1989 Zender Fact 4 Biturbo

It was obviously heavily influenced by the aesthetic of the Lamborghini Countach, but the strangely named 1989 Fact BiTurbo concept from tuning company Zender was much more of a homespun phenomenon.

Using a carbon fibre shell and casing a turbocharged V8 from Audi, the ugly bug Zender Fact BiTurbo would have punched through the five second pullaway barrier easily.

If it had ever lapped a circuit it may have been rather svelte too, having tipped the scales at only a shade over 1000KG.

Able to produce around 450 horsepower it would have been a beast - and actually recalls the bug-eyed intensity of a Pagani in its hand-wrought magnificence.

Apparently there was a spyder version too - but neither made it to full time production.

We reckon the dream of privateer success on the streets of the eighties would have been harpooned by rising interest rates!

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