Luigi Colani's 300 km/h Miura slipper recovered in Canada

TEXTJune 19, 2015 · 3 min

Bruno von Rotz, automatically translated

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Colani mid-engine sports car prototype (1971) - what it looks like in 2015

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Colani mid-engine sports car prototype (1971) - on a picture of the time

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Colani mid-engine prototype (1971) - shown at the plastics exhibition K71 - Düsseldorf, with the mechanics of the Lamborghini Miura, 300 km/h fast

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A Luigi Colani prototype that caused a stir at the K71 plastics fair in 1971 has turned up at a house auction in Canada (see our blog from 2013)

Colani mid-engine prototype (1971) - shown at the plastics exhibition K71 - Düsseldorf, with the mechanics of the Lamborghini Miura, 300 km/h fast

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The speeding slipper was a mid-engined sports car with an attached passenger compartment in typical Colani style. At the time, the vehicle was said to be capable of 300 km/h and more - one wonders whether anyone would have wanted to expose their legs like that at that speed.

Colani mid-engine sports car prototype (1971) - on a picture of the time

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The Lamborghini Miura V12 engine was intended as the drive technology at the time, but it is more than uncertain whether the prototype ever actually drove a meter and whether an engine was installed in the vehicle.

In any case, the study caused quite a stir at the time. It is not clear how it ended up in Canada. Obviously it was not treated with much care, because today the prototype looks rather weathered.