Automobili Lamborghini SpA unveiled the rolling chassis of the new V-12-powered super sports car it plans to launch at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. The revelation of the car’s carbon-fiber monocoque “tub” earlier this month.
With the rollout of the chassis we can see more of the cars’s parts and how they are put together, including racy-looking transverse coil-over springs and shock absorbers that look like they were plucked from a racing prototype at Le Mans.
You may be wondering piece of the new car Lamborghini will show next. Will we see the headlights, seats or carpeting?
While the suspense may seem a bit ridiculous, it is a way for Lamborghini to get the most mileage out of the pending introduction. Once the new car, which replaces the Murcielago, hits the market it will probably have the difficult job of holding car fans’ attention for many years before a new model comes along.
The company brings out a new flagship only about once every decade. The 1960s had the Miura, the ’70s saw the Countach emerge and — well, the Countach was around for almost 20 years before the Diablo showed up. Of course the company had a number of bouts with seemingly certain death during those years.
Now as a unit of Volkswagen AG, Lamborghini has the resources to turn out cars that are more advanced and reliable than past models. They are also taken more seriously by customers and competing exotic-car makers like Ferrari and Porsche.
We’ll see the new Lambo in less than a week. Until then, picture something like the Sesto Elemento concept car the company showed at last year’s Paris Motor Show.
Source: blogs.wsj.com
