Can't decide whether you want to buy a Lamborghini Gallardo or a 2007 Ford Mustang? We feel you. But thanks to handy hands and obviously demented soul of one John Haugh of Cleveland, Ohio, you needn't make that choice. You can instead buy the Gallardo V10-powered, Mustang-bodied, um, thing that Haugh built for reasons that may never be fully understood.
Tearing the V10 out of a Gallardo to implant in the back seat of a 2007 Mustang is a lot like, um, taking something of great value and appeal and putting it into something else of considerably lesser value and appeal. Actually, come to think of it a Lambo-motored Mustang is not actually like anything else at all.
Anyway, Haugh built the car for the SEMA show, the only venue where such a thing would make any kind of sense to anyone -- almost. The disappointingly named the Tractorri is now up for sale.
So for the low, low price of, well, no price is listed. Considering that Haugh once was quoted saying, "If someone were to take the amount of money I put into the Tractorri and doubled it, I still don't think I'd sell," we anticipate he's going to want quite a lot of money for what amounts to the antithesis of one of those fake-Ferraris built on a Fiero chassis.
JamesList via Jalopnik
Categories: Ford,Lamborghini,SEMA Show,Tuners and Modifications
Lamborghini has taken its current Murcielago flagship just about as far as it can go, so we knew they had to be working on a successor. Not much is known at this point. The next car is still expected to use a V12 engine, but Lamborghini will have to find a way to get fuel consumption down, perhaps using direct injection.
Shooters never saw the doors open on this development mule, but they're almost certainly scissor-style -- a signature cue on the top Lambo. The architecture of the car underneath, though, may have more in common with the Gallardo (and the R8) than the current Murcielago.
We're not expecting to see an official unveil of this car for at least another year, and it will likely come at the Geneva auto show.
worldcarfans via automotiveaddicts
IL News: 2012 Lamborghini Murcielago -- The Next Step?
Categories: Lamborghini,Sports Cars,Spy Photos
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Renderings of an apparent SuperVeloce version of the Gallardo have been posted on a site called Lamborghini Cars. The author suggests this could be the Gallardo LP570-4 SV and that it would pick up where the Gallardo SuperLeggera left off.
Like other SV Lambos before it, the Gallardo LP570-4 SV would presumably lighter and faster than other current Gallardos. And if its name had "570" in it, presumably, someone will have found a way to squeeze a few extra horsepower out of the car's direct-injected, 5.2-liter V10.
If the Gallardo LP570-4 SV exists as seen here, might Lambo choose to unveil it at Geneva in March? Maybe. Could be.
Lamborghini Cars
Categories: Lamborghini,Sports Cars
And herein lies the point of a rear-wheel-drive Lambo. Apparently, the great Lamborghini test driver, Valentino Balboni, himself was at the wheel of the Gallardo LP-550-2 Balboni, too.
YouTube via Jalopnik
First Drive: 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni
Categories: Lamborghini,Sports Cars
No Lamborghini has ever been sold for a cool million at auction. Sports Car Market has put together a slideshow of what are apparently the 10 priciest Lambos ever auctioned off, and the most expensive one is this '73 Miura P400 SV, which sold for $962,500 in Monterey in August 2007.
Actually, all the Lamborghinis on the list are Miuras, save for one 1976 Countach.
Sports Car Market
Categories: Classic Cars,Lamborghini
Italian police have a small fleet of Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia cars donated by Lamborghini for use on Italy's highly technical back roads. These blue-painted Gallardos are designated for chasing down suspected baddies and delivering critically needed organs for transplant patients at up to 203 mph.
But on Monday this Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia was totaled. The Guardian reports that the driver of a Seat Ibiza pulled out from a gas station without looking and clipped the Lambo, sending it into a spin that evidently couldn't be recovered. The Gallardo then plowed into a line of parked cars with such force that one of the parked cars wound up perched atop the police Lambo. The officer and passenger in the LP560-4 apparently walked away with minor injuries.
