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Believe this guy, Stephan Winkelmann. He says, "The future is less about adding horsepower and more about improving the power-to-weight ratio. We need to get the weight down, use different materials, and improve performance and drivability."
Perhaps you trust The Good Car Guy enough to believe him automatically. But if you must have a second opinion, there it is. Mr. Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. 'Nuff said.
If you, by any chance, become or are the Prez of a supercar maker - especially one as wild and aggressive as Lamborghini - then feel free to make the case for increasing horsepower. Otherwise, take what Mr. Winkelmann has said and run with it.
Here's the case: Almost every new car is heavier than the one it replaces. It is a rare treat to discover a new vehicle that weighs similarly to its predecessor, and a special delicacy when a vehicle weighs less than its forefather. For auto manufacturers to cover up their weight increases, they add power and torque. If they didn't, cars would be getting progressively slower with each successive generation.
Looking around at the cars of my family members, it's an easy thing to spot. My mother's car is a 170-horsepower Pontiac, since replaced by a vehicle with 200. My father's Subaru was replaced by a vehicle with 79 more horsepower available. My brother's car has 40 more horses than its progenitor.
The technology and research automakers possess in 2007 makes 10 or 20 or 30 more horses a somewhat easy thing to come by. Nevertheless, horsepower does cost money. And if the only investment into engine tech was to increase the internal combustion engine's efficiency, the lightweight materials divisions would receive an infusion of cash.
That's not just what I'm saying, the CEO of Lamborghini agrees. Take your car, however slow or fast, and strip 100kg away. Your car will be faster. Lamborghini has made good on their CEO's statement. The Gallardo Superleggera will save 22 pounds over the regular Gallardo in Europe. It will have better handling, more speed, and nicer steering. Can't complain.
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DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT..
Believe this guy, Stephan Winkelmann. He says, "The future is less about adding horsepower and more about improving the power-to-weight ratio. We need to get the weight down, use different materials, and improve performance and drivability."Perhaps you trust The Good Car Guy enough to believe him automatically. But if you must have a second opinion, there it is. Mr. Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini. 'Nuff said.
If you, by any chance, become or are the Prez of a supercar maker - especially one as wild and aggressive as Lamborghini - then feel free to make the case for increasing horsepower. Otherwise, take what Mr. Winkelmann has said and run with it.
Here's the case: Almost every new car is heavier than the one it replaces. It is a rare treat to discover a new vehicle that weighs similarly to its predecessor, and a special delicacy when a vehicle weighs less than its forefather. For auto manufacturers to cover up their weight increases, they add power and torque. If they didn't, cars would be getting progressively slower with each successive generation.
Looking around at the cars of my family members, it's an easy thing to spot. My mother's car is a 170-horsepower Pontiac, since replaced by a vehicle with 200. My father's Subaru was replaced by a vehicle with 79 more horsepower available. My brother's car has 40 more horses than its progenitor.
The technology and research automakers possess in 2007 makes 10 or 20 or 30 more horses a somewhat easy thing to come by. Nevertheless, horsepower does cost money. And if the only investment into engine tech was to increase the internal combustion engine's efficiency, the lightweight materials divisions would receive an infusion of cash.
That's not just what I'm saying, the CEO of Lamborghini agrees. Take your car, however slow or fast, and strip 100kg away. Your car will be faster. Lamborghini has made good on their CEO's statement. The Gallardo Superleggera will save 22 pounds over the regular Gallardo in Europe. It will have better handling, more speed, and nicer steering. Can't complain.
- Lamborghini Ceo Says Suv Could Launch In 2017 If It Receives The Green Light From The Vw Group
There's no end to the news surrounding Lamborghini's upcoming SUV project, which will be previewed through a thinly disguised concept model at the 2012 Auto China Show in Beijing on April 23 to test the waters in the same way that Bentley did...
- Lamborghini Gallardo Lp550-2 Photo Leakage: New Rwd Model With 550hp?
A set of allegedly official photos depicting a more hardcore version of the Lamborghini Gallardo supercar called LP550-2 were leaked into the web today. While we don't have any official information yet on the car from the Italian maker, Lamborghini's...
- Lamborghini Donates New Gallardo Lp560-4 Polizia To Italian Police: 20 High-res Photos
The world's coolest police car is going out of action only to be replaced by an even cooler one. In a private ceremony in Italy, Lamborghini donated a police version of the company's newest super sports car, the 2009 Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia,...
- Lamborghini Gallardo Lp570-4 Superleggera Gallery
Just a couple days ago GoodCarBadCar.net began hosting a video in which evo's Chris Harris test drove the very wonderful, very expensive Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera. The Good Car Guy even made mention of the Superleggera when discussing...
- Lbs/bhp - Smart Fortwo And Other Small Cars
In the absence of additional vehicle specifications, horsepower figures are irrelevant. Most necessary among the bunch is curb weight, known Across The Pond as kerb weight. The coefficient of drag (CoD) is useful, for sure. Not to mention the final drive...