This Futuristic Maserati Boomerang Concept Just Sold for $3.7M at Auction

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One-off classic cars usually pull a pretty penny at auction, especially when they’re as unique and have as rich a history as this 1972 Maserati Boomerang concept.

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The Boomerang was designed from the start as a show car for Maserati. Styled by the master of one-offs, Giorgetto Giugiaro, it originally made its well-received world debut at the 1971 Turin auto show without an engine or running gear. By 1972, Maserati dipped into its parts bin, and the Boomerang was showcased at the 1972 Geneva auto show as a running, driving, street-legal car sporting a 310-hp 4.7-liter V-8 out of the Maserati Bora.

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As futuristic as the exterior was, the Boomerang’s interior was even more wild. The car’s steering wheel rotated around its instrument cluster and switchgear, and the swooping dash and laid-back seating position were considered advanced for the time.

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After appearing at numerous auto shows and exhibitions during the early ’70s, the Boomerang was sold to a private collector in Spain. In 1980, the car transferred hands again, picking up a restoration along the way. Its next public appearance was at the 1990 Bagatelle Concours d’Élégance in Paris, where Giugiaro himself signed the back of the car.

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During the following years, it made several more public appearances, trading hands again and, until recently, lived in France, where it was fully registered for road use. However, on September 5 of this year, at the Château de Chantilly, France, the car rolled across the Bonhams auction block collecting a staggering $3.7 million, and one lucky new owner.

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