These are the 13 wildest Lamborghini concept cars

Lambo is the undisputed king of concepts. Here are the 13 most outrageous..

The history of Lamborghini isn’t worth repeating here, because as members of the Fraternity of Internet Enthusiasts, you’ll know it verbatim. Ferrucio Lamborghini wants to outdo Enzo Ferrari, starts his own company, bedlam ensues.

An interesting angle however, arises near the very start. In 1967, and with a flood of orders for the new Miura swelling Lamborghini’s fledgling coffers, company founder Ferrucio enlisted the help of Nuccio Bertone and Marcello Gandini to come up with something extravagant.

It was called the ‘Marzal’, featured a transversely mounted six-pot engine, and some wheels. But it also featured gullwing doors with a significant amount of glassware. In short, it was excellent. So excellent, that Prince Rainier of Monaco – with Princess Grace by his side – would open the year’s Monte Carlo GP with it.

Lamborghini has of course, gone on to become the master of ceremonies when it comes to concept cars, and seeing as we’ve just driven its latest - the Centenario - it’s a fine time to revisit Lambo’s most outlandish moments.

So, strap yourself down and enter the wild world of a Lamborghini designer’s mind. It’s a scary place…

Pregunta

1998, and months before Lamborghini’s ascent from the darkness and uncertainty of multiple ownership, comes this: the Lamborghini Pregunta. The denizens of the Paris Motor Show didn’t know what hit them.

But we do. It was a modified Lamborghini Diablo, running rear-wheel-drive in place of the Diablo’s four-wheel-drive system, with 530bhp from that sledgehammer V12. It could hit a standing kilometre in under 20 seconds and a top speed of 207mph.

It could also hit you in the face if you weren’t careful. It uses two ‘half-roofs’ made from transparent polycarbonate, features a combat-jet derived cockpit and uses the same paint as a Dassault Rafale jet fighter.

Sogna

Mercedes-Benz used the occasion of the 1991 Geneva Motor Show to debut the W140 S-Class. And on the other end of the scale came a debut from a little Japanese tuner, who gave us the ‘Sogna’. We’ll give you a moment to look at the picture above.

Based on a Countach, Japanese designer Ryoji Yamazaki wheeled out a 5.2-litre, V12-engined dream machine; literally, ‘Sogna’ is Italian for dream, and came about after Ryoji-san had a supercar dream.

It was hand-built from aluminium, painted green and came with that 455bhp Countach engine, which was good for a reported 186mph top speed.