Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, presents what is considered to be the last Lamborghini concept car to be built on a pure Lamborghini platform, the Pregunta. A truly unique piece of Lamborghini and performance car history, it will be offered for sale for the first time in over a decade at the Broad Arrow Zoute Concours Auction.
The ultimate expression of automotive creativity, concept cars rarely make it into production and are immortalized forever as a showcase of design and engineering. Often outlandish, futuristic and full of clues to the design of models to come, they are always unique, making them arguably among the most collectable cars of them all.
The 1998 Lamborghini Pregunta (Estimate: €2,500,000 – €3,500,000) is one such concept, a rarely seen result of the collaboration between Lamborghini and French coachbuilder Carrosserie Heuliez. Originally commissioned when Chrysler owned Lamborghini, the Pregunta debuted at the 1998 Paris Motor Show, just months after Lamborghini had been part of a Volkswagen Group buying spree that included Bentley and Bugatti. Based on the Diablo, the Pregunta is regarded by many as the last truly radical concept car to carry the famous Lamborghini name.
“The Lamborghini Pregunta is a striking piece of design that combines both the superb engineering of Lamborghini and the fighter-jet inspired design created by Heuliez,” says Joe Twyman, VP of Sales for Broad Arrow’s EMEA Region. “We are extremely honored to offer this incredibly unique piece of Lamborghini and supercar history to the collector car market and expect considerable interest in what is a genuinely fresh-to-market opportunity for collectors around the world.”
Styled by Heuliez’s head of design, Marc Deschamps, whose impressive portfolio includes the Lamborghini Jalpa, the Pregunta comes from a time when concept cars stunned onlookers and grabbed headlines. As with more recent Lamborghini models such as the Reventón of 2007 and the Egoista concept of 2013, the Pregunta was inspired by a fighter jet, the French Dassault Rafale.
It features carbon fibre bodywork by Heuliez, with vast air intakes that mimic those of the fighter jet. So too do the canopy-like scissor doors, the wraparound glass, and the same Matte Grey paint of the Rafale.
The interior is equally fighter jet-inspired, with glass screens, aviation-style seats trimmed in Azure Blue Alcantara, fibre-optic lighting, and rear-view cameras. A Formula One-derived Magneti Marelli digital instrument cluster provided essential information, and the Pregunta was fitted with an Alpine audio system.
The underpinnings of the Diablo were extensively reworked, including a switch to rear-wheel drive. The 5.7-litre V12 engine produced 537 PS and 605 Nm of torque, all of which were controlled through a five-speed manual gearbox. It could hit 100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds and go on to a top speed of 337 km/h, while its Quicksilver exhaust generated a soundtrack that reflected the car’s fighter-jet inspiration.
The Pregunta proved to be an inspiration for future models from Sant’Agata, ultimately contributing to what would become the Murciélago. Owned by Heuliez, the Pregunta continued to be displayed by Lamborghini at trade shows and promotional events around the world throughout the decade after it debuted in Paris, making its final appearance under Heuliez ownership at Retromobile in 2007. Sold to a private collector in 2008, it participated in several exhibition events and was finally issued a Lamborghini Polo Storico certificate in 2014. Lamborghini’s heritage division then inspected and serviced this unique concept in 2021 before Santa’Agata became its home, when it was placed on display in the famous Museo Lamborghini.
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