The Lamborghini You’ve Never Heard Of Heads to Auction
A long-lost Lamborghini prototype with the heart of a Diablo and the soul of a fighter jet is heading to auction, and it may fetch as much as 3.5 million euros.
Hidden from the world for nearly three decades, one of the most radical concept cars ever to wear a raging bull badge is stepping into the spotlight. The Lamborghini Pregunta, a fighter-jet-inspired prototype that has spent years in obscurity, will cross the block at Broad Arrow’s auction on October 10, carrying an estimate of up to 3.5 million euros.
Built in 1998 as the marque’s swan song before Audi took control, the Pregunta borrowed its mechanical core from the Diablo, complete with a 5.7-liter V12 and five-speed manual gearbox. But everything else was audaciously French. Coachbuilder Heuliez penned the body and interior, drawing heavily on the Dassault Rafale fighter for inspiration. The result was a machine with removable cockpit panels, digital displays lifted from Formula 1, a then-futuristic navigation system, and cameras in place of mirrors, even recording the blind spots at the rear.
Performance was no less dramatic than its appearance. The Pregunta sprinted from zero to 100 km/h in just 3.9 seconds and topped out at 333 km/h, a figure that would still terrify many modern supercars.
After its debut, Lamborghini’s new German ownership shifted priorities, leaving the Pregunta a one-off vision of what might have been. Displayed at shows until 2008 before disappearing into private hands, it is now resurfacing to test the upper limits of collector appetite.
