Suddenly... Espada!

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76) 04/13/2016 at 00:54 • Filed to: None

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The Espada is my favorite Lamborghini, and the only one I’d own.

Drawn earlier tonight.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 00:58

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The Espada is a very weird, yet absolutely fantastic looking car.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/13/2016 at 01:02

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It is a car of its time, but has aged beautifully.

Wheelerguy > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 01:07

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Espada

Espada

Espada

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Wheelerguy 04/13/2016 at 01:15

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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 01:17

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I really like the styling.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/13/2016 at 01:20

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The vents along the hood-side are amazing.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 01:35

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Not to be that guy but... it always reminded me of this in profile.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 01:35

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It just somehow works so well. I don’t know what it is about that design that makes me love it.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 04/13/2016 at 01:38

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A car which I also love. Especially in Mach 1 trim.

AuthiCooper1300 > Wheelerguy 04/13/2016 at 07:12

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Those are swords, but crucially not bullfighting swords. There are several types: the most important being the one for killing the bull, called estoque proper (note that estoques – tucks, in English – are/were not exclusively used for bullfighting; it is a type of sword which does not really have a cutting edge and its function is more similar to that of a spear or lance) .

Some Lamborghini aficionados will recall a Lamborghini show car with that name:

In bullfighting “espada” is a very generic word and in fact usually designs the bullfighters themselves. Un espada (literally, “a sword” would be “a matador” (in the same way in English you can can call a contract killer a “a gun for hire”.)

Incidentally, I find bullfighting horrifying. While looking for a suitable picture of the estoque I was almost brought to tears by a couple of diagrams on how exactly the sword kills the bull. Bullfighting vocabulary is fascinating though.

Wheelerguy > AuthiCooper1300 04/13/2016 at 07:14

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Eh, my joke was “Espada” the Tagalog word.

AuthiCooper1300 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 04/13/2016 at 07:31

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The best part is that the styling of the Espada is very much a derivative of the one of a Jaguar E-Type one-off, the Bertone Pirana, commissioned by the Daily Telegraph for the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show:

“Piraña” is the Spanish spelling of the Portuguese and English “piranha”. There seems to be a certain amount of confusion whether the car was called Pirana or Piranha . (I understand the name of the South African Capri Perana was a misspelling of the above, by the way.)

Of course a few of the same ideas used in the Espada come from the Lamborghini Marzal.

All three were penned by Marcello Gandini.

AuthiCooper1300 > Wheelerguy 04/13/2016 at 07:36

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Fascinating! so “espada” in Tagalog means sword too?

Wheelerguy > AuthiCooper1300 04/13/2016 at 09:26

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Well, considering Spain sat on the Philippines for over 300 years...

AuthiCooper1300 > Wheelerguy 04/13/2016 at 09:46

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Yes, but I still find it surprising. I mean, it never occurred to me that espada would be absorbed wholesale into Tagalog.

Languages – and above all, languages in contact – develop in the most extraordinary ways.