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Old 06-07-2006, 12:57 PM
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Re: 2006 Murcielago??

NYK, I think you're missing the point! It's not that the Lambo's are getting too slow, it's just that the rest get's so fast!! How can a profit making company compeet with buggatti speeds which are very couicidle for the make and how about Koenigsseg performance? Yes they can make it look like a racecar just like Ferrari and Koenigsegg does and their cars will be lighter and faster when the changes will be made you just described!
But first of all a Lamborghini truly is ditinquised by it's characteristic engine layout. If there is one way they differ towards other supercar brands it's their own way of building an engine. Those engines are known to be very big, very torqy and very powerfull at the full rev band. This creates a very different driving experience most people who drove one discribes as only a lambo could offer. Those engines are based on what they learn in offshore powerboat racing! Not on the track with a car! What most of us do not know is that Lamborghini builds the fastest v12 engines used in Class 1 offshore racing today and since many years back! This is an outstanding performance because powerboats like these causes incredibel stresses on such engines which no car would ever match. Those boats require very different engine performance then a racecar engine provides. Huge power, much more torque, and it must be very strong to survive high stresses! What Lamborgini basiccaly does is building a small offshore powerboat engine and put is inside a car. Note: the first Lamborghini motors used for the powerboatworld was litterly inside the LM002 jeep / truck (whatever you prefer to call it ) and it needed very little changes to be used which is very good! Therefor you get very different, but very agressive power and also a buckload of weight inside the back.

But we are drafting, it's time to get to the point! I think when all lambo's are changed they will be more like the neighbour supercar would be! It might be faster but the experience of driving a real Lambo wil be lost!