Lamborghini America LLC announced yesterday that it is launching a new finance program in collaboration with Woodside Credit and Volkswagen Credit, for the 2009 and 2010 Murcielago LP640 Coupe and Roadster.

“The Lamborghini Retail Finance Plan allows enthusiasts to finance one of most exclusive cars on the road at a more competitive rate than ever before,” said Pietro Frigerio, Chief Operating Officer of Automobili Lamborghini America, LLC. “We are pleased to continue our relationship with Volkswagen Credit as well partner with Woodside Credit, an established financing organization in collector and specialty cars, in order to provide several financing options to our clients.”

If you have a credit score of 700 or higher, you can enjoy a finance rate of 5.99 percent with a minimum down payment of 10 percent, low monthly payments and terms of up to 12 years. However, if your credit is above 740 and if you make a higher down payment upfront, the program offers a zero percent interest rate over a 60-month period.

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The Lamborghini Murcielago may be getting old, but the raging bull still has some fight left in it. Some figure it just needs a little encouragement. Like JB Design.

The German tuning house has released a comprehensive tuning package for the LP-640 that leaves no stone unturned. The engine can be upgraded to 714- or 750-horsepower specifications. The shift paddles have been replaced with an F1-style rocker lever. An extensive carbon fiber aerodynamic package includes front and rear spoilers, rear diffuser, front air intake side skirts, and front and rear hoods. The wheels have been swapped out for 20-inch Schmidt Revolution alloys with steamroller Michelin rubber. The interior has been refinished in custom leather, Alcantara and carbon fiber trim. The stock exhaust has been replaced by an adjustable system. And the body has been re-sprayed in a custom paint that costs 280,000 euros per liter ($414k).

The cost of the modifications runs half a million euros (about $740k), but JB Design is looking to offload this particular demonstration car for 355,000 euros ($525k). Such a deal. Full press release at the source.

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Lamborghini has opened a new laboratory in Washington, which will develop future carbon fiber technology.

The Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL) at the University of Washington will see Lamborghini work with leaders in aerospace and composite material development, including the university itself, The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Lamborghini has made a substantial financial contribution to the ACSL and intends to utilise ACSL’s research to develop future vehicles with lighter, stronger and more versatile materials.

Lamborghini CEO and president Stephan Winkelmann said: “Lamborghini remains committed to investing in its future, and advancing carbon fiber composite technologies is the key to achieving many our goals.

“As Lamborghini has long been influenced by aerospace technology, the University of Washington’s collaboration with The Boeing Company and the Federal Aviation Administration is the complementary fit to furthering our research and development programs that will continue to set the benchmark in carbon fiber technology.”

Source: Autocar

The guys at Teamspeed.com have spotted the Lamborghini Estoque Concept in the city of Cologne, Germany. The car was displayed on the streets without any license plates and used during a photo shoot. The fact that the car is shown in the open gives us some hope of a release next year.

We have reported before that the development of the Estoque concept, introduced last autumn’s Paris Motor Show, was put on hold. Immediately after the report, Lamborghini stated in a press release that no decision was made about the future release of the four-door super car. They also said that that a four-door would fit well with their current product line-up.

The four-door concept is hot these days. Super sports sedans such as the Aston Martin Rapide, Porsche Panamera and Bugatti 16 C Galibier have arrived or are on their way. Lamborghini cannot stick behind and it looks like the Estoque is heading to an official release. Geneva 2010 perhaps?

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The 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show will be supercar heaven for all auto enthusiasts. Mercedes-Benz will unveil its SLS AMG, McLaren will bring us the MP4-12C, Ferrari will show off its new 458 Italia and Audi will show us the R8 Spyder. Just leaked while we you were getting yourself a cup of coffee to stay away throughout the day is the Lamborghini Reventon Roadster.

Yes, we almost forgot about the long-rumored drop-top version of Reventon – but here it is.

So far, rumor has it that the Lamborghini Reventon will be powered by a 670-hp 6.5L V12 from the recently unveiled Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce and that only 9 units will be produced.

