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Think of the V16T as a sort of Lamborghini Diablo with 4 more cylinders and two more headlights and you won’t be far from the truth. It was designed by the same guy, the legendary Marcello Gandini, and engineered by former Lamborghini employees. The engine was made by combining two Urraco V8s and produced 540 PS, a number the Diablo wouldn’t surpass until 1999, save for the ultra-limited SE30 edition from 1995. Just 13 were ever made, including a Spyder comleted as late as 2003, but given enough money, its engineer Claudio Zampolli will be more than happy to make another according to an interview in 2018.
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1994 Cizeta V16T
Despite its name, it has a 6.0L V16 engine with a 5-speed manual. Producing 540 HP (550 PS) and 540N-m (400 lb-ft) of Torque.
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Funny you should mention the Diablo 
this was originally its design plan until Daimler (owner of lambo at the time) decided it wasn’t radical enough. Few other facts! The T in V16 T doesn’t mean turbo like most think. It’s actually a transversally mounted motor because of its sheer size. Just picture 2 massive Italian V8s stuck together at the crank shaft. The Sultan of Brunei had 2 commissioned but never took delivery. There was a black one which now rests in a museum with the motor out to make it lighter and the blue one which was recently sold at auction with the sultans Ferrari FX and Jaguar XJ220S
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1994 Cizeta-Moroder V16T
Country of Origin: Italy
Design Info: A large, two-seat mid-engine sports car. Tube chassis, aluminum body designed by Claudio Zampolli and Marcello Gandini. Exceptionally wide to accommodate the transverse-mounted engine.
Engine Info: A 6.0 liter V16 engine, based on the design of the 3.0 liter Lamborghini Urraco V8. Not simply a pair of V8’s mounted together, the engine possesses an aluminum block, 64 valves, and eight camshafts. It was designed to be transversely mounted because the sheer length would add too much to the already long-bodied car. Making 540 HP, the V16T was the most powerful car in the world when first unveiled in 1988.
Type/Competition: A properly ridiculous 90’s supercar, comparable to the Lamborghini Diablo (upon which the design was based) or the Bugatti EB110
History: What happens when Eddie Van Halen’s mechanic partners with the Father of Disco to hire Lamborghini engineers to build the ultimate supercar? A V16-powered beast is built. The Cizeta-Moroder V16T, the dream of Claudio Zampolli, was in development for ten years before it was ever shown to the public.
Zampolli’s many connections to both the automotive and celebrity worlds were formed from his time as an engineer at Lamborghini, and then opened a garage for repairing exotic cars in California. While rubbing elbows with the likes of Leno, Stallone, and many others, it was Giorgio Moroder, a prolific disco producer and the writer of Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away” that Zampolli convinced to help finance his V16 supercar.
Zampolli’s connections with Lamborghini allowed him to essentially poach many designers and engineers from the company at a time when the company was struggling with bankruptcy and changing ownership. Marcello Gandini, the designer of such legends as the Miura, the Stratos, and the Countach, was tapped to contribute. Coming off a disappointment with his most recent design, which was “softened” by new Lamborghini owner Chrysler for broader appeal, Gandini was overjoyed to use much of his original design for the Diablo, which the V16T resembles.
Problems began to arise early, with the snail’s pace production leading Moroder to secretly approach engineers in Germany about potentially building the body out of fiberglass and sourcing engines from BMW. When Zampolli learned of these overtures, the disagreement between the two men lead to a parting of ways. Production remained slow, and Cizeta could not build cars fast enough to be profitable, or even to fill orders that had already been placed. As a result, the company was shut down in 1994, with 8-10 cars completed, according to varied sources. He maintained that he could build additional V16Ts on demand until his death in July 2021.
Why it’s cool/unique/significant: A passion project that makes it to becoming a real car is always cool, doubly so when that car is a quality product. The V16T has an impressive design pedigree, and though it is similar to the Lamborghini Diablo it is far more extreme and has several unusual characteristics, like its massive track width and quadruple pop-up headlights. Its namesake engine, however, is its defining feature, and remains the only modern V16 to power a production car.
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This is great, thank you all for posting the great info and pictures! I’d love to see this car make it into the game, I’ve always enjoyed using 80s/90s model Lamborghinis in games in general, this would be a great addition!
I had no idea this car existed until very recently, I was looking up Giorgio Moroder music to settle an argument, and saw the back end of something very Diablo-ish with his name on it! What a crazy, beautiful, excess for the sake of excess beast this thing is! It would look great parked next to my gigantic, six wheeled Mercedes truck!
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