In the Eighties Italy produced a lot of memorable and evocative machines, like the outrageous Lamborghini Countach, the pretty Ferrari 328, and the six-time world rally champion Delta Integrale to name just a few. They also umm... made the Aztec too.
To be fair though it wasn't intended to be an actual production car, just a concept on which to test out a few ideas. But the story goes that a Japanese firm liked it so much that they ordered a run of 255, although the final figure built was a lot less than that. For the mechanical parts the designer took inspiration from rallying, with an Audi Quattro engine and an Integrale four-wheel-drive system. The seating arrangement, however, seems to have been inspired by the Batmobile.
This one was spotted on eBay
and needs a bit of work... make that a lot of work. As if it wasn't going to be hard enough to nail back together an Eighties Italian concept car which is currently in many exotic pieces, the vendor has decided to upgrade from the original turbo'd five-pot to a 4.2 litre Audi V8 - which still needs to be finally installed and connected.
Slightly better news is that if you're either brave or possessed by masochism and fancy taking the project on, then you'll be able to acquire an Italian concept car which you can drive on the road and which comes with a fair old pile of spares for under fifteen grand.
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