Posted on Monday 8 October 2007
For those who feel Lamborghini’s styling has been severely softened by the impact of parent company Audi, the Lamborghini Embolado concept shows a possible design direction that’s anything but soft. The only problem is it’s not official.
Created by Italian design student Luca Serafini, the idea of the Embolado came from the Spanish festival Toro Embolado, meaning ‘bull in balls’, an event where balls of flammable material are attached to the horns of a bull and lit on fire. The bull is then set free in the streets at night. “The choice of the name was the first step towards the creation of this concept,” says Serafini. He’s even created a Superleggera version of the car with similar styling cues to the recently released Gallardo Superleggera.
Designing the Embolado stemmed from Serafini’s dream to work at Lamborghini, however he is no stranger to designing Italian supercars, having previously conceptualized a Ferrari Dino. In fact, Serafini is a native of Modena so inspiration for automotive exotica would have come at an early age. The cab forward design approach is also fairly unique to the supercar world, making the Embolado even more of a head-turner than usual.
His latest creation is based on the dimensions of the Gallardo, but seems much more true to Lamborghinis of old where the cars would instill fear both standing still and in motion. We could envisage a new entry-level Lambo looking exactly like this, making a perfect rival for the rumored Dino model from Ferrari. If someone from Lamborghini is reading this please pass it on to the proper authorities.
Via our friends at Car Body Design. You can check out Luca’s portfolio here.
this is one hott car. Hopefully they’ll take this guys model and make good use out of it.
They need to be able to keep their designs fresh. This would do it for them. Much more aggressive than previous designs but still in the same family as the current style.
Reminds me of Lamborghini’s Countach from years ago.
It looks like shit.. Designed by a student usually equals to not production. Sorry but I hate it.
Surely you jest! That thing looks like that car from that shitty movie Minority Report. It’s like the bastard child of that futuristic Lexus and a modern day Cadillac. A Lamborgini tractor is more pleasing to the eye…
It needs refining, but it’s pure Lamborghini…
I’m half-half on this one. Looks kind of weird but it’s undeniably aggressive looking. Refine it a bit and it could become a seriously cool car.
aggressive? i think the new civic looks more aggressive than this thing. this student’s taken the gallardo and messed with the proportions until it looks bubbly. the original is much more aggressive.. lower, streamlined, needless overhangs..
i realize that the cabin’s been pushed up for weight distribution, but let ferrari make an ugly car that goes fast. lambo has always been about looking the part, and losing in the corners. sink that cabin lower and further back. its the only way to be.
this car is effectively completely backwards to the way i think the perfect car should be: big engine mounted front-mid, and a driver and a passenger sitting on the back axel. this is completely backwards.
I can’t deny it’s daring… I bet it wouldn’t get one single ponit in EuroNCAP’s pedestrian test.
“Bola” means “ball” in Sapnish, and many of its derivatives are derogatory and/or profane. In this case, “embolado” is a strong Uruguayan Spanish word for “bored”.
Pretty good. Lambo should hire this guy.