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Thursday, December 04, 2014

Lamborghini Sogna



No, this isn't some cobbled-together set piece from Bladerunner - what you're looking at is a reskinned Lamborghini Countach that was intended for sale to the public.

It was created in 1991 by Japanese tuner Ryoji Yamazaki, as a showpiece for that years Geneva Auto Show. He originally had plans to build a series of them, but possibly decided against it due to public reaction to the green monster. Looking somewhat like a Counch, Diablo and a frog thrown into a blender, it doesn't really have even one good angle.

It was for sale late last year for the low, low price of $3.1M USD, although I haven't seen any reports that it's sold yet. Remarkable, I know.

Mitsuoka Oronchi Evangelion Edition

I've posted this strange McLaren F1/Swamp Thing/Ford Taurus "supercar" before, but I'm posting it again.  Mainly because its production is ending, and as a final farewell they're selling the last remaining few as this Mitsuoka Oronchi Evangelion Edition. Its paint job is influenced (and named after) the Japanese anime TV show Evangelion, for some reason.  I guess maybe the demographic for buyers of supercars that look like a mutated fish also watch cartoons about a child-piloted giant cyborg that fights angels.