Lamborghini
November 9th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
While it doesn’t appeal to all tastes, Targa racing can be fairly exciting and when there is a flaming Lamborghini involved it’s simply awesome. During the recent Targa High Country in Victoria, Australia Lamborghini Gallardo team of Jason and John White struck some heated mechanical issues. The duo had spent the final day of the event battling for the top spot with the near unstoppable Nissan GT-R of Tony Quinn. But the Whites had battled hard and were sitting just four seconds behind Quinn leading into the final stage of the Targa and were determined to close the gap.
Disaster struck halfway through the stage when the team noticed a fireball shooting from the rear of their Lambo. There was two choices: either stop halfway through the course, attempt to extinguish the flames with theon-board extinguishers and give up the overall win or push on for victory and professional fire assistance at the finish line. They went for it. Read the rest of this entry »
May 26th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
A 1967 Lamborghini 400 GT is a special machine however you look at it, but a model that was once owned by Paul McCartney is 
a rare proposition indeed.
The Lambo is up for sale through British auction house Bonhams which has the rare ride on its books for the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed auction on July 1.
Early estimates are pegging the car to sell for a sum between £100,000 and £120,000 but often cars with famous owners can go for much more than regular rates.
The Lamborghini 400 GT is a 2+2 coupe with a 3.9 litre V12 that produces 235kW of power. The car was originally designed by Carrozzeria Touring, one of the most famous Italian coach-builders of the ’60′s era. Read the rest of this entry »
May 3rd, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
Eccentric fashion designer Ralph Lauren has unveiled the extend of his classic car collection for the first time and has put it on display in Europe.
The collection is being displayed at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and will be part of an exhibit devoted to the collection called “The Art of the Automobile: Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection”.
The opening night gala played host to some notable guests, including internationally-known French actor Jean Reno and F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart.
As you’d expect the collection includes some fine sheetmetal like a 1938 Bugatti, a 1958 Ferrari Testa Rossa as well as a more recent 2010 Lamborghini Murcielago.
Lauren has been known as one of the world’s most renowned car collectors for some time and this collection proves the credibility of his tastes.
Check out the video below to hear from the man himself and see some of this rides. Read the rest of this entry »
April 1st, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
With recent restructuring at iconic Italian design house Bertone it was decided that its museum will be dissolved and the fine metal that it contains sold. That means it’s auction time and the scene for these for these beautiful machines to be 
bought will be Villa d’Este.
Villa d’Este is famous for the ritzy Concorso d’Eleganza event held there every year, where the rarest of classic cars are shown along side the finest concept cars unveiled throughout the year. This year’s concours show will be the first time that RM Auctions will be holding a sales event at the picturesque Lake Como. The auction house has just announced the range of beautiful classics on the consignment and included are six concept cars from the Bertone Museum, each one-of-a-kind in its own right and available to collectors for the first time.
Up for grabs is the 1967 Lamborghini Marzal, 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero, 1963 Chevrolet Testudo, 1974 Lamborghini Bravo, 1980 Lamborghini Athon and 1978 Lancia Sibilo. Each was penned by Bertone, and the vehicles are expected to fetch well into the six and even seven figures range in Euros. Going for the biggest money will be the Marzal, which was once driven by Prince Ranier and Princess Grace at the start of 1967 Monaco Grand Prix, and the Lancia Stratos, which was the first prototype for the iconic supercar rally machine. Read the rest of this entry »
March 25th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
The annual Amelia Island d’Elegance car show in the states brings out some of the finest classics in the world, with some of them going under the hammer. The U.S-based auction saw more than $24.3 million USD worth of metal going under the hammer from an assortment of classic performance and luxury cars.
We already brought you news of a 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Vignale Coupe that went for a record $4.3 million USD ($5.8m NZ), and now we have the results of another rare classic sale.
A special 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV Prototype, achieved a record bid of $1,705,500 USD ($2.27m NZ) at the Gooding & Company vehicle auction, making it the most expensive Miura ever sold.
This one-off pre-production Miura P400 SV Prototype was first shown at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show before being sold immediately after to a keen customer in Italy. The car then ended up in Germany before it was purchased by Wayne Obry’s Motion Products in the U.S. which restored the car to the high condition you can see in the images.
It was built with several unique features including a stronger chassis and upgraded rear suspension, as well as a 309kW 3.9-litre V-12 engine matched to a five-speed manual gearbox. It was very rapid in it’s day being able to sprint from 0-100kph in just 6.5 seconds and would top out at 299kph. Read the rest of this entry »
March 14th, 2011 by NZ Classic Car
Following on from the Gallardo Bicolore special edition announced a month ago Lamborghini is back at its latest special edition Gallardo – the Tricolore.
Even if your Italian isn’t so flash you may have worked out that the name hints at one more colour. What’s it all about? The Gallardo Tricolore commemorates the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. But rather than paint the entire car in three colours the Tricolore arrives in white with the three colours of the Italian flag as an offset stripe, running over the top of the car and also through the interior.
The extremely limited edition model is set for an official unveiling next week in Turin, when more details and images will be released. So far no details have been given on the exact quantity to be produced and the specific drivetrain configuration. The Gallardo’s beastly 5.2-litre V10 engine is currently offered with 550-, 560- and 570-horsepower power outputs, putting its grunt to either the rear wheels or all four, and with manual or e-gear transmissions.
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December 8th, 2010 by NZ Classic Car
What does the sport of Golf and Lamborghini have in common? Not much you might say and you would have been right until the invention of a new material called forged composite carbon. The ultra-modern material is used in both the Lamborghini Gallardo and the new Callaway Diablo Octane driver. So the two companies decided to get together for some shameless promotions and put the golf club against the hardcore LP560-4 to see if pro Stuart Appleby can drive a golf ball 250 meters faster than the Gallardo can cover the same distance from a rolling start.
With a good drive Stuart Appleby can launch a golf ball at about 280kph. By comparison a Lamborghini Gallardo can approach speeds of 320kph. The supercar is already at a good pace as it crosses the start line, and Appleby appears to strike the ball at almost exactly the same time. In the video the Lambo goes full-throttle right through the finish line with no sign of the ball anywhere near, but the power of slo-mo helps reveal the truth. You want the truth? Then check out the video below. Read the rest of this entry »
December 2nd, 2010 by NZ Classic Car
Here at NZ Classic Car we generally like to keep our focus on older machines, but occasionally more modern machinery can still turn our heads. This latest video to reach the internet is a little bit special and puts a Porsche 911 GT3 against a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera around the streets of Paris.
It’s an elegantly shot video with professional drivers putting the exotic metal through its paces. Will the GT3′s precise German engineering be enough to fend off the Raging Bull? You’ll have to watch the video below to find out. But there is certainly something awesome about seeing the latest European supercars skid along cobblestone Parisian streets.
Click on the video box below to watch the action. Read the rest of this entry »
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