Yes indeed, there is a Lamborghini ride-share in Vancouver

Yes indeed, there is a Lamborghini ride-share in VancouverVancouver 

entrepreneur Kevin Gordon offers free rides in his 900 HP Supercharged Lamborghini Performante and encourages his passengers to donate to a deserving local charity.

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Lamborghini in London luxury-quarter crash

Lamborghini in London luxury-quarter crash

it could only happen in London's enclave for the ultra-rich. The young driver of a Lamborghini Aventador, which carries a price tag of up to $500,000, faces a very hefty fine and repair bill after it was involved in a three-car collision on London's luxurious Sloane Street.

While no further details have emerged about the crash which took place on March 30, a video posted on YouTube suggests the car was driving above the area's 30mph speed limit. Failing to avoid a car turning into the street, the Lamborghini is seen impacting a parked BMW and a Mazda5. The force of the collision sent the matt-black sports careering down the road on two wheels before coming to a messy end.


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Lamborghini reveals $4.5 million roofless car

Lamborghini has released photos of its latest multi-million supercar, the Veneno Roadster. The car is an open-roofed version of the Lamborghini Veneno coupe, which was unveiled at last year's Geneva Motor Show.

While the car is priced at $4.5 million -- $500,000 more than the Veneno coupe -- it will actually be easier to get, provided you can afford it. Lamborghini's plans to build the car were announced in August.Gallery - Lamborghini Veneno up close

That's because Lamborghini will produce nine of these cars during 2014. Production of the coupe was capped at just four, one of which is being kept at the Lamborghini museum.

The Veneno Roadster is not a convertible. It has no roof at all, only a roll bar for crash safety. The all-wheel-drive car is powered by a 750 horsepower 6.5-liter V12 engine and can go from zero to 62 miles an hour in just 2.9 seconds, according to Lamborghini. The car's top speed is 221 miles per hour.

The Roadster is made almost entirely from carbon fiber-reinforced polymers. Even soft interior materials are made from a woven carbon fiber fabric. Unike the Veneno coupe, which was available to the public only in three pre-determined color schemes, buyers will be able to choose their own paint colors for this car

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Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Affolter (GT Days 2013)

Affolter was known in France, at the height of the Auto through highly customized Lamborghini Diablo and covered with vibrant colors. You can also admire this generation Diablo in one of the images in the background.

Since the entity that manages the called Ital Design Car customization and became more discreet on the international scene.
The vehicle we offer today has been immortalized in the 2013 GT days, a collection of modern GT held on 18 and 19 May 2013 on the Magny Cours track and is characterized by rolling on a track, but also organized a road trip, and other related activities.
This is a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 SVR renamed. A designation reflecting a slight customization includes new wheels, painting and minor modifications selected annexes as colored lights.

Lamborghini expects to be profitable in 2009

FRANKFURT - Italian carmaker Lamborghini SpA expects to be profitable this year despite sales setbacks in the downturn — but any recovery for luxury autos in 2010 will be slow, chief executive Stephan Winkelmann told The Associated Press at the Frankfurt Auto Show.

Winkelmann said he expected a positive result despite worldwide deliveries that were nearly 40 percent lower during the first half. "The main focus is to remain profitable," he said in an interview.

For the six-months ended in June, Lamborghini, which is part of Volkswagen AG, reported an operating profit of euro5.4 million ($8 million) on euro157 million in sales, or 825 cars delivered.

"The high-end luxury market is part of the total luxury market, and I don't see any increases in 2009," Winkelmann said.

"The luxury market is coming back, the timing is difficult to guess. (The downturn) will end for sure, but it will be slow. If a recovery starts in 2010, it will be slow."

Winkelmann said while the U.S. market, the company's biggest, saw sales fall more than 50 percent during the first half of the year, developing markets were contributing nicely to the company's sales and earnings.

"China will be in the top five very soon," Winkelmann said. "India and Russia will take some time, especially Russia with its long, cold winters."

Meanwhile the company will open its first dealership in South America later this year in Sao Paulo, Brazil, making it the third in the region after two existing dealerships in Mexico.

Lamborghini was unveiling its Reventon Roadster, a two-seater that looks like a bullet, with doors that open upward. The 12-cylinder engine produces 670 horsepower and the car can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.4 seconds, hitting a top speed of 205 miles per hour (330 kilometers per hour). The company said it will not build more than 20 and has sold most of them already at a retail price of euro1.1 million ($1.6 million).

"Even in times of crisis, we want to build cars that fascinate and make people dream," he said, calling the new Reventon "astonishing."

Despite the company's concentration on "menacing power," for the Reventon it also aims to do something for the environment.

Winkelmann said Lamborghini hopes to reduce its cars' CO2 emissions by 35 percent by the middle of the next decade and reduce the company's administration and production facilities' CO2 emissions by 30 percent by the end of 2010.
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Frankfurt Motor Show: Lamborghini Reventon

Lamborghini Reventon Roadster presented at Frankfurt Motorshow


Priced at £980,000(€1,100,500) (US$1,620,000)., only 15 Lamborghini Reventon Roadsters will ever be built.
“This car is at the top of supercar performance,” said Lamborghini president Stephan Winkelman - pictured on the cover with 'friends’.

Too right it is. With a 6.5-litre, all aluminium V12 producing 661bhp, the Reventón will catapult from 0-62mph in 3.4sec and on to a barnet-raising 205mph top speed. Designed to look like and go like a fighter interceptor, the Reventon is simply massive; 15ft 4inches long and 6ft 9inches wide, so don’t look at it if you live in a road with width restrictions.



Even in the massive hall in which it was launched on the eve of the show, the car was a stunning if unremittingly grey, although you could never accuse Lamborghini of underselling itself. “Revving to 8,000rpm and beyond, and performing a symphony that sends shudders along the spine,” boomed the press pack.

For those who find the traction and grip advantages of four-wheel drive simply too boring and safe, Lamborghini also makes a special two-wheel drive edition of the Gallardo LT550-2 in honour of its legendary test driver Valentino Balboni, who is retiring after over 40 years of honing the cars, terrifying customers and journalists and then buying them lunch at his favourite restaurant.

This lovely man was clearly moved at the belated official launch of the car in Frankfurt, trouble is, with all due respect, he’s probably the only man in the world who could get the best out of this £137,900, 542bhp, 200mph monster.

If you think you’re hard enough then join the waiting list; there will be 250 Balboni editions.
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