Murciélago [Spy Shots] Murcielago Superleggera

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Spied: Lambo Murcielago Superleggera!

Sources on the ground at Germany's Nürburgring believe that this Lamborghini test car is a prototype for the Murcielago Superleggera-- a lighter, even more intense version of the Lamborghini supercar flagship.

The black panels on this prototype point to the same use of lighter-weight carbon-fiber and plastic panels found on the recently released Gallardo Superleggera, meaning this super Murcielago gets a new engine hood, door panels and central tunnel made out of the high-tech aerospace materials. Some of the glass has also likely been replaced by lighter-weight clear plastic, further reducing the Murcielago's mass. This prototype was also fitted with a massive rear wing, also likely crafted from carbon-fiber.

As with the Gallardo Superleggera, this new Murcielago is expected to get a power bump beyond its 640 horsepower, further intensifying the gains made from the 'Lago's weight reduction. Just how close the Murcielago Superleggera will get to 700 horsepower is currently unknown. Also unknown is exactly when this newest Superleggera will be available to the insanely wealthy, but a public debut at one of this fall's European motor shows seems logical.

Source: The Car Connection

 

[Bruce]

No surprise here. I look forward to it

Beautiful colour btw.

 

[Kowalski]

That will be one seriously fast car!

 

[DaSilva]

This is INSANE!
YEAH!

The really really last Super Bull!!!

 

[Bartek S.]

I'm not a big fan of Lambo, but this one realy is appealing to me, I love it.

 

[Zonda]

Superleggera is the way to go. I prefer way over adding more power.

 

[LaArtist]

kick ass....cant wait.. this might be able to keep up with the normal zonda F..

 

[DaSilva]

kick ass....cant wait.. this might be able to keep up with the normal zonda F..

Bitch!
(J/K)

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 SuperLeggra vs Zonda ?
I think the Honda will lose..

Edit: ops sorry, Zonda, Honda, my mistake.

 

[LaArtist]

lol.. hardly.. lets see if it gets the same N-Ring time
and if it does.. pagani has the Clubsport..so there aint no winning this game..
but cool car

 

[DeDe]

Will be a killer, but please cut that silly wing off...

 

[Merc1]

From CAR Magazine:





What's this – a hotter Murcielago?

So it seems. Lamborghini's top brass swore blind at the launch of the Gallardo that there was no stripped-out Murcielago LP640 waiting in the wings. 'The LP640 is wild enough,' Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini's president told us. But he's obviously changed his mind – as our exclusive pictures of this lightweight Lambo special show.

Despite the impenetrable ring of secrecy surrounding the development of this new iteration – no one at Lamborghini will officially acknowledge its existence – our sources claim the LP640 will not adopt the Superleggera name, but rather the more hallowed Superveloce badge.

Hmm, Superveloce. That sounds vaguely familiar.

First seen on the last of the Miura P400 (the one without the eyelashes around its headlamps) and later on the Diablo, Superveloce is Italian for high speed… Expect it to bow in at the Frankfurt Motor Show this coming September, wearing a £230,000 price tag.

Although the LP640 is due for a final swan-song power hike before its Walter de’Silva-penned replacement arrives at the turn of the decade, it's thought that the LP640 SV will go on an extreme diet and rely on a lower kerb weight and shorter gear ratios to give it even more ferocious in-gear go from its mid-mounted 6.5-litre V12.

Where will the weight savings come from?

Like the Gallardo Superleggera, the LP640 SV's kerb weight will drop by an anticipated 100kg to 1565kg, boosting its power-to-weight ratio to 409bhp per tonne. Think of it as a slightly bigger Caterham R400 and you'll get the idea.

Fitting carbon ceramic brakes, stripping the cabin of everything but the essentials and even using titanium wheel nuts (like on the Gallardo Superleggera) should easily take care of the necessary weight loss, but the SV will retain its all-wheel-drive layout.

Any other changes?

As well as that outrageous wing – supplied by Boeing, we hear – the SV is expected to get a revised set of gear ratios to keep the longitudinally-mounted engine spinning close to its wailing 8000rpm redline. Although this should drop the 0-60mph spring time from 3.4sec to three seconds dead and deliver eyeball-flattening mid-range acceleration, expect the shorter ratios to peg back top speed from 210mph to an even 200mph. Roll on September.

And don't rule out the possibility of a Gallardo SV arriving late next year to take on Ferrari's F430 Stradale. The hardcore Gallardo will be a full blown hardcore racer, shedding more weight and gaining more power, and giving Lamborghini an effective three-tiered Gallardo model line-up.


Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Superveloce - Secret New Cars - Carmagazine.co.uk

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[DaSilva]

Great information Merc1 and what a great name: Superveloce

And another Gallardo version ? This makes the current one, the normal Gallardo will be cheaper secondhand ? Good cause I'm about to get one...
Thanks again.

 

[Tarek]

Super cool car but that rear wing has to go...