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In a deal of the century conspicuously like the movie Deal Of The Century, someone's selling a $17.5 million cargo-scanning particle accelerator on eBay. The bonus? Seven Lamborghinis for free! Plus, it's guaranteed to "not kill a stowaway." UPDATE! More »
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Is matte black feeling a little bit old n' busted? Lamborghini of Denver's got what they think is the new hotness — a matte blue Lamborghini LP640. Wait... always bet on blue? [Luxury4Play] More »
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A hitman in a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 smashed into a new Ferrari F430 at a South African wedding, then beat up partygoers taking pictures. Disgrace? Ha! J.M. Coetzee didn't even see this one comin'! More »
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Supercars continue to get faster and more exotic, but there's little evidence to suggest their drivers are getting any better at driving. We've been keeping score. Here's the 30 most expensive cars that crashed in 2009 (that we covered). More »
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David Gallucci's fiancee rented him a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 for their wedding day. During the fifteen-minute drive to the church he lost control in a roundabout, totaling the car and causing $260,240 of damage. That won't buff out. [Telegraph] More »
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Lana Jones Magazine is producing a "2010 Glam Cars" calendar featuring lingerie models and exotic rides. Proceeds will benefit children's charities but it looks to us like the effort is more about raising guys "excitement" and writing off the expense. More »
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Totaled in a crash, a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 awaits a final ride to the crusher. Surely, the ultimate test of car design is the ability to create lust, even while mangled. [via PacePirate] More »
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JB Design has "upgraded" the Lamborghini LP640 with a mess of carbon fiber, a body kit, custom "Blood to Black Diamond" paint job, dark red ultrasuede interior and oh yes, a power upgrade to either 710 or 750 HP. More »
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Does your Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 Roadster blend in with the other Lambos in London? Are you an obnoxious chav hunting for attention? Just chrome your Lambo and become the coolest guy overheating at 5MPH. [Flickr] More »
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When you see a mode of customization show up on Lindsay Lohan’s Rolls–Royce, you know it’s time to move on. Or is it? More »
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Sometimes wrecked exotic cars aren't the fault of their uber-wealthy d-bag owners. Sometimes it's just some schmuck who rams into their rear end. Example A: the unfortunate owner of this 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. [WreckedExotics] More »
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What happens when you take a soft top Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 out in the snow? Other than hanker for the hard top, we've no idea. But we really wish we did. [via autogespot] More »
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Listen people, just because one guy built a really kickass Lamborghini replica doesn't mean all of you are qualified to do the same. Case in point is this "Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 GT" built on the bones of a Pontiac Solstice. The buy-it-now price on this jewel is a modest $70,000, and for that you get styling resembling the bastard spawn of a Murcielago and a fat-bottomed Lotus Elan. Bottom line: Dressing up a Solstice as a Lamborghini will fool nobody this Halloween. More »
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Although it's a yawnsville of a story at the moment, Top Gear USA's Tanner Foust is bombing around Italy right now in a Lamborghini Reventón, on his way to tackling the Nürburgring in a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. Wake us when he gets there. Hopefully the LP640 stays in one piece, unlike the trend as of late. [AutoFiends] More »
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And the parade of wrecked Lamborghini LP640s continues as we peek in on a crash that happened in England between the ragin' bull and a now FUBAR'd Yamaha XJR1300. Without more detail there's no way to tell who was really at fault here or to know the condition of the motorcycle driver, but we do know that's going to be a hefty bill for the repairs on the Lambo. Looks like every panel on the right side is buggered in some way and that front left wheel seems to indicate its suspension is much worse for the wear. We'd advocate a "Save the LP640's" t-shirt, but it just doesn't roll off the tongue as well, and we're apathetic about the fate of a footballer's car anyway. More »
