Lamborghini Egoista, all the details and photos of the V10 single-seater

As we reported this Sunday morning, Lamborghini has unveiled the Egoista, an Italian supercar commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Ferruccio’s brand. The model in question was the final act of an event that allowed more than 350 of the marque’s models to tour Italy’s most emblematic cities.

Under the direction of Walter De Silva, the design team at Lamborghini has built a One-Off which, as its name suggests, puts the selfishness of its driver ahead of the possibility of sharing the driving experience with a passenger. We are talking about a single-seater supercar with strong influences from the shapes of the Apache combat helicopter, shapes that have harshly questioned the work carried out over recent months by Lamborghini.

Based on the Lamborghini Gallardo, the Egoista differs from the rest of the brand’s models not only in its single-seater layout, but also in its use of a retractable canopy that replaces the traditional doors of a vehicle. This last modification compared with the Gallardo strongly recalls the Spanish supercar, the Tramontana R.

The exterior lines, moulded in carbon fibre, not only boast a very muscular design. The front, with its three edges, recalls the shapes of a trimaran. At the rear of the vehicle, the Egoista stands out for the mix of colours between red, orange and black, as well as for the huge engine vents and the two spoilers that improve aerodynamic downforce at high speed. The light alloy wheels also stand out with an orange colour against the exterior grey.

The ride height of the car has been greatly reduced, just as in a racing single-seater, with the aim of increasing the speed at which air flows beneath the floor, enhancing the ground effect and reducing aerodynamic drag.

Inside, the Egoista again stands out from the other cars known so far. The racing seat is embedded in the supercar’s chassis, where the four-point harness is anchored. The instrument cluster and steering wheel are completely futuristic, so much so that the latter must be removed in order to get out of the peculiar Lamborghini. It also features a Head-up Display screen.

The vehicle’s lighting is another matter entirely. The Lamborghini Egoista has no conventional headlights; instead it uses Full-LED headlights, something more or less common nowadays. So far so good. It has two white front lights, two red rear lights, a red indicator light at the top of the tail, two orange lights located on the sides, and two lights on the roof, red to indicate that we are moving to the left and green if we move to the right.

It is under all that peculiar design and display of technology where the Lamborghini Egoista does not stand out from its family. As with the Gallardo, from which it takes both its structural and mechanical base, the 50th Anniversary supercar of the Italian marque uses a petrol V10 engine with a total displacement of 5.2 litres, capable of delivering to all four wheels without any forced induction 600 CV of power.

Lamborghini has not yet disclosed the model’s performance figures, nor even what modifications were made to the engine to reach those power values.

Source | Lamborghini