patrick_y, a self-proclaimed convert to Lamborghini, shares his fascination with the brand's concept cars, particularly the Egoista and Sesto Elemento, after a thrilling experience with the Aventador. His post highlights the upcoming auction of the one-off Lamborghini Concept S, a radical open-top roadster, and delves into the design philosophy behind these extreme automotive creations.
I used to consider myself more of a "Ferrari-Fan" rather than a "Lamborghini Lover" but after a 45-minute experience in the Lamborghini Aventador, my first experience driving a Lamborghini, I was totally smitten. You can read about my experience in the mighty Lamborghini Aventador here:
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After falling in love with Lamborghini's Aventador, for its design and driving performance, I was even more impressed with the fighter-jet concept car they unveiled for their 50th Anniversary, the Lamborghini EGOISTA! The Egoista was a car that looked like a Eurofighter jet for the ground. Not only that, it was also just an incredible work of art with such amazing little details that completed the fighter-pilot feeling, it was a bit like Madd Max meets Top Gun.
The Egoista's rear.
The Egoista cockpit.
And then the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento really pushed my buttons...
Just an amazing beautiful aesthetic design, something so beautiful yet
functional that it could have its own multi-page fold out in a dirty
magazine. It was like nature, something crafted with evolution,
Fibonacci, and inherent beauty all within one arthropod-like machine. There was life to this design, "anima" instinct, and functional beauty.
The Sesto Elemento
The Sesto Elemento's interior.
The Lamborghini Concept S is an open-top roadster version of the Lamborghini Gallardo without a traditional windscreen. Launched in 2006, it was hailed as a design achievement to the extremes. Its radical design necessitated the use of helmets and promised bug splatter for its occupants. Despite this lack of practicality, its unparalleled beauty would nevertheless justify its creation and reason to exist.
To gauge customer interest and production viability, Luc Donckerwolke, Lamborghini's then head-of-design, ordered a fully-functioning prototype to be made, but even if customer interest was high, the Global Economic Crisis of 2008 definitely killed the idea and soon the radical model was euthanized.
This one functioning model is the only one of its kind to exist. It's a chance for car collectors to own a true work of singular art. The Lamborghini Concept S will be auctioned off later this year in New York by RM Auctions | Sotheby's and is expected to fetch between $2 Million and $3 Million US Dollars. Whoever gets it, will be able to say they own a one-off, and an early example of a long line of exceptional, distinguished, and unusual concept cars from Lamborghini that include the Egoista (my personal favorite) and the Sesto Elemento.
Haven't driven a Lamborghini yet? Go and experience one, and become a Lamborghini Lover! I'm a convert approaching two years.
Notice the car appears entirely to be one long rectangular. There is no greenhouse, nor pillars, nor roof.
Cars are art. Picture credit: RM Auctions | Sotheby's
