After getting its start with Porsche restomods, Croatian tuner Tedson has turned its hand to the V-10-powered Lamborghini.

• The Etna is a restomod take on the Lamborghini Gallardo from a Croatian firm.
• The V-10's power gets a bit of a bump to 592 horsepower, but the big story is the 450-pound weight reduction.
• The build looks to capitalize on old-school baby Lambo charm and includes a conversion to six-speed manual.

Built between 2003 and 2013, the Gallardo was a success for Lamborghini, with just over 14,000 sold over its production run. A decade later, it's somewhat overshadowed by the Huracán, while the V-12-powered Murciélago of the same era is undergoing something of a renaissance. However, a Croatian coachbuilder says it has the fix for the first-generation cars.

You probably haven't heard of Zagreb-based Tedson Motors before, but the company has been around for a few years in the restomod 911 business. Its launch product was a reworked Porsche 964, although one that took a slightly different angle than similar 911 reimaginings from Singer or Guntherworks. Called the Daydream, Tedson's machine incorporated a 540-hp air-cooled flat-six that paired with an electric flywheel to provide hybrid power. The added low-end torque was claimed to fling the car past 60 mph in under three seconds.

Goran Turkić, Tedson's owner, caught the restomod bug after studying physics in Irvine, California, and building his own 1975 911 project. The first Daydream was revealed in Monaco in 2022, and this new Gallardo-based restomod, called the Etna, now adds to the company's portfolio.

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