New Lamborghini Cnossus Concept

[Mr. Bean]

Article is courtesy of

http://www.lambocars.com

 

 

Ever since the rumor started going around on the internet that the current Lamborghini flagship was getting ready to be replaced by a new model numerous concepts have been popping up from all around the world, some very interesting, others totally unpractical ... however this latest one, called the Lamborghini Cnossus does look very intimidating.

 

This amazing looking model has been designed by Victor Filipchenko (Filip) in collaboration with the talented Simoyshem Nelson from Portugal ... this concept landed Filip a 50% percent discount on a one-year Masters Course in automotive design ... and judging from the images we can surely understand why.

 

The overall design of the Cnossus was loosely based on the magnificent Lamborghini Countach; something we can clearly recognize from the windshield for instance, but naturally the Cnossus moved well ahead in time with a very fluent design from front to rear, somewhat angular like the Countach but still very much a Lamborghini, the front spoiler reminds us of the Reventon and the Gallardo LP560-4 unit, there are even those well known 'telephone dial' wheels that made their return onto the Cnossus, a very nice 'blast from the past'.

 

At the rear the 'Y'-style taillights take the design started with the Reventon one step further, a very narrow band of lights is mounted here, and they even function on the scale model, a very nice touch, the large twin, central mounted exhaust pipes are impressive, as would be the sound from the brand new V12 engine used to power this 'Race car', the theme that Filip used for his thesis work.

 

If you take a closer look at the design drawings you will notice that he even designed a track monster of the Cnossus, complete with roof mounted air intake and massive rear wing ... too bad he didn't make a scale model of the Cnossus R-GT yet ...

 

So where did Filip derive this name from ? Actually Cnossus was the main city of the island of Crete, the capital of the kingdom of Minos, we surely remember him from the Minotaur, part man, part bull ... hence the relation with the Raging Bull make.

 

Will the new Lamborghini flagship look anything like the Cnossus when it will be unveiled later this year ? I seriously doubt it to be honest, but at least we can all dream about super cars like this, and some of us even put them into scale models to admire even more.

[Penfold]

Lol it looks like it should transform into something :D. Hmm don't like the front very much but I hope the new Lambo does have some crazy angles and looks seriously agressive.

[CLR-GTR]

Too much tricks, too much folds and loose panels, and I don't like the major stuff sticking out of the rear of the car, are those diffusers? It looks a bit overdone.

[zo6dude]

Doesn't seem like a Lambo to me, it looks alot like the Marussia B2.

[t.]

Reventon. With different holes in it.

[Mb]

Hello Zenvo ST-1.

[hpluls]

It will take a while to get used to. The side view is okay, but the front reminds me of...

 

[killalldude]

The front reminds me of the BMW M1 Concept.

[Mr. Bean]

Just take off that mailbox or diffuser and it looks like a proper Lambo! :)

[CarMadMike]

Did it walk into a door when it was young or something? It's nose is rather squashed. In black it would look like a batmobile (even more so than previous lambo's in my opinion).

 

I don't dislike it, But It isn't anything special.

[T1M]

It's very crazy I have to say, not sure on the front or the wheels but it's certainly on the right lines. I'll take the Murcielago SV thanks though. :)

[Pherelas]

Don't like it really, looks like they have tried to make their own tumbler like this http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/one-dark-night.

[Camel]

Yuck, don't like it. It just looks like a really fat face that has been squashed.

[cis4care]

It scares me. It's like ''come on over here and give me a kiss'' and when you do - Bam, it bites your head off lol. It's not the best looking car on Earth, but it surely isn't the ugliest.

 

EDIT: I'd really love to know how am I supposed to pronounce it's name? Rofl, it's got a stupid name, btw.

[EW]

another lambo concept that will never be made.

[KoenigseggBG]

Hello Zenvo ST-1.

That!

 

I don't like it at all, really.

[T0M722]

Nup, it looks disgusting. Hopefully it stays a concept.

[Ryzza5]

The front is awful... where's a bucket?

Looks like it wants a kiss

[Milli]

i guess, it will change a lot... before be a real car... xD

if it someday and somehow became a real car.

[t.]

Wasn't it just some guys project to get him into a design school or something? I don't believe it has a great deal to do with Lambo themselves so production is highly unlikely.

[Mr. Bean]

It scares me. It's like ''come on over here and give me a kiss'' and when you do - Bam, it bites your head off lol. It's not the best looking car on Earth, but it surely isn't the ugliest.

 

EDIT: I'd really love to know how am I supposed to pronounce it's name? Rofl, it's got a stupid name, btw.

 

You pronounce it 'Knosos'

[Ryzza5]

They should make that pic the next candidate for Photoshop Tuning of the Week to see if TDUCk can improve that "design" :p

[RRacer]

It looks awsome! but not beautiful.

[cis4care]

You pronounce it 'Knosos'

 

Thanks xD

[RRacer]

(off topic)

When on holiday in Kreta, my parents bought a stone tablet with Greek people fighting a bull. I has the name Cnossus on it i never knew what it meant. Now i do.