Lamborghini Marzal
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Concept car
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presented by Lamborghini
Lamborghini
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at the 1967 Geneva Motor Show.
Designed by Marcello Gandini
Marcello Gandini
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of Bertone, it was created to supply Ferruccio Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini
Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini was an Italian industrialist. Born to grape farmers from the comune of Renazzo di Cento in the Emilia-Romagna region, his mechanical know-how led him to enter the business of tractor manufacturing in 1948, when he founded Lamborghini Trattori, which quickly became...
with a true four-seater car for his lineup which already included the 400GT
Lamborghini 400GT
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2+2 and the Miura
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. It was distinguished by amply glazed gullwing-doors and an equally amply louvered rear window. Propulsion was by a 2L 175 bhp in-line six engine, actually a split-in-half version of Lamborghini
Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...
's 4L V12, mated to a five speed transmission.
The Marzal remained a one-off, though the general shape and many of the ideas would go on to be used in the Espada
Lamborghini Espada
The Lamborghini Espada is a grand tourer which was built by Italian car manufacturer Lamborghini between 1968 and 1978.Based on the Marzal show car, displayed at the 1967 Geneva Auto Show, and the Bertone Pirana, a radically rebodied Jaguar E-type, it was to fill the spot of a true four seat car in...
. The Marzal design probably found wider recognition as a die-cast model, with both Dinky and Matchbox making scale models, albeit in other colours such as orange livery, although the original show car was painted in silver. This car was publicly driven only once by Princess Grace and her husband as the Monaco Grand-Prix pace car the same year it was designed.
The Marzal made a second public appearance at the 1996 Concours Italiano in Monterey, California
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in honor of Carrozzeria Bertone. The Athon was also exhibited at this time.
The Marzal was located for long time in the Bertone Design Study Museum, and it was sold in auction at Villa d'Este (Italy) on , for the highest bidder of 1.350.000 Euros, approximately 2 million dollars.