Category Archives: Lamborghini
- March 30, 2010
- Lamborghini’s future includes less weight, no forced induction and… no manuals?!
Lamborghini has thrown the motoring world a curve ball with a report that Sant’Agata will be leaving manual transmissions to the dinosaurs, just like Ferrari.
According to Car and Driver, the decision was part of the company’s commitment to increasing the overall fuel economy of its products – something the Raging [...]
- February 12, 2010
- Lamborghini celebrates 4,000th Murcielago made
It’s been a long time since Lamborghini introduced the Murcielago. In it’s original form the Diablo replacement came with a 6.2-liter V12 putting out 580 horsepower and 480 lb-ft torque. Since then Lamborghini has continuously upgraded the car with more horsepower, limited editions like the Reventon and the series-ending flagship in the form of the [...]
- October 30, 2008
- Italian Police Roll In A Lamborghini
Don’t even think about trying to outrun the cops in Lazio, Italy, unless you can do 204 mph because the boys in blue are rollin’ in a 560-horsepower Lamborghini Gallardo that’ll do 203.
The Italian automaker today handed Antonio Manganelli, head of the Italian State Police, the keys to a Gallardo LP560 “Polizia” model that makes [...]
- June 24, 2008
- Lambo Reventon exhaust gets plasma-sprayed ceramic coating
Automotive news moves fast. Sometimes faster than a Lamborghini supercar, even. Take the Reventon, which by now seems like yesterday’s news.
But after being revealed back in October 2007, Lamborghini has yet to begin delivering the $1.5 million supercars to their 20 eagerly-awaiting buyers. We would hardly have noticed, waiting for news of one rapped around [...]
- June 23, 2008
- Lamborghini offering lifetime satellite radio subscriptions
Buy a Lamborghini and be prepared to shell out big bucks… not just for the initial purchase (or the more likely financing arrangement), but for operational costs throughout the lifetime of the vehicle.
Even before the warranty runs out, you’re looking at big figures for gas, new tires, the inevitable scraped chin spoiler…
At least Murcielago buyers [...]
- February 1, 2008
- Segrave Car Club spent £1.6 Million in a day on cars– also posted in Aston Martin, Bentley, Mercedes, Rolls-Royce
Take a look at this video of when AutoCar magazine tagged along with the Segrave Club when they went car shopping.
The budget? £1.5 million to spend in 1 day on a Rolls Royce Phantom (£278k), Bentley Continental GTC (£150k), Lamborghini LP640 (£220k), Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (£170k), Mercedes SLR (£330k), Aston Martin DB9 (£100k) and Aston [...]
- December 5, 2007
- Lamborghini wants to sell 20% more cars without creating a third model
Lamborghini’s pushing to ring up 3,000 sales per year, about 500 more than they currently move. Were they to drop a new Miura, revived LM002, or some other new model, they’d likely reach that target without any problem.
Lambo Capo Rupert Stadler isn’t in favor of spending the considerable development dollars it would take to bring [...]
