Also in today's show: Lamborghini sells out the Aventador LP700-4 for more than a year, General Motors cars "held hostage," lawsuit claims, and the Toyota Prius wagon is delayed in Japan.
The sleek, angular Aventador LP700-4 from Lamborghini wowed showgoers in Geneva, and it's impressing potential buyers.
The names Lamborghini and Ferrari usually come to mind when talking about supercars. In a world where speed and power trump everything, most people inexplicably forget to mention Koenigsegg. That will sure change after the Swedish automaker released the specs of the magnificent Agera R unveiled a couple of weeks ago in Geneva.
Today we discovered the predictions of a member of the Teamspeed forum, whose crystal ball has revealed realistic surprises that Lamborghini may well spring on us in the future.
Also in today's show: Previewing the Amelia Island concours, Cadillac thinks small, and Chrysler experiences a social-media blunder.
Volkswagen is basking in the glory of record sales and profits, but it's not all good news. The Bentley, Seat and Lamborghini brands still continue to record poor performances.
Volkswagen is basking in the glory of record sales and profits, but it's not all good news. The Bentley, Seat and Lamborghini brands still continue to record poor performances.
Aventador LP700-4 production sold out for over 12 months as Lamborghini predicts strong 2011.
At the beginning of the year, the word on everyone's lips was Huayra, its 700 ponies, its 738 ft-lb of torque and its ultra-light architecture putting many a supercar to shame. Unfortunately for them, the Ferrari FF and Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 have taken up the spotlight in recent automotive news.
The atmosphere at the annual Geneva motor show was pretty positive this year with a welcome return of some real supercars such as a four-wheel drive Ferrari and a new Lamborghini while the polar bear savers should have been happy with such things as a Range Rover Sport diesel plug-in hybrid that emits just 89g of CO2s, as Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson likes to put it.
Lamborghini released a video presenting the new Aventador LP 700-4, which just made its debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. Visually, the result is simply stunning, particularly the cool Transformers-style special effects.
The moment Ferrari and Lamborghini announced the arrival of the FF and Aventador LP700-4 and their subsequent presence at the Geneva Motor Show, the entire automotive community became obsessed with them. It seems that all the attention has translated into sales, as we learned today that both supercars are already sold out for their first year in production.
The Geneva motor show has something of a tradition as the home of unique and sometimes wacky cars. But the 2011 edition will go down as the year of the sports cars.
Amid the slew of unveilings served up at the Geneva Motor Show, that of the Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 was undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated. Taking up the mantle of the now-defunct Murciélago is no easy task, but it certainly seems as though this lovely beast will meet the exacting standards of the most discerning driver.
The Geneva auto show has something of a tradition as the home of unique and sometimes wacky cars. But the 2011 edition will go down as the year of the sports cars.
Geneva motor show debuts from Lamborghini, Volkswagen and Alfa Romeo, and Infiniti signs up for Formula One.
All the cloak-and-dagger stuff has come to an end as Lamborghini pulled back the drape on the Aventador LP700-4, the all-wheel-drive V12 sports car that replaces the Murciélago.
It's no secret, the star of the show was going to be, is and will be the Lamborghini Aventador. Take a look at the pictures: you've never seen a more desirable, racy, emotionally packed and angry, sexy, mad car! You know that whatever happens in your life, you will have to at least sit in this raging bull of a beast.
Ending months of speculation and rumours, not to mention countless teasers, Lamborghini finally took the wraps off the all-new Aventador LP 700-4 at the Geneva Motor Show.
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