From Baby Diablo to the Future of Restomods with Maurizio Reggiani of Eccentrica

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with former CTO of Lamborghini & current Advisor at Eccentrica, Maurizio Reggiani! Maurizio talks about the Bugatti EB 110, his engineering background, Marcello Gandini, his path to Lamborghini, Audi's acquisition of Lamborghini, the expansion of the Lamborghini brand, and Eccentrica's V12 Lamborghini Diablo restomod! 0:54 - Question of the Day 5:00 - About our guest. 6:37 - Employee No. 2 at Bugatti. 8:17 - Bugatti EB 110. 12:08 - 6 years at Maserati. 14:00 - Educational background. 16:12 - Marcello Gandini - Cizeta-Moroder V16T & Diablo. 22:04 - Path to Lamborghini. 24:37 - Experience at Lamborghini in 1995. 26:25 - Baby Diablo & Audi's acquisition of Lamborghini. 34:35 - Ferdinand Piech. 37:06 - Negotiating powertrain deal with Audi on behalf of Lamborghini. 42:06 - Joining VW Group under Lamborghini. 44:23 - Expansion of Lamborghini. 51:22 - Analog vs Digital. 54:37 - First experience with the power of EVs. 55:43 - Does performance matter anymore? 59:55 - Eccentrica's Lamborghini Diablo Restomod - The "V12". 01:07:40 - Sound of the V12. 01:10:24 - Adaptive suspension. 01:12:43 - Eccentrica making only 19 V12's. Finding a donor car. 01:14:10 - Price. 01:15:52 - Ban on gas vehicles = growth in the restomod market. 01:19:57 - Lamborghini Temerario.