Cheetah to Veneno - Top 10 Lamborghini concepts cars of all time

Concept cars are more important in every automobile company, concept cars define the company's history and its futuristic models and their projection towards the future helping them build more reliable and cars which are near to be called masterpieces of all time. Lamborghini has produced great cars and shown many masterpieces which predicts how the future cars will be as like making the mid-engine supercar DNA alive by reveling Miura. Let's take a look into the best 10 concept cars ever made by Lamborghini.

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Lamborghini Marzal

Estoque was not the first four-seater model introduced by Lamborghini. In 1967 Geneva Motor Show Lamborghini introduced its two-door four-seater model. Marzal was based on a prototype of a straight-six cylinder engine producing 175 horsepower. The chassis was based on Miura. The doors are of Gullwing type and are entirely made on glass only with the metal on the frame. Marzal never made it to the production.

Lamborghini Cheetah

Cheetah was developed by the collaboration with Lamborghini at Mobility Technology International (MTI) in California. The partnership was made in the middle of the 1970s and both firms worked equal and because of some partnership issues the partnership with Lamborghini was canceled and later Lamborghini developed LM002 based on the Cheetah and its SUV origin tends to continue till now in the form of Urus. With no doubt, LM002 served as a great SUV which was lighter and faster than Hummer which was also produced around the same time in America.

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Lamborghini Zagato Raptor

Zagato Raptor was built from four-wheel-drive Diablo. The Zagato Raptor was built by Zagato in collaboration with Lamborghini in 1996. The car comprises of a Diablo's V12 engine producing a maximum power of 500 horsepower and was having no doors in the side. Instead of the traditional way of opening the door, they designed a new way to enter the car by lifting the entire top of the body making it uncomfortable for the drive to enter the car. Like Pregunta, Zagato Raptor also remained a concept and never made to the production.

Lamborghini Pregunta

Concept cars are pretty unexpected in motor shows past, as based on that Lamborghini reviled its one-off a car on 1998 Paris Motor Show and it is none other than the Pregunta. Pregunta was heavily inspired by the Dassault Rafale jet fighter. Like the jet fighter the Pregunta shares two roofs (or so-called two half-roofs) and the jet-inspired cockpit. Under the hood, the Pregunta comes with a V12 capable of pumping 530horses, and the body is built from the Diablo's platform along with the fighter jet-inspired cockpit and similar paint of the Dassault Rafale jet fighter. Unlike the Diablo's all-wheel-drive Pregunta was developed as a rear-wheel-drive car. With all the hype Lamborghini maintained it as one of its concept cars and it never made its way to production.

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Lamborghini Estoque

On the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled the competitor for Porsche Panamera with a four-door, four-seater luxury line model Estoque. The model has Gallardo's 5.2liter V10 engine as the heart and pumps 560 horsepower with the engine mounted on the front based on an all-wheel-drive system. Estoque remained a concept car even it was seemed to become a production model.

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

Sesto Elemento is a fighter jet-inspired model with extensive use of carbon fiber. The name "Sesto Elemento" means the sixth element in the periodic table that is Carbon, it was revealed by Lamborghini on the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. The road-legal carbon beast is powered by Gallardo's  V10 engine and all-wheel-drive system producing 562 horsepower doing 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds. 20 of the models were made and were priced at $2.2million.

Lamborghini Veneno

Veneno was entirely based on Aventador and was revealed on the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, which shares the same 6.5liter V12 engine pumping 739 horsepower which can reach the top speed of 220mph. Veneno shares the same all-wheel-drive system with a Le Mans inspired roof scoop for better aerodynamics and better downforce. Veneno is designed with the main upgrade in exterior design with minimum changes in the power and performance of the Aventador and costs $4,500,000. It can do 0-60 mph in 2.8 sec.

Lamborghini Centenario

Centenario was launched on the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The car is built based on the Aventador's body and has a massive 6.5-liter v12 engine producing a whopping 759 horses which can hit the 60mph target at 2.8 seconds. Only 40 of the models were made, in which 20 are the roadsters. The model looks gorgeous in blue and black combo available in the 20 masterpieces.

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Lamborghini Egoista

What if you desperately want to drive a lethal machine all alone and feel the beast roaring through your veins, does Lamborghini has a solution for that? 

