A truly surreal Lamborghini concept that's long been forgotten is going up for auction

This is the one-off Lamborghini Pregunta, a 1998 concept car based on the Lamborghini Diablo.

Unveiled in 1998, there’s only one in the world.

And most people didn’t even know it existed until now.

It’s for sale, but it won’t come cheap.

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The unique story behind the Lamborghini Pregunta

The Lamborghini Pregunta is a long-forgotten, Lamborghini Diablo-based concept car that even Lamborghini probably forgot about.

Aptly named Pregunta, which is Spanish for ‘question’, there are a lot of questions about this vehicle.

The first one would be, why did they build it?

The answer is complex because it includes more than one reason.

When Lamborghini unveiled this concept at the 1998 Paris Motor Show, they knew this would be the last-ever Lambo-badged car designed without any input from the VW Group.

So, in a way, this was a bit of a send-off moment for Lamborghini before the VW era, which began later that year.

The Pregunta was also a tribute to the Dassault Rafale fighter jet, and even used the same Matt Dark Grey paint as the jet.

Designed and built in Turin, the Pregunta was more futuristic than people realize.

It had a cockpit inspired by fighter jets and F1 cars, which was a fascinating combination, and it also had a digital cluster and parking cameras.

These things weren’t exactly common in the 1990s.

Rarer than rare

This Lamborghini is so rare that it doesn’t have its own Wikipedia page in English, which is almost unheard of, or in Italian, which is unusual for a Lambo.

It’s a one-off, and it’s not street-legal, despite using the same chassis and the same 5.7-liter V12 engine as the Diablo.

It delivers 530 horsepower, which is pretty good even by today’s standards, and a top speed of 333KM/H (around 206MPH).

The automaker held on to it for a few years before selling it on to a private collector – the current owner – around 20 years ago.

The car is available from Broad Arrow, the Hagerty company that’s also collaborating with the SBX Cars for the one-off Bugatti La Voiture Noire.

According to the auction company, it’ll sell for anywhere between €2,500,000 and €3,500,000 ($3 million – $4.1 million).