Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com Autoblog http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Crazy Rumor of the Day: Lamborghini Estoque to be built in China]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/20/crazy-rumor-of-the-day-lamborghini-estoque-to-be-built-in-china/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/20/crazy-rumor-of-the-day-lamborghini-estoque-to-be-built-in-china/http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/20/crazy-rumor-of-the-day-lamborghini-estoque-to-be-built-in-china/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

Lamborghini Estoque - Click above for high-res image gallery

Hold on to your lugnuts, kids, because here's a rumor that's so far out it practically qualifies as science fiction. Taken straight from Gasgoo.com, which has provided plenty of worthy news in the past, is this nugget: Lamborghini "will import its super luxury four-door sedan, Lamborghini Estoque to China for local production in 2012 with a price tag of around 4 million yuan ($589,000)."

To be fair, it appears as though Gasgoo is just reporting on what's being reported in other Chinese media. However, in case you haven't been keeping up with the Estoque's flirtations with production reality, first Lamborghini planned to make it after it was introduced two years ago, then the economic implosion supposedly killed it in early 2009, but Lamborghini quickly said that wasn't true, then this month company CEO Stephan Winkelmann hinted about how a third model would help the brand.

To us, none of that means the 2008 Paris Motor Show traffic-stopper is going to be built at all. Somehow, though, the Chinese media have heard that not only is it going to be built, but it will be built in China as soon as 2012. On top of that, even though it hasn't been developed, it's already been priced, and at that price you could buy almost three Aston Martin Rapide sedans. Or, more accurately, three Rapides and an infinite number of leprechauns, gorgons, drop bears and the latest creature of fable, a Chinese-built Estoque.


Gallery: Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque LIVE


Gallery: Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque Concept


Live photos copyright (C)2010 Jonathon Ramsey / AOL

[Source: Gasgoo]

Crazy Rumor of the Day: Lamborghini Estoque to be built in China originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>estoquefour-door lamborghiniFour-doorLamborghinilambolambo sedanlamborghini chinalamborghini estoqueLamborghiniChinaLamborghiniEstoqueLamboSedanFri, 20 Aug 2010 19:26:00 EST http://www.autoblog.com/feed/19602305/article-comments.xml http://www.autoblog.com/feed/2010/08/20/crazy-rumor-of-the-day-lamborghini-estoque-to-be-built-in-china/19602305/article-detail.xml 19602305 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/lamborghiniestoquechina_thumbnail.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/lamborghiniestoquechina.jpg <![CDATA[Educated Guesstimation: Lamborghini bringing four-door super sedan to Paris]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/17/educated-guesstimation-lamborghini-bringing-four-door-sedan-to/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/17/educated-guesstimation-lamborghini-bringing-four-door-sedan-to/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/17/educated-guesstimation-lamborghini-bringing-four-door-sedan-to/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Click above to enlarge


Lamborghini's lofty "new world" teaser has set the Internet on fire with rumors and innuendo, but after some coaxing from InsideLine, an unnamed Lambo exec has denied several speculations and brought about the most obvious conclusion.

Lamborghini's surprise for the Paris Motor Show won't be a retro exercise like the 2006 Muira concept, nor will it be a successor to the LM002. Forget about more Versace editions or Superleggera variants. No. It's most likely a sedan, following the Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide into the uncharted waters of four-door supercars.

The project, which began less than five months ago and was given the go-ahead by Lamborghini bosses (independent of Ingolstadt), could share the Audi A8's architecture with a front-mounted V10 or V12 engine aft of the strut towers for a front-midship arrangement. A V6 isn't likely, but a next-generation V8 could be equipped on entry-level models. There's no indication about how power will be delivered to the wheels, but all-wheel-drive seems plausible considering Lamborghini's recent offerings.

IL's source at Lamborghini was insistent that the Panamera's underpinnings wouldn't be used, going on to say that, "Lamborghini is at a point where we can set off in new and plausible directions with the entire brand image. In a sense, we need to be able to tell customers what they ought to like about our brand. We're the experts." Since no one has claimed the title of "expert" super-sedan manufacturer, we'd say that Lamborghini has a good chance of owning it.

UPDATE

According to our direct source at Lamborghini, the information was not sourced from a Lamborghini executive and is simply educated speculation.

[Source: InsideLine]

Educated Guesstimation: Lamborghini bringing four-door super sedan to Paris originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>four-door lamborghiniFour-doorLamborghinilamborghinilamborghini sedanLamborghiniSedanparisparis 2008paris motor showParis2008ParisMotorShowsedanWed, 17 Sep 2008 14:59:00 EST http://www.autoblog.com/feed/1316976/article-comments.xml http://www.autoblog.com/feed/2008/09/17/educated-guesstimation-lamborghini-bringing-four-door-sedan-to/1316976/article-detail.xml 1316976 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/lamboteaser_paris_lo_thumbnail.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/lamboteaser_paris_lo.jpg -1 2