Manufacturer recalls for May 2018
These are the recalls that were announced during the month of May. They are pretty major ones and affect hundreds of thousands of owners.
These are the recalls that were announced during the month of May. They are pretty major ones and affect hundreds of thousands of owners.
Lamborghini had dropped the top of the Huracan Performante that they revealed a year ago. This here is the exhaustively-named Lamborghini Huracan Performante Spyder, unveiled at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show.
The name Lamborghini has always been synonymous with brash designs and high performance. The low-slung supercars that constituted the Italian marque’s lineup appealed to most people. But once, there existed an SUV, the rather forgettable LM002 from Lamborghini that combined the powerplant of the Countach with a high-riding body to spawn their first production off-road vehicle. And now, Lamborghini has added another chapter to the same book with the release of their new SUV, Urus.
Lamborghini revealed the Aventador S a few months ago to act as a bridge between the regular Aventador and the bloodthirsty SV. Following that up, at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, is the drop-top Aventador S Roadster. The Roadster carries over the same exterior design of the Coupe but with some distinct updates of its own.
Confession time: I was mildly sceptical (and I’m certainly not alone here) of the Lamborghini Huracan Performante’s claimed 6min 52.01sec lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife when it was announced a couple of months ago.
Recently, Lamborghini set all car discussion forums on fire by releasing a video of a 06:52:01 Nurburgring lap by their new Huracan Performante. This made it the fastest production car to lap the ‘Ring, beating the Porsche 918 Spyder by five seconds. The video didn’t give us a clear idea of what the car looked like. But Lamborghini is showcasing the Huracan Performante at the ongoing 2017 Geneva Motor Show.
At the end of every year we do a rundown of how we’re doing and what were the highlights of the past year. Admittedly, 2016 has been tough on many people, with the downturn in the economy leading to job losses and a 30% decrease in car sales. This was reflected in our traffic statistics, which has always been a window into the local car market. However, we still managed to eke out a 5% increase in revenue, and still remain the most profitable automotive portal in the region (despite increased costs in “fees” and unfavourable rules) thanks to our genuine readers,
Six years after the Murcielago was replaced by the Aventador, Lamborghini has given its flagship an updated version. The new version of the V12 supercar will be called the Aventador S and it will be slotted in between the standard Aventador and the range-topping Super Veloce (SV). The S sports a revised body as well as some tweaks that make it go faster.
Taiwan has some very strict laws that govern the trade of importing cars into the country. A person who owned a Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 learned it the hard way. Taiwanese authorities decided that to send a message to the people, the best way was to destroy the illegally-imported Italian supercar publicly in front of cameras. When a YouTube channel, J.K Photography, uploaded the video, it sent not just the message, but much heartbreak as well.
Marking the 100th birthday of Ferruccio Lamborghini — the Italian maestro whose vision oversaw the future of Lamborghini as a supercar maker — the company has revealed the Centenario, a 770 hp hyper-car that venerates the legacy of the late founder.