The Lafitte X-Road off-road supercar is a sand-dune-ready, road-legal machine born from the ambitions of Bruno Lafitte, former operations manager of the Zarooq project. Where Zarooq's Sand Racer concept dissolved in 2018, Lafitte took the vision forward under his own name, engineering a Dakar-capable supercar limited to just 30 units with a price point approaching half a million dollars.
From Zarooq to Lafitte: a dream too big to abandon
When the Zarooq Sand Racer 500GT debuted in 2015, it promised a new category: a supercar engineered for desert terrain rather than asphalt circuits. The project disappeared from public view in 2018, but Bruno Lafitte refused to let the concept die. Working under the Lafitte marque, he retained the core philosophy of the Sand Racer and resolved the engineering challenges that had stalled the original. The result is the X-Road, a vehicle that finally makes the promise real.
Power and performance
The X-Road is built around a Chromoly trellis frame carrying a V8 LT3 engine producing 470 hp in standard configuration and rising to 720 hp with the supercharged option. Transmission choices run to a five-speed sequential or a six-speed paddle-shift unit, both calibrated for unpaved surfaces. Suspension travel is a remarkable 43 cm at each corner, a figure derived from Dakar-specification engineering. Weight comes in at just under 1,360 kg, keeping the power-to-weight ratio firmly in supercar territory regardless of whether you are on asphalt or a dune field. According to GearJunkie's detailed feature on the X-Road, the vehicle is essentially a street-legal Dakar prototype.
Interior and materials
The cabin is built around a racing philosophy but finished with an eye for luxury. Carbon fibre, leather, and aluminium define the material palette. The seating position is low and centred, surrounded by instrumentation that communicates the vehicle's dual identity as a race car you can legally drive to the starting line. With 30 units planned and the half-million-dollar price tag, the X-Road is firmly in collector territory, as Carscoops' feature on Laffite Automobili's expanded lineup confirms.
For those seeking the most extreme vehicles at the intersection of road and off-road performance, explore the TheArsenale car collection. The Ripsaw EV2 and the Vanguard Roadster Prototype represent two very different interpretations of what a high-performance off-road machine can be.
