Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Ad Personam Photos
Filed under: 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Auto Show Pictures, Lamborghini, Supercars
Tags: Detroit, Italian, lp640, murcielago
The Ad Personam program by Lamborghini is giving owners a chance to customize their already exclusive supercars.
A new shade of light blue, Blu Cepheus, joins the Ad Personam program and is seen here as the exterior paint of the Murcielago LP640 Coupe and Roadster from the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The pale blue is reminiscent of the naturalistic environment and is deliberately inspired by the purity and transparency of polar ice, while also depicting one of the most glamorous shades in fashion today.
Another novelty of the Ad Personam program is the leather selected for the interiors of the Murcielago LP640 Roadster. In keeping with Tuscany’s prestigious tanning tradition, it is untreated, inspired by the natural leather found on horse saddles and leads to natural changes in color over time, a tendency that confirms its natural state and total absence of treatments.
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Video and Photos
Filed under: 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Auto Show Pictures, Auto Show Videos, Lamborghini, Supercars
Tags: Detroit, Gallardo, Italian, Spyder
Lamborghini brought the Gallardo Spyder and the Mercielago LP640 to the 2008 Detroit Auto Show to talk about their new Ad Personam program that allows customers to personalize their already exclusive supercars.
Watch the Lamborghini Ad Personam Program Announcement Video, featuring the Gallardo Spyder:
Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept Unveiling Video
Filed under: 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Audi, Auto Show Videos, Concept Cars, Supercars
Tags: Detroit, German, R8, TDI, V12
Watch our video of the Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept debut. For more on the newest concept from Audi, click here. Stay tuned for more video premiers from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, they will be going up all this week.
Audi R8 V12 TDI Concept
Filed under: 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Audi, Auto Show Pictures, Concept Cars, Supercars
Tags: Detroit, German, R8, TDI, V12
Just when we thought the R8 couldn’t get any better, Audi introduced the first 12-cylinder diesel engine in a high-performance roadgoing sports car at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The V12 TDI with a displacement of six liters powers a concept car based on the Audi R8. This unit generates a huge 500 hp and 737.56 lb-ft of torque. The V12 TDI is closely related to the engine in the Audi R10, the two-time Le Mans winner – so it catapults the Audi R8 into supercar terrain concerning performance too. It sprints from zero to 62 mph in just 4.2 seconds and its top speed is well over 186 mph. The peak torque, reached at only 1,750 rpm, paves the way for effortless acceleration that is unrivaled even at this level.
The dynamic character of a sports car depends not just on its performance and torque; the transmission ratios have to be right too. In keeping with the character of a high-performance sports car with unbeatable torque potential, the transmission in the R8 V12 TDI has six manually operated gears. The manual transmission is very compact in design. Together with the small-diameter double-plate clutch, this means it can be installed low down. The manual transmission has very short shift travel and utterly precise guiding of the shifter into the open gear lever gate.
The Lexus LF-A Goes Topless At Detroit
Filed under: 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Auto Show Pictures, Concept Cars, Convertibles, Lexus, Supercars
Tags: Detroit, Japanese, LF-A, Roadster
For the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, the engineers and designers at Lexus continued to use their groundbreaking LF-A premium sports car concept as a medium for expressing their ideas about what a high-performance sporting vehicle not only could be, but should be. In this latest expression of the LF-A, they have removed the car’s top to create a high-performance roadster.The LF-A Roadster is based on the sturdy yet lightweight carbon-fiber and aluminum body used for the LF-A coupe, which helps maintain the structure’s strength and rigidity even without a top.
Like its coupe counterpart, the LF-A Roadster is powered by a high-revving V10 engine that approaches 5.0 liters in displacement. The V10, capable of more than 500 horsepower and test-track speeds greater than 200 mph, is mounted in front of the passenger compartment but behind the front-axle centerline in what the LF-A’s engineers refer to as a “front-mid” configuration.
The engine is connected via a torque tube and propeller shaft to a transaxle that is controlled by paddle shifters. The torque tube is a structural member that adds rigidity to the drivetrain and chassis while also reducing vibration.
Styling is rooted in the Lexus L-Finesse design philosophy, conferring the LF-A Roadster’s front end with a compact, low-profile, aerodynamic shape. Like its coupe counterpart, the LF-A Roadster stands just 48 inches tall, but the Roadster configuration adds a speed adaptive rear wing.
The rear is marked by a pair of wrap-around, arrowhead-shaped taillights that bracket a pair of large grilles. These grilles vent the heated air from the car’s two rear-mounted radiators into the LF-A Roadster’s aerodynamic wake. The radiators are fed cool air by two large intake ducts mounted just above the rear wheel wells. This aft radiator positioning not only allowed the designers to keep the car’s front profile low and tight but also aided the LF-A’s chassis engineers in their search for optimal weight distribution.
Helping to provide balance and scale to the design, which features an overall length of 175.6 inches and a wheelbase of 102.6 inches, are high-performance tires on turbine-styled alloy wheels. The front tires are 265/35R20s, while the rears are 305/30R20s. Like the LF-A coupe, the brakes consist of 14.2-inch cross-drilled, vented discs up front, and 13.6-inch cross-drilled, vented discs at the rear. The front brake calipers are six-piston units and the rear calipers use four pistons each.
An “F” logo, located on each front fender of the Roadster, indicates the vehicle’s status as a part of the new “F” marque. The name is derived from the original “F” designation for the first Lexus LS prototype. That vehicle was internally coded “Circle-F,” with the “F” standing for “flagship.” The Circle-F designation further evolved into the code name Flagship One, or F1, and the first F1 concept developed into Lexus’ first vehicle, the LS. Since then, the “F” code has come to signify a special vehicle program within Lexus that falls outside the normal engineering and development process. In addition, Fuji Speedway is the IS F’s home circuit, and the shape of the F-logo was inspired by many of the track’s turns.
2008 Ferrari F430 Scuderia Pictures
Filed under: 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, Auto Show Pictures, Ferrari, Supercars
Tags: , F430 Scuderia, Italian
The powerful 2008 Ferrari F430 Scuderia showed its stripes at the 2007 LA Auto Show. In addition to video coverage of the F430, we snapped a few pictures. Enjoy!
Click here to watch the 2008 Ferrari F430 Scuderia Debut Video.
Photos of the Lamborghini Reventon
Filed under: 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, Auto Show Pictures, Lamborghini, Supercars
Tags: Italian, Reventon
The very exclusive and expensive Lamborghini Reventon recently debuted at the 2007 LA Auto Show. Browse our photos of the Reventon and let us know if you think it’s worth the 1 million Euro price tag.
Click here for the Lamborghini Reventon Video Debut.
Lamborghini Reventon Video
Filed under: 2007 Los Angeles Auto Show, Auto Show Videos, Lamborghini, Supercars
Tags: Reventon
Lamborghini showed their most exlusive vehicle to have left Sant-Agata to date, the Reventon. Pulling out your checkbooks will be in vain since 20 buyers have already been pre-selected and pricing is going to include a lot of zeros…1,000,000 euros or 1.46 million USD. However, watching our video is free, so enjoy!
You can also watch the Lamborghini Reventon Video on YouTube
