Unique Lamborghini Zagato Raptor up for auction at Pebble Beach
Click to view a gallery of the Lamborghini Zagato Raptor
If you thought the Lamborghini Reventon was as exclusive as Bolognese supercars get, feast your eyes on the Zagato Raptor. The one-off concept car unveiled at the 1996 Geneva show took on the insurmountable task of supplanting the Diablo (on which it's based) on the bedroom walls of enthusiastic children worldwide.
The concept car borrowed its mechanics from the Diablo VT, but while it retained the Lambo's 492-hp V12, in a gesture to insanity it did away with the traction control and ABS. The design, which Zagato appears to have echoed with the Spyker C12 concept, features the carrozzeria's signature double-bubble roof that tilts up with the doors not unlike the canopy on Pininfarina's Maserati Birdcage or Giugiaro's Quaranta concepts. The Raptor was developed in conjunction with Swiss sledding champion Alain Wicki (yes, he has his own Wikipedia entry), and while public reception was hot, the car was never put into production. All that remains is this one original show car, which is now going up for auction at Pebble Beach by the auctioneers at the Blackhawk Collection.
Check out the images in the gallery below. Thanks for the tip, Jonathon!
Gallery: Lamborghini Zagato Raptor
[Source: Blackhawk Collection]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Galley 9:08AM (8/12/2008)
I'd buy that for a dollar!
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Menice 9:11AM (8/12/2008)
thats awesome.... wish i had a million or so to blow.
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Red 9:27AM (8/12/2008)
If you hadn't told me it was a Lamborghini underneath, I might've liked it...
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JZeke 9:39AM (8/12/2008)
That looks like it would be a wild ride, mostly due to the havoc that large monocoque must've wreaked on the stiffness of the chassis. It'd be like riding on a V-12 powered skateboard.
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BowserUSC 9:44AM (8/12/2008)
I think that's the nicest Lamborghini I've ever seen.
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Js 9:53AM (8/12/2008)
Although its certainly not the prettiest Lambo. It is a unique opportunity to own a very rare and special car. "1 of 1" is probably what will draw the most collectors to this particular auction.
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Mobius_1 10:00AM (8/12/2008)
I'd put a poster of that on my wall
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Jebbry 10:06AM (8/12/2008)
90's Spyker?
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Vintage 10:13AM (8/12/2008)
Strangely, it looks a LOT like a Ferrari FXX predecessor. Weird.
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Johnnie 10:44AM (8/12/2008)
I think that's the ugliest car i've ever seen.
I'm talking worse than the Pontiac Aztek.
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LMBVette 11:33AM (8/12/2008)
Without reading the story and only seeing the picture I thought...."Oh man...that is sooo 90's"....and it turns out that it was! LOL
Not a bad looking car.
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Torrent 1:14PM (8/12/2008)
It's definitely not good looking. All I'm saying.
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RLQ 6:30PM (8/12/2008)
Interesting.
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