From AutoExpress

"Meet the next ultimate Lambo!
These pictures give us the best look yet at how the raging bull of the future will shape up – and it’s set to eclipse the existing Murciélago in every way. The car has yet to be given a name, but it’s expected to combine Lamborghini owner Audi’s aluminium spaceframe chassis with a carbon fibre bodyshell. That will make it much lighter than the Murciélago it replaces – and guarantees stunning performance to go with the incredible looks.
Up front is a pronounced spoiler and fresh headlamps – but designers have reserved the biggest changes for the rear. They have moved the Murciélago’s trademark angular exhaust closer to the ground, while new strip-like LED tail-lights replace the current square units.

Power is expected to come from a 6.0-litre V12 with around 700bhp – that would propel the car from 0-60mph in just over three seconds.
The new Lambo will also be wider and longer, while four-wheel drive ensures it’s firmly planted on the road.

Preliminary prototypes have been spied near Germany’s Nürburgring track, but the car is unlikely to arrive before 2012.

The newcomer will also pave the way for future generations of hybrid Lambos. It will be the brand’s first car to use efficient technologies such as stop-start and energy regeneration, and is a major step towards bosses’ plans to deliver the first-ever Lamborghini hybrid by 2015."

Source->http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/au..._in_shape.html

 

Wow, this car is going to be a MONSTER... The artist rendering looks like a Hot Wheel though.

 

I hope not, the present one is big enough dont you think?

 

Yes I totally agree with you on that Chris888~ I mean I have to admit, As is, the current car already feels somewhat like a mule around town at normal driving speeds... And If it gets any larger...then we're going into SUV type territory, with the likes of the Panamera etc...
Although the specs of the power to weight ratio seem AWESOME and ideal, the appearance is a bit...I mean it is a pretty early artist rendition of the car, let's just hope that it is not as thick and tall as it is rendered here~Sigh*
What's happeneing to the old traditional belief of what a true sports car is supposed to be... smaller, low and wide lightweight/nimble cars with high horsepower???

 

Thanks for sharing DJ. Great news, this is going to be real stunner in every way - looks, performance, weight and so on. It would be really one of the best supercars ever if Lamborghini will return to its best and offer AWD and RWD choices for this car. And making Murciealgo successor even wider is not a very good idea. I wish it to be lighter and smaller.

But I there is one open question - with the tempo current SVs and LP650-4 Roadsters are produced the production run will be completed in a year maximum, taking in consideration that about 100 SVs are already built since the production started in the end of March. OK, there is Reventon Roadster in the works, but I do not think that producing 10 cars will take very long period of time.

This lets me to suppose that we can see Murcielago replacement a little bit earlier than expected.

 

I hope those pics are not accurate. The last thing the new Lambo needs to be is longer and wider. McLaren showed the way 15 years ago with the F1. Lambo should be trying to make a modern version of that.

Light weight and clever packaging will show that the company is being forward thinking; also it will help keep the legislators at bay. They can still keep the V12 but will be able to make it more efficient. The big Lambo may be fast but a junior supercar will be able to keep up with one on a typical back road.

Making use of Audi tech makes sense and will save money and weight.

I look forward to what they come up with next year

 

Love it...

 

i like the back but im not crazy about the front??

 

That's great that Lambo is making it lighter AND more powerful, but it really doesn't need to be any bigger.

 

they need to make it smaller, I like it the size that it is right now, its a big mistake making it longer. Love the hp bump and that its lighter though.