ex. 4) Giugaro’s Boomerang
By Gunnar Heinrich
GIUGARO had a thing for edges in the early 70s.
And by any measure, Giorgetto was well ahead of the curve. Just as the world was looking forward to a replacement to the sultry curves of the 60s, the Italian designer filled the void with a space age glimpse into a hyper-realist future.
The Maserati Boomerang was one of three concepts that married the then-still-classified stealth fighter with the automobile.
Alongside the now famous Lotus Esprit (of The Spy Who Loved Me notoriety) and the DeLorean DMC-12 (of Back To The Future fame), the Boomerang featured the hardest edges of the three concepts and was meant to back up its supercar looks with mid mounted 310 horsepower V8 might.
Luckily, the folks behind the Trident only bought into certain elements of the Boomerang’s really hard-corners – a little bit of Boomerang can be seen in Maserati’s Merak.
The car pictured above is the only known Boomerang in the world.
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About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
