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Topic: The All-New Lamborghini Murcielago is Here!
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Morto
Junior Member Posts: 7
From: Australia
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted September 29, 2001 08:32 PM
  
Cool looking car. Definitely a Lambo. It would look awesome in Black.The Murcielago has a similar design feel to the Countach, which needed to have scoops added to its rear air intakes because it had overheating problems at high speed. The angle of the "wings" and their side supports would provide very little useful downforce. So, I think that you will find that the "wings" are air intakes for the rear mounted radiators. Look HUGE scoops on the L147 prototype. ------------------
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 529
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted September 30, 2001 06:36 AM
Hey you lot are right about the big lack of power, especially for the drop top. But over here in Britain cars that look like that stand out much more, which is maybe why they're very popular...
And you right Morto, it would look wicked in black! I'll try and edit a pic with Fireworks and see if i can make it black....------------------
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glawson
Junior Member Posts: 1
From: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 01, 2001 07:48 AM
I was unsure about the desigh at first but it is growing on me. Shame it even bigger than the Diablo which was already a massive car, though it is supposed to be more driveable and comfortable. By the way they are not 'wings' they are NACA ducts similar to the ones on the top of the countach rear wings (though the countach had fixed ones). They are only deployed at high speed and provide no downforce at all, however there is a flying butress that deploys at speed ala McLaren F1 which does provide downforce. Wing fans dont fear, they are bound to have one as an option and besides they never provided any downforce anyway they just created drag and looked cool. ------------------
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kingfisher
Member Posts: 2532
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted October 01, 2001 05:32 PM
The rear wing on the Murcielago is also a piece of active hardware. It too deploys at speed.I therefore wonder if we'll see the traditional, huge Lambo rear wing on this car. ------------------
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jsummers
Junior Member Posts: 1
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Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 04, 2001 10:46 PM
This picture say's it all! It's Awesome!
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Oasis8547
Junior Member Posts: 26
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Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 06, 2001 03:28 PM
Well as cute as the new little lamborgini murcielago (rice burner) is...I'm just waiting for some rich dude to drive it over a speed bump...there goes another grand to fix, haha.Other than that...I kind of like the diablo better-seemed to have more personality and definition to it. ------------------
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DodgeRamDriver
Junior Member Posts: 2
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Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 10, 2001 06:56 PM
holy ****, the bitch is bad ass,....i like it better than the diablo,..i hope performance wise it can hold it's own,.......screw a spoiler "WINGS" rule!....the interior is classic Lamborghini, which is always a good thing,...like that shiney shifter too------------------
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DodgeRamDriver
Junior Member Posts: 2
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Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 10, 2001 06:58 PM
oh, i love the illegal tint on it too------------------
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 529
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted October 13, 2001 04:25 AM
Oh that looks nice. Can't understand why Lambo's launch colours/colors were bright green and yellow! It looks like sex on wheels in black...  ------------------
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PorscheGT1
Member Posts: 455
From: Texas
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted October 14, 2001 12:05 PM
Thats a nice car. Now I just need to wait tell I get rich so I can buy one.------------------
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FerrariKid14
Moderator Posts: 2755
From: Granville, OH
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted October 18, 2001 04:55 PM
Has the Murcielago been distributed to dealers yet, or is it still on the show circuit? I'd like to know, because if they're in production, I'm going to be over to Nelson Lamborghini faster than you can say "Diablo".......------------------
 
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edward
Junior Member Posts: 2
From: australia
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted October 19, 2001 02:55 AM
hey guysi'd just like to say about the new lambo, that all new cars are often greeted with a lot of mixed opinions (remember the aston db7?, it got a lot of stick when it came out), and to give the lambo a break. We all know that they're a company that's come from behind, and it looks like they're doing a pretty good job. But the rear end is too angular, and the exit vents look awful... apart from that, the car carries the lambo (styling) tradition onwards. It may look modern and be smoothed out, but it needs to be to keep up with these fantastic designs from ferrari and porsche. give it time, and when the car's minor details are totally sorted, then have a go at it ------------------
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 529
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted October 19, 2001 08:07 AM
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Originally posted by edward:
...give it time, and when the car's minor details are totally sorted, then have a go at it
Yeah, fair point, but you just had a go at it then. Right...here quote:
But the rear end is too angular, and the exit vents look awful... apart from that, the car carries the lambo (styling) tradition onwards. It may look modern and be smoothed out, but it needs to be to keep up with these fantastic designs from ferrari and porsche.
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I'm just confused, because it's a bit contradictory. And anyway, the people who don't like it have already had plenty of goes at it.  ------------------
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48Valve
Member Posts: 109
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Registered: Sep 2001
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posted October 19, 2001 09:14 AM
Giuseppe Greco (or was it Grego?), the president of Lamborghini said that they want lambo to be a controversial thing, some hate it, some love it. Personally, I love it  and I think that no car should leave you cold, but most of them do, sad, but maybe that is just what you get when most (NOTE:most) of the car makers are more business men then passionate about cars.  Who wants to be sensible? ------------------
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CultMaster
Moderator Posts: 529
From: Manchester UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted October 20, 2001 03:45 AM
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Originally posted by 48Valve:
but maybe that is just what you get when most (NOTE:most) of the car makers are more business men then passionate about cars. Who wants to be sensible?
You're right about the businessmen. That's why we get cars like this  ------------------
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