The Guardian
Photo source: YouReporter.it
Categories: Lamborghini,Sports Cars
So what do you think? Has AdamC3046 solved the mystery or is the guy spending too much time with his inflatable girlfriend?
Categories: BMW,Celebrities,Lamborghini
Hope you weren't counting on seeing the 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia at next month's LA Auto Show. Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley and Lamborghini have all pulled out of the show due to financial considerations. A source close to the LA Auto Show tells us the decision came months ago, though a report out of Detroit has drawn the Web's attention to it today.
Aston Martin is still on the exhibitor list. Although Aston public relations officials told us recently the company would have no official presence there, the LA-based Aston dealers are still expected to pull together a booth. Our source tells us that show organizers tried to persuade the other exotics to do the same, but Ferrari and Maserati in particular were against that because they wouldn't be able to control the brand message going out to consumers.
2009 LA Auto Show exhibitor list, TheDetroitBureau
First Drive: 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia
Categories: Aston Martin,Bentley,Ferrari,LA Auto Show,Lamborghini
Curious whether the new 2010 Honda Accord has an optional neck massager? How about the tow rating on the Ford F-150? And what about those European cars, they're always adding some new totally nonessential technological "feature."
Now there's an easy way to find out. Our 2010 Buyer's Guide lists every model change from every manufacturer. From colors to options to full redesigns, it's all there.
2010 Buyer's Guide
Categories: Acura,Aston Martin,Audi,BMW,Bentley,Bugatti,Buick,Cadillac,Chevrolet,Chrysler,Dodge,Ferrari,Fiat,Ford,GMC,General Motors,HUMMER,Honda,Hyundai,Infiniti,Jaguar,Jeep,Kia,Lamborghini,Land Rover,Lexus,Lincoln,Lotus,MINI,Maserati,Maybach,Mazda,Mercedes-Benz,Mercury,Mitsubishi,Nissan,Pontiac,Porsche,Rolls-Royce,SMART,Saab,Saturn,Scion,Subaru,Suzuki,Tesla Motors,Toyota,Volkswagen,Volvo
You may have seen some of these before. Rich guys like to show off you know. Regardless, these ultimate garages still stir the soul in a way only serious car enthusiasts can truly appreciate. There's a 25 page string on Luxury4play.com if you want to see more.
Luxury4play
Categories: Aston Martin,Bentley,Bugatti,Chevrolet,Classic Cars,Ferrari,Lamborghini,Luxury Cars,Maserati,Maybach,McLaren,Pagani,Porsche,Rolls-Royce
Is it ever OK to dance on a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster?
Categories: Convertibles,Lamborghini
Last night, the Volkswagen Group threw a huge party in Frankfurt. In this video, we bring you the official unveilings of the Audi R8 Spyder, Lamborghini Reventon Roadster and Volkswagen e Up!. You'll see the over-the-top Bugattis and Bentleys, too.
Full unveil list for the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
Categories: Audi,Bentley,Bugatti,Concept Vehicles,Convertibles,Frankfurt Auto Show,Lamborghini,Volkswagen
At each major auto show the monstrous VW Group puts on a sheet metal circus of sorts the night before the first press day in which it shows pretty much all of the vehicles that all of its various brand will unveil in the coming days. This is typically a fairly restrained affair. An executive stands up and introduces the vehicle his (they're ALWAYS men) brand will have at the show, the vehicle rolls out and, boom, on to the next brand.
Then there's Lamborghini, which invariably brings a little more flash to the deal. For starters there are always -- and we do mean always -- a couple of silly-hot models affixed to the car. And then there's the car. This year it's the matte-finish Reventon Roadster, which is very much like the Reventon only without a roof. Also, the company has lost the olive-drab/dark-gray color of the coupe and gone for a more conventionally attractive silver.
Make the jump for more details and a photo gallery.
Continue reading 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: Lamborghini Reventon Roadster.
Categories: Convertibles,Frankfurt Auto Show,Lamborghini,Sports Cars
