This 621bhp wedge is a tribute to the great Giorgetto Giugiaro

Remember the incredible Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed Maserati Boomerang? What you’re staring at is a modern reinterpretation of it, dubbed the ‘Peralta S’. It’s been penned by Giorgetto’s son, Fabrizio, for Mexican car collector Carlos Peralta. Yeah, we’re also slightly disappointed that the chap from Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn’t involved. 

Anyway, it maintains a maximum wedge approach and, yes, that is a full dome up top. That lifts the roof and the doors in one unified movement. Dramatic, no? 

The slender silhouette gets one main line travelling from front to back. In fact, there are just two edges between the nose, roof and tail, which means it’s a generally flat and continuous shape across the exposed aluminium body. 

A few of the other elements also remind us of pre-existing cars. The front headlights, for instance, look similar to those on a first-gen NSX, albeit stretched to form a light bar. Just below those are Daytona SP3-esque floating lines, and at the opposite end, we’re seeing bits of Gallardo with the square-shaped taillight housing and many straight lines. With the rear wing deployed, you could even mistake the rear-three-quarter view for an AMG One. 

Beneath all this goodness sits the chassis and engine from a Maserati MC20. That means it's a mid-engined, rear-drive layout, with outputs of 621bhp and 538lb ft of torque. And since the technical bits are said to remain the same, the Peralta S probably matches the Masser’s 2.9s 0-62mph sprint and 203mph vmax. 

The cabin gets some interesting trim too: there's lots of leather on the wraparound seats, dashboard and panels, with a unique metallic chrome effect applied to various sections. A small infotainment screen has made its way in there, as does a button-heavy steering wheel which probably does… many things. 

“The Peralta S has a typical ‘70s attitude and has nothing to do with today’s cars,” says Fabrizio Giugiaro. “I wanted to embellish it with citations, styling cues and references to shapes from a past that made history, but it is also a tribute to my father through a modern interpretation of the volumes of the Boomerang.” 

Quite the tribute, wouldn’t you agree?