Lamborghini
DP7 Racing Hires Hot Shoe Chip Herr to Pilot Gallardo GTR Race Car For Remainder of World Challenge Season
[Credit: Mark Weber, World-Challenge] DP7 Racing, the team behind the lone Lamborghini Gallardo in the SPEED World Challenge GT series has just hired on World Challenge veteran Chip Herr to pilot the exotic racer for the remainder of the season. Former NFL quarterback Dan Pastorini, who was scheduled to pilot the car for the season,…
Lamborghini Super Trofeo LP560 Testing at Monza: Video
Lamborghini Super Trofeo GTR @ Monza from Lamborghini München on Vimeo. Ahead of the start of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo one-make racing series, we have this short bit of video made by the folks at Lamborghini Munich, who will be running a car in the series this year. The Super Trofeo series is a one-make…
Lamborghini Planning Reventón Roadster
When you’re an automaker, there are two ways to significantly improve profits. First, you can sell a vehicle to as many people as possible, using the “economies of scale” approach. Second, you can sell a reduced number of vehicles at a higher profit margin, feeding off an increased demand and a reduced supply. The Lamborghini…
Lamborghini Estoque Gets Put on Hold
Lamborghini will not be building a four-door exotic – at least not any time soon. Maurizio Reggiani, the head of R&D for the Italian exotic car manufacturer told U.K. publication AutoCar that the Estoque project would be shelved. The controversial sedan was unveiled by Lamborghini at least year’s Paris Auto Show and was scheduled to…
Lambo Wait Times Just Six Months
If you’re looking at purchasing a new Lamborghini, now is the perfect time. Wait times for exotic cars have been growing considerably over the past decade, but with the current recession, the trend is finally starting to reverse. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelann told the press at the Geneva Auto Show that the average wait time…
Lamborghini’s New Matte-Blue Paint
Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann didn’t have much to say at the company’s press conference at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, but it was still well worth attending. Winkelman announced that the company sold a record 2430 cars in 2008 and opened up 15 more dealerships. The highlight, however, was…
Lamborghini Announces One–Make Racing Series
Following in the footsteps of Ferrari and its Challenge series, Lamborghini has decided to form its own one-make series using the successor to the Gallardo, the LP560. Called the Gallardo Super Trofeo, this complete racecar will make 570hp and weight significantly less than the street-going machine. Lamborghini will build just 30 of the spec cars…
Toyota predicts loss, Lamborghini slows production
Toyota Motor Corp stock decline over the past 12 months. Source www.BigCharts.com According to Bloomberg news, Toyota will soon announce a possible dividend cut or profit loss. Following the announcement by Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe, stocks dropped (just 0.2 percent) but still remained strong. Bloomberg sources the Nikkei English News, which doesn’t give…
Lamborghini to go Racing in the US in 2009
One of the best finds at the 2008 SEMA Show was this Gallardo racecar at the Performance Friction Brakes booth. Built by DP7 Racing, this one-off custom racecar is set to take on the big boys in the SPEED World Challenge Series in the GT Class, competing against Corvettes, Vipers and Porsches. The car makes…
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