Hmm I am going to catch a lot of grief for this but as long as I bring up some good points hopefully you guys will respect this post and the person who is writing it. Lamborghini and Audi represent the first joint operation between a German and Italian car company since the 1930's. In my opinion Lamborghini could not ask for a better parent company. Lets look at things from a financial point of view. Lamborghini is a profitble company we all know that. But it does not turn a profit big enough that would allow it to invest in enough new technology to keep it competitive in todays market place where technology is now more important then ever. Now Audi does have the budget for this and god forbid it doesn't its parent company Volkswagon sure as hell does. 2 technologies that Audi brings to the table are sure to attract your attention as Audi is the lead producer of these technologies. Quattro awd has been around now for 25 years. No one does it like Audi with awd and you can bet your bottom dollar that Lamborghini will be using some of the quattro awd technology for its own purposes. The second one is of course turbocharging. Now there are no turbo Lambos off the production line I know. But I would bet all my money that at least one enginer there is looking into turboing Lambos.
Now with regards to Lamborghini using Audi parts. I would feel a little pissed off if I payed for an Italian supercar that had some parts taken off of a German sedan. But, some interesting facts about these German parts you speak of. Have you ever bothered to look what all in a Gallardo comes from Germany? For one instance the entire space aged alluminum frame is built in Germany and shipped to Italy. Now I don't hear any of you complaining about your frame being cheaply made do I. Lamborghini ises Audi parts sometimes not just to save money but because they are egonomical. Lamborghini doesn't have the time or the money into making sure that its ac control knob conforms to the hand correctly and even if they had the time is that what you want them to spend it on because I would personally rather have them tweaking the engine a little more to squeeze out some more power!