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The guys at Lamborghini are keeping themselves busy. Not content with whipping the covers off the awesome Murcielago SV in Geneva a couple of weeks ago, they’ve just shown us the first pictures of this: the LP 650-4 Roadster.
Yes, it’s your first look at the new soft-topped Murcielago, and there are two things you really need to know here. One, it’s even more powerful than the coupe, and two, Lamborghini will be building a mere 50.
The Roadster is a full 10bhp more powerful than its hard-topped cousin, in fact. Remember that the fixed-roof Murcielago is designated the LP 640-4 – 640 denoting the horsepower of the 6.5-litre V12 engine.
The LP 650-4 Roadster (all the numbers making your eyes hurt yet?) gets a lightly uprated version of the same engine, allowing it to hit 62mph in the same 3.4 seconds as the slightly lighter coupe, before topping out at a scary 205mph.
If you’re keen on adding the Murcielago Roadster to your garage (your massive, humidity controlled, top security garage under your personal volcano/secret evil lair, that is), you’d better be keen on that orange-on-grey colour scheme: all 50 of the Roadsters will get the same ‘Grigio Telesto’ livery. Orange brake calipers, badging and paddle shifters complete the, er, striking appearance.
Price? It’s in the ‘if you have to ask’ category, we’re afraid. But hey, with all those Reventons still unsold, maybe you’ll be able to pick one up on the cheap in a few months time. Maybe.
In the meantime, take a look at the distinctly cool promotional video of Swedish driving god Sam Hubinette drifting that Murcielago SV below. Want one?
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it seems the the reventon sharp edges and extreme looks didn`t sold very well xD I like this one dough, tis more civilized, like a sports car, not a reventon-like-death-machine
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oh lambo, your killing me! They just keep getting better and better. I like the orange pintstripe on the vents.
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This car can be summed up in 2 words. Utterly, and Fanastic. THIS IS THE GREATEST CAR EVER!
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soooo sweet!! I'd like to lick it!
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soooo sweet!! I'd like to lick it!
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soooo sweet!! I'd like to lick it!
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WOW thats so sexy! really striking to look at, right little bad-ass!!
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So lamborghini have learnt a new trick. In times of recession when no one is buying your stock gallardo and murcelagos, what to do? Take the stock car, give it a few new aero bits, up the engine a little bit, new interior, a couple of badges and a new paint job. Now the money bit. Make only 50 of them. Only 50? Where's the economies of scale there? Aah, here's the cleaver bit. People are stupid. As soon as they see the term limited, they'll flock in to buy it as soon as they can even if its being sold at 3 times the price of the stock car! This way you take a bunch of old cars and give them a new job, sell them at 3 times the price and wohoo, profits for the year covered although sales are plummeting down!!
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looks brill althought the front looks a bit crap but i still wanna buy it
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looks absolutely amazing, love the black on orange paint
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I'm wondering when Clarkson takes the SV for a lap on the Top Gear track. If ever... but maybe, after the Veyron anything's possible. But perhaps I'd like to see a One-77 first ;-).
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how have lamborghini made it look angry yet sooo pretty!?
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WOW! I want one! A yellow one!
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Very nice indeed... bit dissapointed on how it sounds though..
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I think I'll wait for Insecta. At least it looks like it is ready bite.
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what a car it looks absolutely stunning
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looks great but shame it has no purpose
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Murcielago is last real Lamborghini.
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I don't want all of the supercars and GTs have the same engines for Audi or VW. Let them be slower but original. Let the sportcar brands have engines produced by their own. Like Jaguar.
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the paint is going to kill their sales pitch..............
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i need one
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Brilliant car, looked good before, looks better now, the orange goes really well with the grey, lamborghini are brilliant at designing, and building cars
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That looks like the sort of car i would have drawn when i was 8, but my drawing had machine guns at the side of the car, so for the reason that i would have drawn this when i was 8 I WANT ONE !!!
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nice car and great clip as well
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WOW!!!!!!!!
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If only I had money..
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Afaque commented on this article
16 March 2009
Soooo want!!!!! But this doesn't seem to have that reventon style nose they put on the SV...
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