s F430 Scuderia was about 60 years in the making. Larry Fehrenbaker started tearing his apart in a matter of weeks.

Actually, he hired Ai Design to do it. A custom car shop near Manhattan, Ai installed a roll cage, a fire extinguishing system, a new suspension and a custom-built nose...

Matt Figliola’s enthusiasm for engineering and creating dates to childhood, when even at the tender age of eight he could often be found down in his parents’ basement fixing and futzing with radios and speakers.

After a botched makeover by a previous owner, Joe Courtney’s 1969 Camaro pace car was given a modern lease on life at Ai Design

A nondescript industrial area of Tuckahoe which features a tile company, a tool manufacturer, self-storage and a brewery is home to a business, which attracts clientele seemingly more suited to Park Avenue, Wall Street, Hollywood and The Hamptons. In fact, unless you know in advance what to expect, you’d probably be astonished when you stepped inside the one-story building housing Matt Figliola’s Ai Design.

You’ll find him by entering a nondescript door on an industrial side street in Tuckahoe. Inside is a hidden secret – an immaculate 10,000-square-foot facility where Figliola and his team of nine master craftsmen outfit luxury and sports cars with the latest and greatest in audio and video entertainment; plush upholstery; trim, cutting-edge security systems; and high-end performance tuning…

OK, so here’s the deal. You find an original, real-deal 1969 Camaro pace car but most of the original parts are gone and it’s been heavily modified. You’ve also been having sweaty dreams about owning a Pro Touring ride. What to do?