New £1.64m supercar packs Lamborghini’s most potent production engine yet and extreme aero Lamborghini has revealed a new 759bhp V12 supercar at the Geneva motor show. The Centenario, which has been created to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the company’s founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, is based on the Aventador. Just 20 coupé and … [Read more…]
EVER WANTED TO get cured of this crazy addiction we call cars? Then come to Miami Beach, where you can get the antidote by way of over-exposure. Walking around Collins Avenue and Ocean Drive, I think I saw more supercars in the space of an hour than I did in all of last year – … [Read more…]
WHEN LAMBORGHINI ANNOUNCED THAT its Huracan Performante broke the Nordschleife series production car seconds, it was met with scepticism by considering that the car that set the previous was none other than the Porsche 918 hybrid Spyder, the hyper car that had a total system output in excess of 900hp. More to the point, the … [Read more…]
WHEN YOU’VE BEEN IN the automotive journalism business for as long as I have, there are a few unwritten rules that one would do well to abide by if any sort of career longevity is expected. One of the few that comes to mind is to always be mindful that even if the car company … [Read more…]
Automobili Lamborghini would have you believe that it is not a maker of supercars, but a purveyor of an indulgent lifestyle. Yet behind the marketing tagline are a pair of massively capable collections in the form of the Huracan and Aventador. The Huracan’s presence at the Sepang International Circuit for Lamborghini Esperienza however, was not … [Read more…]
Many would point to the Lamborghini Miura as the forefather of the modern supercar thanks to its mid-engined layout. The Countach bridges the gap between supercars of yesterday and today.
What it is: The lightening-and-quickening makeover that Lambo uses to lift the appeal of its models as they approach middle age. The Superleggera name will not return, but the superlight philosophy to which it refers certainly will, meaning the ultimate Huracán will be around 90 pounds lighter, as well as sharper and faster than the … [Read more…]
Sant’Agata’s super sports car receives four-wheel steering and a power hike. Do they finally enable it to realise its full potential? If this new Lamborghini Aventador S has a job to do – over and above the usual one of providing the most attention-seeking and dramatic way of getting from A to B – it … [Read more…]
Whether you’re a Lambo fanboy til death or feel the need to troll their latest aerodynamic effort, it is a fact that the 2017 Centenario Roadster serves the purpose of every Lamborghini in existence – to turn heads like a rocketship firing missile tsunamis.
Lamborghini has been busy launching two new versions of its ‘entry-level’ supercar, the Huracán. The LP 640-2 coupé ditches four-wheel drive in favour of rear-drive, while the new LP 610-4 Spyder is 4WD but chops the roof. On paper they deliver similar performance, but they are very different. So which is the best Huracán for … [Read more…]