Lamborghini Espada - Wafer Thin sports sedan from the Space Age

For a long time I thought the Espada was an ugly car, but I gotta say, it has really aged into a unique and fascinating time capsule that has to be seen in person to be believed.  And thanks to its strange looks, Espadas are still relatively attainable exotics.  This weekend, I had the pleasure of inspecting this particular metallic green example up close. It needed a ton of work, but I was just blown away by the amount of awesome design details packed into the exterior and interior by Bertone's designers back in the late 60s - under Gandini's direction. The Espada was produced for about 10 years, and was praised for its road manners by magazine testers. If you want to buy this car, check it out here!

The hexagonal, stacked instrument cluster is a work of art that is strikingly contemporary today.

The interior's chrome accents are tasteful and look amazing in person.

At just under 4 feet in height (!), this compressed 2+2 looks like it is hurtling towards you even when it's wedged into the corner of an overcrowded lot in Queens.

The three-pronged knockoffs are pure Italian exotic.

Comments

[Auntie Loch-Braiques]

The Espada is both handsome and unusual, and, as you say, has taken a bit of getting used to. It appears to me, however, that the wheels are perhaps too brutal and race-bred looking for the rest of the car.
By the way, regarding the recent Pebble Beach Concours: Wasn't it Ettore Bugatti who said, "Apres moi le Delage"?