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I've always been somewhat of a Lamborghini fanboy. Maybe it harkens back to a time in my younger days when I would play with models of the then famous Diablo. Either way, I was excited as heck to witness a Lamborghini Press Launch for the first time ever, and the team from Sant'Agata did not disappoint. For our faithful readers who may not have had the chance to see a Lambo show first hand, I can tell you that the atmosphere surrounding their floor space is intense and electric. Everyone is clamouring to get a shot of any vehicles their camera lenses can set their focus on. Pre-launch for me, it was taking photos of two Lamborghini Aventadors which were flanking the main veiled attraction. As you

Ahahaha, oh my. An "entry level" supercar - right, that makes sense.  It used to be there were sports cars that normal people could afford (Mustang, Corvette, Porsche 944, etc), and Supercars that only oil barons and filthy rich Enron executives could afford (F512M, Countach, Cizeta Moroder, EB110.)  As the industry moves along, though, we've actually developed upper and lower echelons of the supercar.  It's funny to think of something costing nearly a quarter-million dollars as being "entry level," but despite all the insanity of the Ferrari 458 Italia, it's not the craziest thing they make. There didn't used to be a lot of choice here, either - you could pretty much get an F355 or an Esprit, and a few others have crept in here

Lamborghini aimed to build anticipation with an endless supply of teasers leading up to the Paris Auto Show. Many speculated it was the rumored "Jota" replacement for the Murcielago. That didn't quite work out as it was instead a concept model, the Sesto Elemento. In addition, it was more of a next-generation Gallardo preview than anything. That doesn't mean that the Murcielago replacement isn't coming though. Leftlanenews has caught the new supercar racing around the Nurburgring. It is slated for a launch next march at the Geneva Auto Show. Until then, check out the video below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0T1cgQ8D9k

Conventional thinking is that in times of economic turbulence, companies of non-essential high-end products like Lamborghini would suffer greatly. For the year of 2008 at least, Lamborghini bucked that, posting both a sales and profit increase. Problems accelerated significantly in 2009 though, and reality set in for everyone - including Lamborghini. Lets take a look at the damage. Sales declined by some 37.7 percent, to 1,515 cars. That is after a 2.5% increase for 2008 that resulted in 2430 cars sold, Lamborghini's highest figure ever. A 37.7 percent decline was enough to turn a $79.6 million profit to a $47.6 million pretax loss. Ouch! Lamborghini blames the sales decline on two things: finance industries fell hard last year and many of Lamborghini's customers were in that sector and

Lamborghini's Gallardo range is seemingly evergreen. Just as we get used to how face-bashingly awesome the latest variant is (in this case the hardcore, rear-wheel-drive LP550-2 Valentino Balboni), Lamborghini drops a new version in our laps that starts the drooling all over again.  The latest long-name Gallardo derivative is arguably the best yet, and it goes by "LP570-4 Superleggera."  It's a lightweight, more powerful, aero-equipped monster coated in radioactive lime green paint and giant black carbon fibre scoops and spoilers everwhere.  In other words, it's business as usual for the Sant A'gata automaker. The 5.2L direct-injected V10 sees power climb from 560 to 570 at 8,000 rpm, and still employs cool tech goodies like an aluminum crankcase, dual-plane crank throws, dry-sump lubrication, infinitely adjustable cam timing

We know that the March is a way off (the North American International Auto Show hasn't even started yet) but who would turn down the chance to see a new Lamborghini early? We thought so. Rumors of a SuperVeloce based on the Gallardo have been swirling, and new images leaked on the web seemingly add a bit more credibility to those. The last special Gallardo model was the Superleggera (meaning super light in Italian) a model that lost pounds and added a bit of horsepower. The SuperVeloce would take things even further, it's 570 designation indicating a rise in output from the car's V-10 to 570 horsepower. Leaked is three new images, and you can spot the "SV" designation on the side. It isn't certain whether these are official renderings

The exotic and high-end car destruction rampage continues! Those who enjoy seeing machinery destroyed have got quite their fill over the past few weeks, seeing the Bugatti Veyron crash into a lake, a Ferrari California crash into construction equipment, an Aston Martin crash into a tree (cracking it in half), and an Audi R8 get into an accident involving two 0ther cars - what a list! Now another one has happened, this time involving a Lamborhini and the police - it is not your "usual" (if there is one) exotic-car crash story though. For those who want to hear about the Gallardo, and not one being crashed, CarThrottle recently completed its review of the Italian supercar. This was not a high speed chase that

The news has been coming hard and fast out of Sant A'gata lately. Lamborghini's been one busy company, what with the new Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni (from earlier today) as well as the recent release of the absolutely astonishing Murcielago LP670-4 SV.  They announced the availability of a convertible version of the new Gallardo LP560-4 at last year's Los Angeles Auto Show, and now they've put out some more high-resolution pictures.  The way I see it, any opportunity to post high-resolution Lamborghini pictures is not an opportunity to be missed out on. The LP560-4 Spyder is exactly what you'd think it is; an LP560-4 Coupe with no roof.  All the better to hear that howling 552bhp V10 situated behind your ears.  And I think that Lime

To the Lamborghini faithful, the nameValentino Balboni holds a lot of meaning. Valentino was Lamborghini's official test driver and product refinement guru going as far back as 1973, and he's recently retired.  To celebrate Balboni's work at the raging bull, they've come out with a new model commemorating him in the best way possible - a Lamborghini, exactly as he would've wanted it. Based on the smaller Gallardo, the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni is the only Lamborghini in the lineup that's purely rear-wheel-drive.  The Gallardo, which was designed to be AWD, had to be redesigned in some ways to adapt to rear wheel drive, but Lamborghini promises the LP550-2 delivers a more active, controllable driving experience. The Audi-derived 5.2L V10 produces a healthy 550 brake horsepower.  Since the

Most people are pretty confident that the U.S market and global economy will begin to finally rebound and show some signs of life at the end of this year. Economists, auto makers, even the U.S government are forecasting that. Not that their record has been particularly good. But, I digress.

Unlike the others though, Lamborghini is taking a much more pessimistic viewpoint. At an company event in Paris today, Lamborghini chief executive Stephan Winkelmann commented on sales for the year and his view for the future.

After coming off a record year 2008 for both sales and profits, it looks like the economic situation is finally catching up to Lamborghini. Sales for 2009 so far are down by 30%. Even at a 40% overall sales decline for the year, Winkelmann expects