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Indian Autos Blog, the lovers of all things automotive on the subcontinent, claim the smash-up of this Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 was the most expensive car crash in India's history. Whether or not that's true isn't really clear, but we're more interested in determining the "why." Perhaps the driver was just trying to imitate Bruce Wayne's intentional bull bashing. Then again, maybe he just lost control due to the bright yellow paint's magnetic traits. (Hat tip to Raja!) More »
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A wealthy Arab, possibly a Sheik, sent his Lamborghini LP640 a whopping 6,500 miles from an airport in Qatar to Heathrow to have the car's oil changed. The total cost of the shipment was around $40,000, which doesn't even include the $7,000 for the oil change itself. More »
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This used to be the only Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 in Chengsha City, China — well, it still is, albeit in a far less desirable state of repair. Indeed it seems the driver was a little out of his element and planted the tail end of the lusty supercar in a street side flower pot. The pot was detroyed in the carnage, no word on the state of health for the flowers. When will the Chinese led suppression of peace-loving flowers end? [Carscoop]
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Bruce Wayne is a ka-jillion-aire so you wouldn't expect him to have anything less than a Lamborghini as a daily driver. We first told you about Batman's Lamborghini LP640 a while back, but here is a quick view of it, at least in the toy form from the 2008 Toy Fair. If this little toy is a bit of a tease don't fret, the real beauty will be at a gala on Thursday at the New York Auto Show and we'll be there. More »
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Take one carefully tuned Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640, an eight-mile oval, and a bunch of speed freaks propelled by destiny (and not a few shots of espresso) and you get the highest official speed for a Lamborghini, Ever. This fast lambo was able to propel itself to 214.8 mph with only the addition of high performance catalytic converters, new high flow air filters and a tweaked ECU, good for 663 horsepower. Next time around they plan to bump the Murcielago to 700 horsepower to achieve a top seed of 224 mph. The highly entertaining press release below the jump. More »
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I've been dreading this week for months. I knew that sooner or later I would have run a Lambo for entrance into the Fantasy Garage and how on earth do you pick which one? True, we already ran the LM002 flag up the Fantasy pole, but the Lamborghini's SUV is the Oscar Acosta of the Fantasy Garage, a high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to not be in Jalopnik's Garage. Plus of course, Hunter S Thompson drove one, so piss off. But that still leaves me with the dilemma of which mid-engined Bull to nominate. My heart says the Miura, as few if any cars have ever been as lovely. Yet my brain is demanding the LP640, as it is by far the most capable of the three. However my balls are screaming "Countach!" How do you argue against the Countach, as the thing defies logic? So, I will cop out and let you the reader decide. Good luck. More »
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We've already been wondering what the scoop is on the supposed $1 million-plus LP640-based concept car we'll be seeing here at the Frankfurt Auto Show from the Italian stallions over at Lamborghini. We knew it was going to be "based on a jet fighter" and born from jets like both Saab and Bob Lutz, so it stands to reason that the shots we've procured of an LP640 showing off a very jet-like camo paint job must be said concept. We just never knew it'd be so cheesy. [via VWVortex] More »
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Let it never be said that a factory tuner car can't take just a little more juice from the aftermarket. Edo Competition futzed with Lamborghini's top-of-mast Murcielago LP640, finding an extra 23 hp under the seat cushions. Actually, they found it in the ECU, the airflow setup and exhaust. The Euro-spec V12, they say, now produces 663 hp and 498 lb-ft of torque. Edo also fitted its tuner with a rear wing with adjustable lip, carbon fiber interior trim and a backup camera, so Lambo drivers might actually be able to avoid stuff behind them, without having to stick their heads out the door. Pretty sneaky, Edo. – Mike Spinelli More »
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That Jeremy Clarkson writes about cars by writing about other cars is about as predictable as an iron-gray sky and slight drizzle over Leeds. But even ol' Jezzah must have broken the soft-launch threshold in his latest Times piece. He doesn't mention the subject Lamborghini LP640 by name before word 786. And then, he lambastes its smart all-wheel-drive setup as "such a dim-witted set-up that you're usually going backwards before it's noticed the rear has lost traction." But in the end, with about a score of words left, he compares the alacantara steering wheel to dog fur and evokes the name of M torhead's Lemmy. And it's a positive review. Like digging for sushi-grade clams, this one. – Mike Spinelli More »
