has Porsche lost focus? is it a threat to the Audi brand?
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What about Lamborghini's Estoque?
<center><img src="http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com//media/il/features/general/lamborghini.estoque/lamborghini.estoque.side.500.jpg"></center><p>From Edmunds:
...To provide the best possible weight distribution, most of the engine nestles behind the line of the front axle, reducing the polar moment of inertia. Lamborghini makes no power claims about the engine, although the very same V10 in the Gallardo LP560 kicks out 560 horsepower at a soaring 8,000 rpm, with 398 pound-feet of torque available at 6,500 rpm. Drive is channeled to all four wheels via a six-speed, single-clutch automated manual transmission with Lamborghini's e-gear shift paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.
All this is sufficient, one could surmise, to provide the Estoque with acceleration to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the region of 4.5 seconds and a top speed on the high side of 190 mph.
Lamborghini actually intimates that the production version of the Estoque would appear with somewhat more practical engine choices, including a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 and possibly even a 4.2-liter V8 diesel. It also suggests the new car even could be offered with a hybrid drivetrain, presumably drawing on the lithium-ion battery technology being developed by Audi for use by the next-generation A8....<ul><li><a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=132648?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..4 .*#4">From Paris auto show...</a></li></ul>
...To provide the best possible weight distribution, most of the engine nestles behind the line of the front axle, reducing the polar moment of inertia. Lamborghini makes no power claims about the engine, although the very same V10 in the Gallardo LP560 kicks out 560 horsepower at a soaring 8,000 rpm, with 398 pound-feet of torque available at 6,500 rpm. Drive is channeled to all four wheels via a six-speed, single-clutch automated manual transmission with Lamborghini's e-gear shift paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.
All this is sufficient, one could surmise, to provide the Estoque with acceleration to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the region of 4.5 seconds and a top speed on the high side of 190 mph.
Lamborghini actually intimates that the production version of the Estoque would appear with somewhat more practical engine choices, including a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 and possibly even a 4.2-liter V8 diesel. It also suggests the new car even could be offered with a hybrid drivetrain, presumably drawing on the lithium-ion battery technology being developed by Audi for use by the next-generation A8....<ul><li><a href="http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=132648?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..4 .*#4">From Paris auto show...</a></li></ul>
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