Car collector commissions one-off Gallardo reimagined by Zagato

Nearly five decades after the first Zagato-bodied Lamborghini, the 3500 GTZ, Albert Spiess - one of the most significant Lamborghini collectors in the world - has provided the Italian atelier an opportunity to refashion Lamborghini's best-selling model to create a modern collectible car.

The result is the Lamborghini 5-95. He commissioned the Milanese Atelier a modern collectible car on the occasion of the celebration of 95 years of Zagato (1919 - 2014).

Zagato maintained the Gallardo LP570-4's technical constraints but has reinterpreted them according to its philosophy oriented towards functionalism and rationalism.

Two 'strong' themes define the design in its whole - the volume of the front fender that bites the bonnet, and the rear end starting from the centre of the car that gives it a thrust.

At the front, a floating spoiler takes inspiration from the Lamborghini Raptor Zagato, coming to a firewall in carbon fibre that conceals the front air intakes. Continuous glass surfaces surround the pillar less body and as in aeronautical cockpits, reduce noise and improve aerodynamics.

Zagato designers and engineers aimed to press the rear towards the engine and to increase the proportion of the front. The volumes intersect each other and suggest a jump, as if the central part of the front is ahead of the fender.

To highlight these proportions, some solutions were introduced including a new wind deflector at the base of the windscreen in order to increase the perceived length of the bonnet. In the same way, the rear volume has been slightly reduced introducing a truncated tail to emphasise the perception of the leap.