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The Lamborghini Murcielago was named for a bull named for a bat. Bruce Wayne, well, he dresses in a bat-themed costume and calls himself "The Bat-Man." Apparently, Lambo honcho (and dapper man) Stephan Winkelmann felt that the synergy was a fine, fine fit, noting that the company only allows its vehicles to be used in films it likes. The flick, tentatively titled The Dark Knight, drops in '08. No word as to whether the Austin, Texas Ice Bats will be making a cameo. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240400&view=rss&microfeed=true Wherein Mister Clarkson and Master The Stig take on the bowel-loosening Lambo LP640 and live to tell the tale. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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In the tony environs of Los Angeles, there exists a secret society of trophy wives, fading actresses and other members of the scratching-for-the-middle set. Not that there's anything wrong with that. And it's not secret in the least. In fact, the The Rodeo Drive Committee of the City of Beverly Hills is a high-profile organization that does plenty of good, charitable works wholly unrelated to visiting day spas. Take, for example, an auction this past weekend presided by actress Sharon Stone, which raised $500,000 for Elton John's AIDS foundation. They did it by auctioning a special Versace-edition Lamborghini Murci lago LP640 Roadster in honor of the late Gianni Versace and his sister Donatella Versace — having presented the two (one posthumously) with the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award. So today, we on Jalopnik raise our personal copy of Town and Country in their honor. May all their injections be Botox. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Our pal Chris Paukert over at the road that couldn't possibly run parallel to anything has a probalo. He's been offered the keys to a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 roadster. The catch is, Lambo is making the mountain come to Mohammed. Paukert's gotta be in the Greater Los Angeles area to test the thing. And being a Midwesterner who didn't have the sense to move to one of the coasts long ago, he's at a loss as to where to actually drive it. More »
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Call it headless horsepower. The flagship Lamborghini Murci lago — the 640-hp LP640 — is now sans top. The company is introducing its LP640 Roadster at the LA show this week, and we'd imagine it'll suck the oxygen out of the room with its air of menace and tricky convertible-top. Like its coupe sibling, the roadster is powered by Lamborghini's 6.5-liter "longitudinale posteriore" V12, which produces 486 lb-ft or torque and revs to 8,000 rpm. Zero to sixty in 3.4 seconds, and a top speed of over 200 mph puts the LP640 on par with the Ferrari Enzo, though the roadster is slower by a split second. To allow for open-top rocketry, the roadster gets an altered frame architecture, with carbon-fiber engine compartment reinforcements, though the canvas top is only rated to 100 mph. No word on price, but expect to reach right up to the mid six-figures when the roadster hits the market in 2007. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Of course it'd be easy to assume the answer to the question posed in the headline is, "Yeah, cursed with rich boneheads who practice heel-toeing (at eight-tenths) in a 640-hp supercar." But is that a done deal, or is there something evil lurking within the clockworks of Lamborghini's most excellent Murcielago, the slate-gray LP640? WreckedExotics has already logged two catastrophic accidents of the special-edition Lambo, which was unveiled at the Geneva show this past March. In the latest incident (pictured), a driver had to be airlifted to the hospital after losing control while passing another car and slamming the Dark Lord into a tree, on the way to a press event. Prior to that, according to WE, a pre-production model was wrecked on public streets during testing. With the handful of so of these cars not yet in the hands of buyers, the accidents have been at the hands of, more or less, pros. Will the LP640 be a fast track to the Darwin Awards for upper-class contestants? Tune in later this year. More »
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Here's a new one: The name of Lamborghini's special-edition Murci lago LP640 is derived from the horsepower apex of its 6.5-liter V12. That high-revving mill (peak horsepower comes on at 8,000 rpm), matched with a lightweight body of carbon fiber (all but the doors and roof, which are steel), causes a zero-to-62 mph (100 km/h) blitz in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 320 km/h. What's more, peak torque of 487 lbs-ft doesn't arrive until 6,000 rpm, making the LP640 a frontrunner in the "What Not to Drive in Northern New Jersey During Rush Hour" sweepstakes. Just sayin'. More »
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