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Zagato Recreates Lost Lancia Aprilia Race Car

New Techniques Bring New Life To Lost Classics

The Lancia Aprilia Sport is a stunning classic car. Designed and built by Ugo Zagato, founder of Zagato Carrozzeria, this little racing car was restyled from a production model with the expertise that Ugo brought from his career in the aviation industry. The car was designed to look like the cross-section of an airplane wing, featuring inset headlamps inside miniature hemispheres and smoothed, rounded fenders. Aptly, the vehicle was described as being This is one of the two last remaining photos of the Aprilia Sport race car... (Photo: Zagato) italic;">"a car of the future". Zagatos custom coachwork on the 1938 Aprilia Sport is just one example of the many vehicles that the brand has re-bodied for the acclaimed Italian carmaker as well as additional customers.

To celebrate the centenary of Lancia and the long standing affiliation between

These lines mark the frame and main detail of the car, which the body panels will wrap. (Photo: Zagato)

the marque and the Milanese coachbuilder for its Sport versions, Andrea Zagato, grandson of Ugo, decided to bring the Aprilia Sport back for the Bologna Motor Show this past week. However, the car that was on display wasnt the original - unfortunately, as it was destroyed many years ago.

Now, in 2006, Zagato once again chose to use the same descriptors as before for the reincarnated car, but for completely different reasons. This time around, the future refers to the way

A little more detail is fleshed in; grille, headlamps and windscreen all look authentic to the original. (Photo: Zagato)

that Zagato recreated it. Because the original drafts and blueprints as well as the car had been lost, Zagato used a process called digitalization, in addition to CAD modeling and CNC machining in order to literally bring it back from the dead. Based off of two photos, and nothing else, Zagato was able to create a frame from which the bodywork could hang. But to give the Aprilia the look and feel of the original car, the panels were skillfully hand-shaped by master panel beaters, giving the aeronautical-inspired bodywork an authentic finish.

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