Lamborghini Murciélago LP640: It's not about speed

Another very nice review of the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, this time from South Africa.

I've never found the time to learn Italian. Too busy with work. However, I can now speak two words fluently: "longitudinale posteriore". Or "in-line at the rear". Doesn't sound quite so much fun, does it?

How did we get on to this? Because of another, more famous Italian phrase: Lamborghini Murcielago (named after a famous fighting bull, by the way).

A new version of the firm's supercar is out now, and it's called the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. LP stands for "in-line at the rear" (have you put that in your vocab book?), and the 640 bit, as you might have guessed, refers to the horsepower now available from that in-line at the rear engine (that is, at 8000rpm).

Related news: GermanCarBlog, P4MR, Lamborghini Murciélago

Source: Motoring

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