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Meet the next ultimate Lambo!

These pictures give us the best look yet at how the raging bull of the future will shape up – and it’s set to eclipse the existing Murciélago in every way. The car has yet to be given a name, but it’s expected to combine Lamborghini owner Audi’s aluminium spaceframe chassis with a carbon fibre bodyshell.

That will make it much lighter than the Murciélago it replaces – and guarantees stunning performance to go with the incredible looks. Up front is a pronounced spoiler and fresh headlamps – but designers have reserved the biggest changes for the rear. They have moved the Murciélago’s trademark angular exhaust closer to the ground, while new strip-like LED tail-lights replace the current square units.

Power is expected to come from a 6.0-litre V12 with around 700bhp – that would propel the car from 0-60mph in just over three seconds. The new Lambo will also be wider and longer, while four-wheel drive ensures it’s firmly planted on the road.

Preliminary prototypes have been spied near Germany’s Nürburgring track, but the car is unlikely to arrive before 2012. The newcomer will also pave the way for future generations of hybrid Lambos. It will be the brand’s first car to use efficient technologies such as stop-start and energy regeneration, and is a major step towards bosses’ plans to deliver the first-ever Lamborghini hybrid by 2015.

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Raging bulls, supermodels, ridiculous horsepower figures and outrageous styling - not your traditional recipe for hybrid success. But Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann is betting that his brand will be ripe for the transition to gasoline-electric power as early as 2015.

The news comes from a recent interview with the German-language Automobilewoche, during which Winkelmann said he could easily imagine a small electric motor joining the cacophony of 10- and 12-cylinder engines for which the brand is famous.

Rather than going totally green, however, such hybrids would be serve more as environmental mitigators - improving fuel efficiency in urban areas where emissions are worst, but getting out of the way when it's time to hit the track or back country.

Before you get all hot and bothered over the idea of having your supercar cake and eating it too, Winkelmann says Lamborghini isn't interested in following Audi or Mercedes-Benz's footsteps into the all-electric arena anytime soon. The hybrid stretch is enough, it seems.

Source: Car Connection

Just four short months ago a rumor surfaced that Lamborghini would be making a topless version of its hottest model, the F22-inspired Reventon. Word is that today Lambo is showing off it's most expensive ever ragin' bull to a super select cabal of people so wealthy that we'll never understand. Based on the Murcielago, the original carbon fiber Reventon was limited to 20 units (plus one for the museum) and cost just about $1 million. And therein lies the problem. As a Reventon owner, you have a 19 out of 6.5 billion chance of running into another person driving the same car as you -- not exclusive enough.

This is where the new drop top Rev comes in. Limited to just nine examples makes the new Lambo more than twice as exclusive. As its price will climb to $1.6 million, it had better be. Besides losing the roof, the Reventon Roadster will be more powerful than its hard-top cousins, as the convertible will get the LP670-4 SV's stonking 6.5-liter V12 good for 670 horsepower and 487 lb-ft of torque.

Source: AutoBlog

Reiter Engineering used last weekend's 24 Hours of Spa race to reveal its Murcielago LP670 R-SV, a GT1 race-ready version of the already hardened LP 670-4 SV. The box-stock Lambo already shed 220 pounds compared to its non SV brethren, weighing in at 3,451 pounds. The Reiter racer, stripped of any non-essentials and with a body rendered entirely in carbon fiber, drops further 921 pounds to weigh in at just 2,530 pounds (1,150 kg).

Reiter is hoping the car will be one of the six allowable brands chosen for next year's FIA GT World Championship.

Source: AutoBlog

Spotted in LA, where else?

The cat would appear to be out of the bag for the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2, as what certainly look to be official photos of the newest bull have hit the web. Details are sketchy, but Lamborghini's naming scheme keeps no secrets. Assuming this is all on the level, expect 550 horsepower from the V10 mounted aft of the cockpit, with that power going to the rear wheels exclusively. The lack of AWD should also result in some weight loss, a welcome addition in any sports car, much less a Lamborghini making this kind of power. And yes, that's a ball-topped gated shifter in the interior photo featured in the gallery. Glorious.

