Maserati Boomerang

The Maserati Boomerang is a one-off concept car designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and built by Italdesign on a Maserati Bora chassis. It was first shown as a non-functional model at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, and by the 1972 Geneva Auto Show it existed as a working car. Although registered for road use, it was intended as a show car and, after the 1974 Barcelona show, was sold to a private owner. It later appeared at Bagatelle, Pebble Beach, Monterey and Monte Carlo, and Bonhams sold it at Chantilly in September 2015 for about 3.7 million US dollars. Its sharp wedge body was powered by a 4.7 litre V8 of 310 hp driving the rear wheels through a five-speed manual gearbox, and the design echoed through later Giugiaro cars including the first Volkswagen Golf and the DeLorean.