The Forgotten Lamborghini Concept That Looks Like A Spaceship Made Of Glass – SlashGear

In 1967, right before the Formula 1 Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Lamborghini debuted the Marzal. Driven by the Prince of Monaco, the Marzal acted as the pace car for the race. After opening a few more races the following couple of seasons, the Marzal concept was put into storage for several decades. The Marzal’s appearance took everyone by surprise (via Lamborghini).

For starters, the Marzal looks like a rolling greenhouse with glass and windows over nearly every surface possible. Designed by the artisans and/or maniacs at Bertone, the Marzal looks like a car cut from “Blade Runner” for being too outlandish and insane. According to Lamborghini, the Marzal concept features the most glass surface area ever put on a car at 4.5 square meters, or about 48 square feet. That means, it has essentially an entire phone booth’s worth of glass.

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According to RM Sotheby’s, the Marzal was based on a Lamborghini Miura chassis that must have lost a fight with a chainsaw. Powering the Marzal was a one-of-a-kind 2-liter inline-six. That small powerplant was sourced from exactly half of a Miura engine, continuing the theme of cutting up a perfectly good Miura.