The Lamborghini Egoista made its debut in Sant’Agata Bolognese on 11 May 2013, at the gala that closed the celebrations of the brand’s 50th anniversary. The car is the homage of Walter De Silva, head of design for the Volkswagen Group, to the House of the Raging Bull.
I am very attached to this Italian brand, being an Italian myself. I wanted to pay homage to and think up a vehicle to underline the fact that Lamborghinis have always been made with passion, and with the heart more than the head.
Walter De Silva
De Silva described it as a car for one person only, built for people who want the most extreme and special things in the world. “It represents hedonism taken to the extreme, it is a car without compromises, in a word: egoista (selfish).”
Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann drove the Egoista onto a stage turned into a landing strip, in front of a thousand guests, before inviting De Silva to join him.
Concept and technology
The Egoista uses a 5.2-litre V10 engine producing 600 horsepower. It was created by the Volkswagen Group design team, with Alessandro Dambrosio responsible for the exterior and Stefan Sielaff for the interior.
The cockpit is a removable section, built entirely from carbon fibre and aluminium, that forms a single technical and aerodynamic unit with the rest of the car. In Lamborghini tradition, the inspiration comes from aviation, in this case the Apache helicopter, whose cockpit can be ejected in an emergency.
Design
The bodywork is defined by a highly muscular structure. On its sides is a stylised profile of a bull about to charge, horns lowered, a reworking of the Lamborghini raging bull. Seen from above, the car has a trimaran profile, with the central hull forming one section with the cockpit.