Lamborghini Selects Lightweight Zircotec Coating for Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce
Apr 29, 2009
Automobili Lamborghini has selected automotive coating specialist Zircotec to supply a high performance thermal barrier for the lightweight Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. The ceramic based thermal coating is applied to the exhaust system and reduces the need for heat shields while allowing heat sensitive lightweight ... Continue reading
Lamborghini Selects Alcoa to Supply Lightweight Wheels For Murciélago LP 670-4 Superveloce
Apr 27, 2009
Alcoa Wheel Products has been selected by Automobili Lamborghini to supply lightweight wheels for its Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce (SV). The forged alloy wheels reduce unsprung weight and contribute to the SV's 100kg mass reduction over the standard Murciélago. ... Continue reading
Lamborghini Releases First Images of the Murcielago LP 650-4 Roadster
Mar 13, 2009
The Roadster version of the Murciélago will offer an uprated 6.5 litre V12 engine that produces 650 hp (478 kW) along with permanent four-wheel drive: hence the model's LP 650-4 moniker. With 660 Nm of torque, top performance is at 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in 3.4 seconds. The top speed is around 330 Km/h (205mph). ... Continue reading
Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce
Mar 2, 2009
The Lamborghini Murcielago is one of the most extraordinary super sports cars of all time. Automobili Lamborghini has now expanded its model range with a new, exceptionally purist and even more extreme top model - the Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce is even more powerful, lighter and faster than the Murcielago LP 640. ... Continue reading
Why The Auto Channel's Press Pass Coverage of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show is So Important?
Mar 1, 2009
This may be the last great international auto show GENEVA - February 28, 2009: One of most visible effects of the current economic depression on the automotive world is what has happened to the once fabulous new car expositions. Not only have important shows in Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago been neutered by the abse ... Continue reading
Mar 1, 2009
IIHS Top Crash Test Results - 72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner ARLINGTON, VA - Seventy-two vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Top Safety Pick award for 2009. This is more than double the number of 2008 recipients and more ... Continue reading
Did You Miss the 2008 Auto Shows? We Didn't! Experience Them Here! - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO COVERAGE
Feb 28, 2009
Even if you were at the 2008 Auto Shows in Los Angeles, London, Geneva and Detroit there was so much to see and the media introduction schedules were so hectic that chances are you would have missed something. And you may have missed some of the best. But don't worry, because we have it all on TheAutoChannel.com. In ad ... Continue reading
Back to Reality - Bankers Slow Down on Buying Fast Cars
Feb 25, 2009
Washington DC February 25, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that for the past several years January has been Christmas for many luxury car dealers. That's when investment bankers, flush, with their hefty bonuses, used to begin prowling through their local Mercedes and Maserati dealerships. Luxury brand vehicles were ... Continue reading
Automobili Lamborghini Announces Lamborghini Academy Programme for 2009
Feb 20, 2009
Lamborghini has announced its new Lamborghini Academy dates for 2009. With courses open to all sports car enthusiasts as well as Lamborghini owners, the track driving schools provide an extraordinary opportunity to experience the full potential of Lamborghini cars, alongside the Italian super sports car manufacturer's ... Continue reading
Chrysler and Fiat in Talks Says Report
Jan 19, 2009
MILAN, Jan 19, 2009; Gilles Castonguay writing for Reuters reported that Fiat is talking with Chrysler LLC to form a strategic partnership that could lead to the Italian car maker taking a stake in its U.S. peer, an industry publication said, citing people familiar with the matter. Fiat shares were trading 5.52 percent ... Continue reading
Jan 12, 2009
Alongside the new Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder, Lamborghini will present two exclusive, highly individualized super sports cars at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. With a unique, matt-luster paint finish in matt blue and all available special equipment options, this Murciélago LP 640 and Gallardo LP 560-4 demonstrate the virtu ... Continue reading
Letter From Europe-The Highs and Lows of 2008
Jan 8, 2009
-by Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Who could have guessed back in May that by the end of the year the Worldʼs auto industry would look like a train wreck? There we were in sunny Italy with my son Nicholas cruising along on the A1 autostrada in the latest, grandest Maserati Quattroporte at a steady 140 miles p ... Continue reading
Lamborghini's End of Year Statement
Dec 23, 2008
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. will deliver another record year’s results in 2008. Official sales figures will be communicated on the occasion of Lamborghini´s appearance at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2009. ... Continue reading
Original Lamborghini Miura Turin Salon Chassis Found!
Dec 23, 2008
43 years after its Turin Show debut the one-and-only 1965 Turin Salon Lamborghini Miura chassis, designed by chassis genius Gian Paolo Dallara, and the raging bull company's first-ever transverse mid-mounted V12 engine (0293) has been acquired by Los Angeles based collectors. ... Continue reading
Lamborghini Reventón Number 20 Delivered - The Highly Exclusive Limited Edition Is Complete
Dec 9, 2008
A super sports car, yet one that defies comparison - the Lamborghini Reventón is both an ultimate driving machine and limited work of art - with a total of only 20 built and a price of one million Euro (excl. tax), every Reventón is highly exclusive and virtually unique. ... Continue reading
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