Certainly, Lamborghini said yes to this typical question by unveiling the Lamborghini Egoista on the last day of the Grande Giro tour of 2013. Lamborghini built the Egoista to mark the 50 years of its excellence from 1963. Egoista is designed to look like a mixture of a fighter jet and Lamborghini DNA. It was basically designed by the head of the Volkswagen design group Walter De Silva. Speaking about performance the beast shares the 5.2-liter V10 engine of Gallardo capable of producing up to 600 horsepower(estimated). And the interior is designed heavily based on the fighter jet's cockpit, while the driver can open the top. With all these features Egoista is one hell of a driving machine.

Lamborghini Terzo Millennio

When every car maker started their take in electric vehicles, Lamborghini also took part in and created a remarking Electric Hypercar which is so-called the "Terzo Millennio". Instead of producing a fuel-drinking junkie, Lamborghini decided to produce a hot electric car that has a Health Monitoring system to monitor the car's performance and reducing the risks of accidents to the level Zero. And the car runs by a four-wheel-drive system. It is good that car manufacturers start producing cars of all types, which makes enthusiasts and fans buy the type of vehicle from their favorite brand.

All the above models were officially revealed by Lamborghini in certain time periods, while the following is not officially revealed by Lamborghini itself but still it is created based on Lamborghini, let's take a look at the weirdo !!

Lamborghini Sogna

Lamborghini Sogna is one of the weird-looking cars of all manufacturers and designers. Sogna was not an official model of Lamborghini while it was designed by Japanese designer Ryoji Yamazaki in 1991 at Geneva Motor Show. Sogna is a modified Lamborghini Countach with 5.2liter V12  producing 455 horsepower with a rear-wheel-drive system. Sogna was never made it to production either by the designer or got into Lamborghini officially, it just remained a tuned concept car and a working prototype was built and shown in the 1994 Essen Motor Show. 

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Ford vs Ferrari

Racing Story:

First of all, I sincerely thank Mr. Enzo Ferrari for making every man his own rivalry and let the fans to feel the new brand in the automobile industry and in the racing industry. Ford vs Ferrari is one of the most iconic rivalries in motorsport history, which lead to the manufacturing of legendary Ford GT 40. There's a trend by car manufacturers to sell their cars by racing their new models in motorsports by proving the capabilities of the car. One such stage is The 24 Hours of Le Mans. That's where the actual story began. 

It was the time of WW2 where Ford was manufacturing bombers for the US Army. When the war ended "The Automotive Manufacturers of America(AMA)" implemented a law stating all the manufacturers in association not to participate in any form of motorsport. But Chevrolet was building a car for racing without the knowledge of the association. Soon this information broke out and it was in the paper, which made Henry Ford II(the president of Ford Motor company 1945-1960) a little serious and as a result, he decided to build a car to win the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

                                         
Henry Ford II started collecting information to build a car to win The 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the run for ideas, in Sebring, Henry Ford II saw a couple of Ferraris racing the tournament and decide to buy those red cars. Henry Ford II approached to buy Ferrari. After 22 days of intense negotiations, Enzo Ferrari decided to sell the Ferrari to Ford Motor Company. 

                                     
At the time of signing the agreement, Enzo Ferrari noticed that as part of this deal the Ferrari racing division will go under the control of Ford Motors. Which Enzo Ferrari didn't like and decide to turn down the deal. Enzo Ferrari was all about racing and he didn't want to work under others in his own racing division. As a result, Henry Ford II was not happy again and decided to build his own racing car and take over Ferrari's legacy in The 24 Hours of Le Mans.

                                   
Henry Ford II organized a team to build a car to win The 24 Hours of Le Mans. As by Henry's order, the team started working on a prototype and which eventually came out as Ford GT40, which was the shortest car to participate in The 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1964. The initial model was fast, but it was not reliable it couldn't withstand a run for 24 hours. As 24 hours of Le Mans is all about endurance and performance. In the year of 1964, Ford competed in The 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Ford GT40s. None of the cars made it till the end of the race. Ford left with nothing except failure in 1964.

Henry Ford II then hired Caroll Shelby, who was a Le Mans GT class winner. He designed the GT40 to meet it's performance level to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. So did the car managed to finish the race in 1965, 24 Hours of Le Mans, but failed to win the race. The car had a beautiful victory in The 24 Hours of Daytona race and The 12 Hours of Sebring. Though the car didn't win in the legendary race. This time also Ford left the France soil looking forward to winning the race in the next year.

