{"id":60660,"date":"2021-01-20T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=60660"},"modified":"2021-01-27T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:23:37","slug":"cizeta-v16t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/cizeta-v16t\/","title":{"rendered":"Cizeta V16T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two and a half years ago, we already presented the Cizeta V16T in detail. The occasion was the 30th anniversary of its world premiere<\/a><\/strong>. Now, a very special example is up for auction at RM Sotheby’s. A good reason to once again put this rare supercar in the spotlight. Under the direction of company founder Claudio Zampolli (C.Z., read Ci Zeta in Italian) and designer Marcello Gandini, this car took shape in the mid-1980s. When Oscar and Grammy winner Giorgio Moroder learned of the plans, he became financially involved in the project. However, Zampolli and Moroder fell out shortly after the world premiere of the V16T in December 1988. The composer received the white-painted prototype as a payoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small series with V16 engine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Small-series production of the Cizeta V16T then began. This sports car came onto the market about a year before the Lamborghini Diablo. Visually, however, the Diablo shows very strong affinities. The reason for this is that Marcello Gandini had originally developed the basic design for Lamborghini. He failed with project ‘P132’ due to the veto of Chrysler, the then-owner of the sports car brand. However, when the Americans were unable to produce a satisfactory design for the Countach successor, they fell back on the Gandini designs. They eventually put them into production with slight retouching. Meanwhile, Gandini had also sold the sketches to Claudio Zampolli. For the V16T, he had four pop-up headlights and a longer, flatter rear section added.<\/p>\n\n\n

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