Ankonian Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car

Ankonian
Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car by Slavche Tanevski

The mid-engined Lamborghini Ankonian designed by Slavche Tanevski is a proposal for a more compact sized Lamborghini supercar employing both 'soft' and angular surfaces in the design. It has a rather narrow body, cab backward classical GT silhouette, and complexity of soft and angular surfaces.
The power and potential of the car are represented through this complexity of the main body, which is rather softly and elegant designed, and the angular, stealthy and sharp elements.
The main themes behind the concept are "underground" and "hardcore". These are achieved by the angular forms, but mostly with the color combination of shiny black and matt dark grey. The big canyons and the skinny tail give the car a very light appearance.

Ankonian Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car by Slavche Tanevski

The mid-engined supercar has a narrow and rather complex-looking body, with a garnishing of GT proportions. Thin OLEDs embedded between the surfaces function as headlights, and while all those lines may look weird, the Ankonian supposedly makes the best use of it all. The concept was named after a bull type famous for black hair, and since the designer had some help from professional designers at Lamborghini and Audi, the finished model has impressive looks.
According to the designer, the Ankonian takes the design of the Reventon to the next level, even though the concept itself manages a unique expression. The supercar concept has a more aggressive design, and is downsized to account for a more environment-friendly status, though it does not include any hybrid or similar technologies.

Ankonian Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car by Slavche Tanevski

Here's the press release:

"Following the Lamborghini tradition I named the car “Ankonian” after the bull type which is famous for his black hair (that’s why I chose black).

The concept is a mid-engined supercar that is not “green”, but yet shows environmental responsibility, and therefore is downsized.

I didn’t choose the today’s midengine supercar clichés (extreme width, cab forward, aggressive graphical elements), but a rather narrow body, cab backward classical GT silhouette, and complexity/combination of soft and angular surfaces. Instead of showing power and aggression through some wild graphical elements (for example headlights) I achieved the same through the complexity of the main body which is rather softly designed, (and has a flair of the Italian elegance), and the angular, stealthy and sharp elements which remind of shields.

Ankonian Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car by Slavche Tanevski

Concerning the design language, I put the Reventòn style to the next level, even more aggressive and crazy, but yet elegant, and more harmonious.

The main themes behind the concept, which actually make the chosen design language even stronger, are ‘underground’ and ‘hardcore’. This is achieved by the triangular forms, for example, but mostly with the color combination of shiny black and matt dark grey.

During the design process we brought back the tradition (we did it old school)-clay modeling instead of CAD modeling. It took approx. 6 months to actually build the model and it was a great opportunity to try different possibilities concerning the surface management and the proportions. This how the design doesn’t look ‘artificial’, but mature, and due to the fact that we had constant support by Lamborghini and Audi Advanced designers, the final designs have professional touch.

Ankonian Mid Engined Lamborghini Concept Car by Slavche Tanevski

Even though very crazy and on first glance complicated, all Ankonian lines and intersections work together. Due to the tension in the lines and the concave and convex surfaces there is an impression of a strong and dynamic body. The big canyons and the fact that the tail was put on a diet give it a very light appearance. In addition, the hot-rod stance gives it a push forward, and the symbolic presence of wings and the arrow-like door graphic make the car very dynamical, even when it is in standing position.

By leaving the usual headlight graphics, and having very thin OLEDs embedded between the surfaces, an eccentric and mysterious feeling is achieved. The same principle was applied at the back too, by doing an alien-like face with two big exhausts as eyes, and diffuser as mouth. Again, the lights are put on a position man would not expect (read: shock value). "