Posted by Ed Kim on October 25, 2011 at 6:00 am
We at AutoPacific/VehicleVoice test lots of vehicles throughout the year, and we test them with the viewpoint of you, the consumer, in mind. As such, we typically tend to test more attainable vehicles. Last week, however, we got the chance to spend some quality time with a Lamborghini Gallardo. And not just any Gallardo, mind you, but the hardcore flagship of the family, the LP 570-4 Superleggera.
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Posted by Stephanie Brinley on August 9, 2008 at 11:27 am
On August 3, I finally returned to one of my favorite summer events, the annual Meadow Brook Concours d’ Elegance. Held the first weekend of August every year since 1979, this Concours is one of the premier events of its type. Not quite as prestigious as the Pebble Beach Concours happening the weekend of August 16 (yes, the same weekend as Detroit’s Woodward Dream Cruise), Meadow Brook has earned a strong reputation. For me, it’s simply a chance to wander among cars from storied brands of today and yesterday. Delahaye, Packard, Auburn, Duesenburg, Pierce-Arrow, Studebaker, Peugeot, Ferrari, Cadillac, Lincoln, Chrysler, Rolls-Royce, the list goes on and on.
As you enter the Concours d’Elegance, the show starts.
Meadow Brook is home to a mansion of the same name built by the widow of John Dodge, one of the two Dodge brothers that helped establish the automotive industry we know today. The home and its property now belongs to Oakland University. Aside from the sheer joy and pleasure of celebrating the automobile as an art from, the event’s purpose is to raise funds for upkeep of the 88,000-square-foot mansion and its grounds. Seems a fitting choice of fundraising event.
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Posted by Keagan Patrick on April 3, 2007 at 5:06 pm
In 1879 a matador chose to spare the life of a bull during one of the fights at the arena of Cordoba in Southern Spain. The bull had fought with such passion and spirit (surviving 23 sword strokes) that the matador chose to spare its life, a rare honor. The bulls name was Murcielago and Lamborghini is determined to build a car with the same soul.
The Lamborghini Mercielago shares the same passion and spirit as that very bull but in a much sexier package.
Vehicle Voice and AutoPacific staff found one pinned inside the gates at
AutoPacific yesterday. The snarling, grunting, 2007 Lamborghini Mercielago LP640 screamed into our courtyard sending reverberations up the back walls of the building. As it sat idling with flared nostrils you could hear the heavy breathing. With air intakes expanded behind the C-Pillars and twin electric fans on heavy rotation you could tell the engine wanted a mouthful of cold air. So, naturally I recommended that we take it around the block to run some fresh air over the twelve cylinders.
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Posted by George Peterson on August 25, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Closing time for
Harrods department store in London is at 8PM on a Friday night. Across from its Hans Road entrance is a mediocre but well-positioned Italian restaurant
Zia Teresa.
VehicleVoice correspondents grabbed a table across from the Harrods’ door that was a great venue for the supercar version of Detroit’s Woodward Dream Cruise. Of course, none of these cars could drive more than about 20mph down the street that was a narrow single lane with cars parked on both sides.
A brief inventory included: 1
Bugatti Veyron, 2
Lamborghini Gallardo Spyders, 2 Lamborghini Gallardos, 2 Lamborghini Countachs, 2 Lamboghini Murcielagos, 1 Mercedes SLR McLaren, 2 Porsche Carrera GTs, 5
Aston Martin V8 Vantages, numerous
Bentley Continental GTs, one Bentley Flying Spur in black with orange bodysides, a Morgan, many mundane Porsche 911s and Cayennes, more 2006/7 Mercedes S-Classes than could be counted. Oh yeah, there were a couple of vintage Daimler limousines carrying shoppers to and from Harrod’s.
Why this proliferation of super iron? Apparently, because of the difficulties in Lebanon, many vacationers from the Middle East opted for London this year. Where they congregated in the Edgeware Road area in previous years, this year their loci is Harrod’s. A high percentage of the supercars were left hand drive with Arabic number plates. Probably air-freighted from Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Dubai.
Parked at the curb (kerb), Veyron shared space with a bicycles and chauffer-driven Range Rover in the background.
SLR illegally parked at end of Hans Road attracted dozens of admirers most taking mobile phone photos. SLR in the flesh and in traffic was underwhelming.
Getting even more attention than the SLR was this red Carrera GT with Arabic plates (SLR and Veyron also had Arabic plates). Note the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder cruising by in background.
Down the street, around the curve, there were more Lamborghinis parked in a two block area than would be seen in Turin at any one time.
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