car Lamborghini Murcielago

The Lamborghini Murcielago Restyling is a design study of a production-feasible sportscar based on the Murcielago package. It was created by Italian design student Mauro Lecchi for the Master in Transportation Design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan.

The restyled Lamborghini Murcielago was created by Italian design student Mauro Lecchi from Milan-based Scula Politecnica di Design for the Master in Transportation Design, in collaboration with Lamborghini and supported by Filippo Perini and Wolfgang Egger.

During the Master two briefs were given: the first, named "Concept 2020", asked students to think of new market niches for Lamborghini, ranging from motorcycles, race cars and boats.

The second one was much more linked to production with different constraints on feasibility, with the goal of designing an evolution of the current models.

As Mauro Lecchi explains, "For both the themes, we had to think of lines that recalled the brand."

 

The restyled Murcielago - designed for the production-related brief - is based on the production model package.

The idea was not to distort the formal language of the company, but to use simple and realistic surfaces, in order to create a body shape instantly recognizable as a Lamborghini, even without a badge on the hood."

"The car is not a deliberately academic stylistic exercise with an end in itself, an agonizing search for futuristic forms never seen before. It is a more realistic interpretation of an object that must still be sold to the public."

The main goal was to design a different front end, while retaining some distinctive features of the Gallardo and Reventon models.

In particular, the air intakes are turned outwards while the headlights follow the same horizontal development on the entire front section.

Another characteristic feature is the negative cut on the roof near the hood, with the transparent surfaces that creates a kind of continuity with the roof itself.

The interior, even if not developed in every detail, was designed in compliance with the ergonomic standards.

There weren't many preparatory sketches: after finalizing on paper several key features the definitions of the forms and proportions were directly made by working on the 1:4 scale clay model.

"A curiosity: some friends pointed out that the front resembles a Murcielago, the Spanish word for bat."