Egoista (Italy, 2013)

Lamborghini unveiled the Egoista to celebrate its 50th anniversary at its headquarters in Sant’Agata Bolognese.

Walter De Silva, head of design at Volkswagen Group, led the team that created the sharply angled design, and Lamborghini Chairman Stephen Winkelmann drove the car on stage.

Lamborghini wanted to combine two aspects of the design for the Egoista – architecture and materials. The design itself combines elements from Lamborghinis like the Reventon and Sesto Elemento, plus elements from open-wheel racecars and fighter jets. The lights are inspired by a jet with white lights at the front, red lights in the rear and a blinking red light on top. Most of the angles of the car point toward the center, which make it look narrower than it actually is.

The shape is meant to evoke the posture of a bull lowering its head to charge. To do this, the car also uses design elements from a trimaran boat. There are three pointed sections: passenger section and around each wheel. Between them, the body points back into the center. At the rear, there are two rear flaps and air intakes that move independently to increase downforce and feed air to the engine.

The Egoista seats a single driver in the center of the vehicle. Power comes from a 5.2-liter V10 pumping out 600hp. The car combines the power of its engine with a cockpit that is inspired by a tailored suit. The seat is covered in leather and surrounds the driver in carbon fiber and aluminum, and there is a central instrument panel that is inspired by an Apache helicopter.