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Luxury sports carmaker Lamborghini sees no recovery in its markets until 2011 after a 30 percent drop in sales in the first five months of this year, Chief Executive Stephan Winkelmann said on Wednesday.

Still, first-half figures would be positive, and the company, based in Sant'Agata Bolognese in central Italy, would achieve a full-year pre-tax profit, Winkelmann told the Reuters Global Luxury Summit.

"We could stay profitable with sales that are dropping at 40 percent (in 2009). We are foreseeing a scenario that is staying on the same level next year and coming back in 2011," he said. "I'm prepared to face another tough year in 2010."

Source: Reuters

Recent reports say that a successor to the Lamborghini Murcielago won’t arrive until 2012; however, that doesn’t mean Lamborghini designers and engineers are just sitting around doing nothing.

Autogespot sources say that Lamborghini is hard at work on a new vehicle by the end of this year. The new bull is expected to carry a further developed engine from the Murcielago LP640 with more power and better performance. The new car, think of it as a successor to the Jota, will have a shorter wheelbase and a wider stance. Insiders say that a lot of lightweight materials will be used to reduce the weight of the body of the new model.

Other than that, a Lamborghini Reventon Roadster is due to be unveiled very soon.

Source: eGMCarTech

Not so long ago, Lamborghini cars like the Mucielago, and their Ferrari counterparts, were just about the fastest things money could by. In the last couple of years, the rise of the boutique supercar has had an effect on the Italians. Lamborghini hits back with the 2010 Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce, the fastest and most pure sports car ever to roll out of the Italian car icon's factory.

Smoking lesser Lamborghini Murcielago cars in nearly every respect, the SuperVeloce benefits from a lightened and totally reworked Lamborghini V12 engine, now producing 670 horsepower at the crank and helping the SuperVeloce weigh in at 220 pounds less than the standard Murcielago cars. More in the jump!

Lamborghini Murcielago SuperVeloce driving dynamics set it apart.

More power and weight savings are nice for straight line speed and on spec sheets, but where Lamborghini has perhaps fallen behind nontraditional record holders like Nissan and Chevrolet has been in the handling department. The SuperVeloce seeks to change all that, combining front and rear variable limited slip differentials with an AWD system that is all about the track.

Sitting on a double wishbone suspension at all four corners with an innovative system utilizing a dual strut setup in the rear, the Murcielago SuperVeloce and its AWD system react to the road.

The weight distribution favors the rear ever so slightly, but with dual differentials able to send up to 35 percent of the power up front at a moment's notice, expect the SuperVeloce to be a very forgiving supercar without losing driving prowess.

Lamborghini Murcielago SuperVeloce body and aerodynamics - Weight savings everywhere.

In addition to the lighter Lamborghini V12 powerplant, the Murcielago SuperVeloce gets extensive weight savings in the body with nearly 75 pounds shed in chassis and body panels. Particularly striking is the engine cover.

Functional as it is beautiful, the carbon and plexiglass honeycomb cover for the mid-mounted V12 is open in each section at its rear end, allowing greater cooling potential for an engine that will undoubtedly see some significant time at limit.

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Lamborghini has not killed its angular, four-door concept, the Estoque, revealed last fall at the Paris motor show. But it hasn’t been approved for production either, the company said Monday. Responding to rumors swirling about the car’s demise, the company issued a statement saying, “No decision has been made to produce the Estoque.” That also means it’s not dead, a spokesman clarified.

The Estoque is a four-door supercar with a 500-hp V10 borrowed from the Gallardo, all-wheel drive and a lightweight chassis. It would be the first daily driver from the niche carmaker. When it was revealed, the Estoque was hailed as a volume car for Lamborghini, with sales estimated to be 2,000 to 3,000 annually. The company perhaps fueled rumors that the Estoque was more than a concept, admitting last fall that it was an operating prototype.

Source: AutoWeek