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Lamborghini Marzal - Bertone's innovative design for a four-seater sports car

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Created on May 16, 2011

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Bruno von Rotz

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Tom Wood (RM Auctions)

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Seitenansicht auf geöffnete Elemente

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - Flügeltüren und Bienenwagenheck

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Lamborghini Marzal (1968) - mit offenen durchgehenden Flügeltüren

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - grosse Glasflächen beim viersitzigen Coupé

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Seitliche Frontansicht

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Seitenansicht

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Seitliche Heckansicht

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - flache Front mit Flügeltüren

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Heckansicht

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Detail Seitenansicht

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - Interieur des an der Autoaustellung gezeigten Marzals

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Armaturen

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - Interieur - das Bienenwabenthema wiederholt sich im Inneren

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Innenraum

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - Interieur bei geöffneten Flügeltüren

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Heckansicht von oben

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Heckleuchte

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Schriftzug

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - neuer 2-Liter-Motor für den Marzal

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - 2-Liter-Motor für den Marzal

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Lamborghini Marzal 1967 - Schriftzug auf Motorblock

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - Holzmodell

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Lamborghini Marzal (1968) - Designskizze des neuen Coupés

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Lamborghini Marzal (1968) - Präsentation an der IAA in Frankfurt

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - atemberaubender Bertone-Prototyp, gezeichnet von Marcello Gandini

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Lamborghini Marzal 2000 Bertone (1967) - aufsehenerregende Salon-Attraktion mit Vollverglasung und Flügeltüren - Genfer Autosalon 1967

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Lamborghini Marzal 2000 Bertone (1967) - die Flügeltüren geben guten Zugang zum Innere, die Verglasung ist mehr als grosszügig - Genfer Autosalon 1967

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Lamborghini Marzal 2000 Bertone (1967) - Wagenmotiv für Instrumente und Verzierungen - Genfer Autosalon 1967

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Lamborghini Marzal 2000 Bertone (1967) - mit vier Schalensitzen mit stark geneigter Rücklehne - Genfer Autosalon 1967

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - in der Sonderausstellung der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2013

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Lamborghini Marzal (1967) - in der Sonderausstellung der Schloss Bensberg Classics 2013

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Summary

At the 1967 Geneva Motor Show, the Lamborghini Marzal (P200), a collaboration between Lamborghini and Bertone, was a sensation. Rarely had so many new ideas and components found their way into a vehicle. The Marzal remained a one-off, as did its in-line six-cylinder 2-liter engine, but some of the design ideas found their way into the Espada.

This article contains the following chapters

Breathtaking design by Marcello Gandini
New two-liter inline six-cylinder engine
The Miura as an organ donor
Drivable, but also usable?
Predecessor of the Lamborghini Espada
Unique and for sale
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At the 1967 Geneva Motor Show, the Lamborghini Marzal (P200), a collaboration between Lamborghini and Bertone, was a sensation. Rarely had so many new ideas and components found their way into a vehicle. The Lamborghini Marzal looked like no vehicle before it. Large glass surfaces on the side (and top/front, 4.5 square meters in total), long gullwing doors, honeycomb cladding at the rear and a super-flat front end characterized the futuristic overall appearance. Inside, there were four delicate individual seats and a dashboard that repeated the honeycomb pattern. Ferruccio Lamborghini is said to have been unenthusiastic about the long gullwing doors with windows at the top and bottom, as this would have meant that a lady's legs were constantly in view for everyone. The doors, which weighed around 33 kg due to the large amount of safety glass, also had other disadvantages, as they had to be prevented from closing by an elaborate door mechanism with spiral springs and steel cables. Etienne Cornil wrote in AR 14/1967 that the mechanism was reminiscent of the ideas of Leonardo da Vinci.

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