Lamborghini
Perdigón Concept
Designing
a Lamborghini concept that’s worthy of carrying the Lamborghini badge is a
difficult task – sometimes even for Lamborghini. So for an independent designer
working outside the brand to come up with something which out crazies the
craziest car company of them all is rare. Step in Ondrej Jirec, a final year
Transport Design student at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena,
California. His Lamborghini Perdigón (Pellet in Spanish) [EDIT: The Perdigón is
actually named after a famous fighting bull]
is a hyper car concept designed to compete with the top echelons of the
motoring world like the Bugatti Veyron.
The
Perdigón concept takes Lamborghini’s stealth jet inspired design language and
turns the dial up to 11. The whole
concept features sharp angles and polygonal surfaces reminiscent of aircraft
like the F117 Nighthawk and F22 Raptor. Unusual design elements of the Perdigón
include the large air intake mounted just below the windscreen. This features a
fan-like design on the inside which gives it the appearance of a jet engine.
It’s one of the defining features of the design, and personally I love the
menacing, mechanical cyclops look it gives the car.
On
the inside the Lamborghini Perdigón concept features a sharply styled and
futuristic cabin which perfectly compliments the exterior. The high-tech
multi-function steering wheel houses a digital display showing the gear
selection, and there’s a couple of buttons and switches thrown in for good
measure. Ahead of this is a small
instrument cluster with the gauges deeply inset into their housings. The high
center console not only allows air to be funneled from the front air intake to
the mid-mounted engine, it also houses what looks like i-Drive inspired control
knobs and leads up to a central infotainment screen mounted towards the front
of the dashboard. The expansive glass canopy of the concept, which was modeled
after fighter jet canopies, is bisected by a thin bar which runs the length of
the roof and windscreen.