It was in 1966, 24 Hours of Le Mans the history was made. Ford brought the upgraded GT40 with tremendous 3 position victory in Daytona and Sebring victory. This time Ferrari was even more eager to look what the west has brought to rage in the circuit. During the first half of the race, Ford faced a serious situation because 4 out of 8 Ford GT40s didn't perform well and broke down. Having only four Gt40s left. Ford managed to take the 1-2-3 position victory, Ken Miles leading the first position and Dan Gurney in the third position by pushing his car to the finish line. While Ferrari with no cars to complete the entire race. 

                                  

That was a great victory for Ford which held the title for Four Straight years. This made the Ford vs Ferrari rivalry one of the best in the motorsport event. 50 years after in 2016, Ford had a fruitful victory in the GTE class with it's Ford GT. In 1969 Ford GT40 made the history by the first American to win The 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

Rolls Royce Cullinan : Everything you need to know

Rolls Royce Cullinan 

"Off-roading cannot be done with luxury" was an old myth and it was broke by Land Rover and Bentley with their SUV models Range Rover and Bentayga, now Rolls Royce joins the SUV club with an Ultra Luxury SUV model named the "Cullinan". 3 years ago, Rolls Royce CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos gave an introduction about the new luxury SUV. As said the company started developing the model and took long time for testing the car's stability and capabilities. On 10th May 2018 the company launched the Cullinan. The car looks stunning and it does add cool features of the company's tradition with the new Off-roading capability.

Cullinan is the first SUV from the Rolls Royce brand. Typically Cullinan breaks the company's tradition of manufacturing luxury sedans or saloons, but visually Cullinan resembles the company's traditional look. The Cullinan resembles it's base sedan model phantom in it's front but the rear slips a little in traditional appearance. Cullinan gets a panoramic with active cruise control. Cullinan gets one of the best traditional feature of Rolls Royce, that is the suicide doors. It's true the SUV comes with suicide doors. Cullinan means the largest diamond ever found, that stays true with the Rolls Royce Cullinan, as the car weighs 2660 kg.

Engine and Off-road features

As an SUV Cullinan gets a massive 6.75 litre V12 engine which produces 563 bhp and 850 Nm of torque. Cullinan gets an all wheel drive and with 4-wheel steering.

Cullinan gets single off-road mode, which can be enabled by pressing the "off-road" button on the central console. The off-road or "Everywhere" mode includes six customizations including rough track, gravel, wet grass, snow,sand or mud.The torque gets delivered at 1600 rpm for every wheel to maintain the stability of the car at lower rate. Cullinan's wading depth is 540mm that is 54cm. And it comes with height adjusting system that could lower the car 40mm when leveling is needed.

Features

Cullinan shares the platform of Rolls Royce Phantom, build with full metal body,that is aluminium space-frame. The car can lower itself 40mm for better ingress. The self-leveling air suspensions serves as an epitome in every Rolls Royce models for creating the most comfortable ride feeling, Cullinan is also equipped with same technology. As an all wheel drive car, the suspensions of the car makes number of calculations within milliseconds for adjusting the suspension and providing respective power required for the four wheels. 

Company claims that Cullinan is the World's first 3-box SUV, that is the cargo is separated from the cabin. The rear seats can be folded down for extra cargo room. The standard boot-space is 560 ltrs and can be expanded to 1930 ltrs. In addition Cullinan offers two extra seats in the boot, which is built into it's floor and can be deployed electrically . 

Cullinan includes additional safety features like collision, cross-traffic and lane departure warning systems. Sure the car is loaded with technology stuffs that include Wi-Fi hotspot, pedestrian and wildlife alert, active cruise control, head-up display, touch screens on front and back.

Cullinan comes with lots of cool features and off-roading capability. Sure it does costs a lot, the estimated price of the all new Rolls Royce Cullinan is 5crores in Indian Rupees. I'm not sure that Indian market will get the new SUV in this year. As first SUV of the company, the Cullinan is initially focused on countries with higher demand for SUVs. But yes Indian car market has high demand for SUVs. Another cool feature Cullinan offers is that the spirit of Ecstasy can be customized, either a metal or glass built model can be made for the Cullinan.

