... Not Coming Until 2012!

Lamborghini supercars tend to have a relatively long lifespan. The Countach stayed in production for sixteen years from its introduction in 1974 until the Diablo replaced it in 1990, which in turn anchored Sant'Agata's line-up for eleven years until the Murcielago was introduced in 2001. Now eight years in production, the steel-bodied Raging Bull has grown pretty long in the tooth, even if it can still hold its own against its contemporary competition.

In order to keep it fresh, the Murci has spawned a seemingly endless succession of variants, from the original through the LP640, 40th Anniversary and Versace editions, fixed roof and roadsters versions, the Reventón, LP650-4 Roadster and LP670-4 SuperVeloce. Lambo's done a good job of keeping its biggest, baddest fighting bovine with the times, but they know it's about time this aging bull be put to pasture. However if the latest reports are any indication, it may yet be a couple of years more before the Murci meets its replacement.

When it does come along, though, Auto Motor und Sport says we can expect the new flagship Lambo to ditch the Murci's outmoded steel chassis in favor of an aluminum one – likely based on the Audi R8's. Draped in aluminum and carbon fiber, the chassis will, in all likelihood, carry a revised version of the Bizzarrini-designed V12 that was the company's first engine and which has, with considerable modification, carried on in the company's supercars ever since. While the wheelbase is expected to carry over from the outgoing Murcielago, the front overhang is expected to shrink, while all-wheel-drive will continue to put the power down to the tarmac.



Source: Autoblog

 

It'll definitely be interesting to see what happens in the future for Lamborghini, it's going to be hard to top the Murci(especially the lp640) but then again it was hard to top the look of the Diablo too. Whatever they come up with, I'm sure it won't disappoint.

 

I've lost love for Lambos after seeing this

 

Does that GT2 have a sequential tranny? That's pretty badass...

 

Yea, Dahlback tuned it.
If my memory serves me correct, i think he used to tune Audis

 

You gotta compare apples to apples. The Lambo engineering is from the late 90s early 00s. Besides its a tuned 911 GT2, what do you expect? I'm sure if you twin turbo the V12 in the Murcie you would get different results. There is no reason to lose respect for the Lambo, after all its exotic and the Porsche is not. I don't think we buy a Murcie strictly for its performance traits. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with its exclusivity and design.

 

I have some doubts about this article is correct, for example their statement about sharing chassis with R8 is absolutely stupid. How they will fill Murcie assembly line after SV and LP650-4? If I am correct all that 400 Murcies are one-and-a-half year production run only based on current and past numbers. I doubt that they will leave this line empty for few years at least and there are some reports coming that there is something new and absolutely next generation being tested and worked on hard at Lambo factory, and it is not some Gallardo modifications or replacement, it is something really epic.