This bespoke Grigio Titanio Etna was built for a Texas race car driver
Tedson Motors has revealed a bespoke Etna commission finished in Grigio Titanio for a Texas-based race car driver, complete with a white racing stripe and dark blue pinstripes nodding to the owner's motorsport background. It is one of 77 examples of the Croatian coachbuilder's 600 hp Lamborghini Gallardo restomod
Tedson Motors has shown a specific customer build of its Etna, the Croatian restomod house's reworked Lamborghini Gallardo, finished in a metallic Grigio Titanio and destined for a race car driver based in Texas. The commission carries a central white racing stripe flanked by dark blue pinstripes, a deliberate nod to the owner's motorsport background, on a car that otherwise shares its 10,000 rpm V10 and manual-gearbox conversion with the rest of the 77-unit run, priced from roughly €730,000 (£625,000) before the donor car.
A colour and livery built for its owner
Tedson describes every commission as a direct reflection of the person behind the wheel, and this build's brief called for a synthesis of high-speed purpose and refined elegance. The understated Grigio Titanio metallic finish is deliberately restrained, chosen to highlight the Etna's sculpted carbon body contours and aggressive rear aero package rather than compete with them, while the white racing stripe and dark blue pinstripes running the full length of the body reference the owner's motorsport background without disrupting the car's otherwise clean lines.
From a Zagreb garage to a second brand
Tedson's founder, Goran Turkić, caught the restomod habit after studying physics in Irvine, California, and building his own 1975 Porsche 911 project. The company's first product, the Daydream, a reworked Porsche 964, was revealed in Monaco in 2022 and established Tedson's name in the 911 restomod scene. The Etna marks its first move beyond Porsche, into Lamborghini's naturally aspirated V10 era.
The engine and gearbox are the whole point
The Etna's V10 is the Gallardo's original first-generation, even-firing 5.0-litre unit, retuned to spin past 10,000 rpm and gaining roughly 80 hp for a total around 600 hp. The more significant change sits behind it: on donor cars that came with Lamborghini's E-Gear automated single-clutch transmission, Tedson converts them to a proper manual gearbox, effectively creating a manual option where Lamborghini itself never offered one on that specific car.
Shedding weight, sharpening the aero
Tedson claims a weight saving of roughly 440 to 450 lbs, achieved through a carbon fibre body, carbon seats, and a titanium exhaust. This particular build highlights a sculpted rear diffuser, integrated exhaust outlets, and a louvered engine cover, sitting on an aluminium spaceframe chassis with its track width increased by 6 cm, a bespoke JRZ suspension setup adapted from GT3 race specification, and custom AL13 R110 19-inch wheels with a unique offset.
Price, timeline, and the donor car catch
Tedson prices the Etna from £625,000, roughly €730,000 at current exchange rates, and that figure does not include the donor Gallardo itself, which customers need to source separately. Production is capped at 77 cars, split between a 9-unit Launch Edition with deliveries beginning in autumn 2026 and the remaining 68 cars following into 2027, with each build taking roughly 12 months.
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Showing a specific customer's finished car, built around a professional racer's own colour and livery preferences, says more about how far the personalisation actually goes than a generic press-fleet shot ever could. Every coachbuilder claims each commission reflects the individual behind the wheel; a named destination, a livery tied to a real motorsport background, and a completed build is the harder version of that promise to actually deliver.
The engineering underneath is still the real story, though. Converting E-Gear Gallardos to a proper manual solves the exact reason enthusiasts have always ranked manual Gallardos above automated ones on the used market, and doing that reliably at customer-car scale is genuinely difficult, not just a marketing line. Worth remembering too: roughly €730,000 buys the conversion, not the donor car underneath it, which pushes the realistic all-in cost meaningfully higher once a customer actually sources a Gallardo to start from.