2018 Geneva Motor Show

2018 Geneva Motor Show

Geneva Motor Show remains one of the most awaited shows of the year for the petrol heads and for the automobile manufacturers. 2018 Geneva Motor Show is yet to be started on March 8th and the preview show or technically they call as "press days" started on today(6th March to 7th March), the public show is planned to be held from 8th to 18th March. Swiss grounds remain hot when the most awaited European Motor Show is all set to go, we'll see some of the expected show stoppers to be revealed on the Swiss soil.

Jaguar I- Pace 

The British car manufacturer is expected to reveal it's first ever electric car I-Pace to be displayed at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. The electric SUV was revealed at the 2016 Los Angeles Motor Show. The I-Pace produces 395 bhp with the help of two electric motors, one in the front and the other in the rear. The car can do 0-60 mph within 4.5 secs. 

Land Rover Range Rover Coupe SV

The SUV manufacturer is yet to release it's two-door SUV Range Rover Coupe SV on the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Range Rover SV the high-end model of the British manufacturer is yet to reveal it's the new version the Range Rover Coupe SV. The SUV produces a maximum power of 557 bhp with the help of the supercharged engine and can do 0-60 mph within 5 seconds. 

McLaren Senna 

McLaren Senna has been launched already, though the available beast isn't enough to wreck the roads the exotic edition of the car is expected to be revealed by MSO with an extreme carbon theme at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. The stock model produces 789 bhp with the help of the 4.0-liter twin-turbo engine. The beast looks have been modified with cool features, large and stronger wings is also one of the additional features of the car.

Toyota Supra 

Hell Yeah !!! One of the best JDM cars that rocked the streets for years was at rest for some time. Toyota decided on the comeback of the legendary Supra. The new Supra concept remained to surf over the internet for the past days and now the car is expected to be displayed at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Toyota Supra previewed by GR Supra Racing concept comes with a 3.0 ltr turbocharged 6-cylinder engine, that can pump out a maximum power of 330 bhp. The front engine, rear wheel drive car is expected to reach 0-60 mph at 3.8 seconds.

 Ferrari 488 Pista 

Ferrari 488 Pista is the successor of 458 Speciale, 360 Challenge, 430 Scuderia. The Italian manufacturer holds good winning records in racing, 488 Pista is designed as the successor of 488 GTE and 488 Challenge as a racing edition. 488 Pista produces a total of 710 bhp by the twin-turbo V8 engine. The car can reach a maximum speed of 211 mph and can do 0-60 within 2.8 seconds.

More exotic, electric and hybrid cars are yet to be revealed in the upcoming ten days, every year Geneva Motor Show remains one of the best show for revealing new concepts and production models. Swiss hills are going to be too busy for the next ten days.
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Porsche's Mission-E in India

Porsche's Mission-E in India 

India shows a rapid increase in buying luxury cars and hybrid or fully electric cars are called as Zero-emission Vehicle. Porsche have also joined the electric sports car manufacturer after displaying it's all electric model Mission-E in the 2015 Frankfurt Motor show. Porsche is planning to launch the model officially in the global market in 2019 and planning to launch the model in India in 2020.  

Porsche have seen a good increase in their sales in the Indian sports car market. Earlier the German manufacturer sold almost 400 units in India during the year of 2016, the company had an increase in their sales during the year of 2017 by selling nearly 430 units in the Indian market. Porsche 718 Cayman and 718 Boxster are some of the best selling models of the manufacturer in Indian market.

As India faced series mishaps in pollution issues during the Delhi fog, the country is keen in reducing the pollution in every aspects, buying or producing zero-emission vehicles is one of the ideas in reducing the pollution all over the country luckily Porsche have planned to enter the Zero-Emission Vehicle market in India at the right time.

Porsche has not yet released the full specifications of the car for the Indian market, but it is expected that the car will be delivering high performance level. The general specifications unveiled in the past includes, the model comes with the power of 600 bhp, it can do 0-60 mph within 3.5 seconds. Porsche have planned to produce 15,000 to 20,000 units per year. Porsche Mission-E is powered by two electric motors which can produce up to 440 kw (600 bhp).

It's good to drive an eco-friendly vehicle whether everyone likes it or not, but definitely it will be good for the driver's ears to drive a car which doesn't do a "braapp stutuu". But I love when cars do "braaapp stutu". 

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