With its Huracan-inspired body and the Miura’s eyelashes, the 7X Rayo is the Lamborghini mashup we never knew we needed





Making its grand appearance at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event this year, the Rayo from 7X Design and Envisage Group is a one-off 1,800 HP machine based on the Huracan. The Rayo notably boasts of a slightly softer, curvier form language than its Lamborghini counterpart, but that doesn’t take away from exactly how much of an edgy badass it looks like. The car comes in a deep orange, and while it looks 90% like the Huracan, 10% of its origin goes to the Miura-inspired eyelashes built into those stunning headlights!

The Rayo isn’t just a custom makeover, it was designed to do what the Huracan couldn’t – hit a top speed of 300 mph (482 km/h). The redesigned body takes the Huracan’s aesthetic and softens it just a bit, introducing gentle curves in all the right places. While this makes the Rayo look easier on the eyes, it helps the car perform better too. The car’s made to be lighter, thanks to carbon fiber paneling, and the new, curved design helps bring down the drag coefficient from 0.39 down to an impressive 0.279.

Among the key new design features is an overhauled front with a more pronounced nose and a rounded profile (unlike the Huracan’s jagged outline). The new engine cover and rear end also play a significant part in improving the car’s drag coefficient.

The car is powered by a 5.2-liter V10 that was assembled by America-based Underground Racing. It comes with a pair of turbochargers attached, bringing the Rayo to an extraordinary 1,874 HP.

The car’s overall design is a collaborative effort between 7X Design and Envisage. 7X took charge of visualizing the Rayo from top to bottom, while Envisage Group helped fabricate the Rayo’s immaculate carbon-fiber bodywork and helped assemble the car too. In addition, Envisage Group also painted the vehicle in Sport Orange in an advanced paint technologies division.

While there hasn’t been much official chit-chat on the final price of the Rayo, 7X had quoted $2 million (plus the cost of the donor car) for its previous project – a Ferrari 488 GTB-based GTO Vision. I imagine by that standard, a Rayo doesn’t come cheap!

Designers: 7X Design & Envisage Group

The Lamborghini Massacre Concept showcases a streamlined design inspired by stealth fighter jets

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

The name Massacre may seem like overkill, but it’s nothing if not passionately aggressive – a characteristic often associated with the raging-bull brand. Designed by India-based Krishnakanta Saikhom, the Massacre Concept hopes to bring Lamborghini back to its golden days under Marcello Gandini. Relying on a form that’s aggressive without being overly complicated, the Massacre is a smooth beast that borrows from the streamlined design of stealth fighter jets, while also paying a hat-tip to Gandini’s approach to automotive design.

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

Pit the Massacre against Gandini’s Countach and Miura and it surely looks futuristic. Saikhom believes Lamborghini’s definitely evolved wonderfully as a brand, but somewhere down the line, its later cars ended up sacrificing on visual simplicity. Fractured surfaces, an abundance of air-intakes, and faceted forms sort of took away from the essence of Lamborghini’s simplicity. From a raging bull, Lamborghini transformed into some sort of cyborg animal. The Massacre Concept aims at toning it down and creating a car that’s both futuristic yet true to Lamborghini’s visual language.

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

The concept automobile boasts of a design inspired by the Russian Sukhoi Su-57, the first fighter-jet to rely on stealth technology. Just like the fighter jet, the car boasts of a slightly pointed nose that helps cutting the air as the vehicle speeds forward, while carbon-fiber flaps located at the base of the car’s A-pillar help it maneuver just like a fighter-jet would. The car even comes with a cockpit-style single seat to give the driver the impression of maneuvering a jet plane… but on land.

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

As a hat-tip to Gandini, the Massacre concept’s headlight comes with ‘eyelashes’ inspired by the headlights on the Miura. However, while the Miura’s eyelashes gave it a feminine grace, the Massacre’s eyelashes make it much more expressive. The car also sports Y-shaped headlights, yet another iconic Lamborghini detail, and comes with the signature ’63’ artwork on the side, harking back to the year the company was founded.

All in all, the Massacre looks like a combination of Lamborghini’s greatest hits. It’s got a touch of the Reventon, the simplistic wedge-silhouette of the Countach, and the headlights inspired by the Miura… but does it come in yellow?

Designer: Krishnakanta Saikhom

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom

Lamborghini Massacre Concept by Krishnakanta Saikhom