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Originally Posted by raymondo
Technollogy is not always a good thing. It has already gone too far in automobiles, taking away some of the "driving experience", and serviceability that used to be easily performed by the owner and contributed to the bonding experience. Now its.....This light came on what do I do? Answer... your screwed take it to the Dealer so he can connected his proprietary software to it.
If I had it my way I'd throw all this computer management, and creature comfort crap out of sports cars and go backwards....... Yeah that's going to happen  |
I wasn't referring to electronic driving aids. For instance The Murcie's chassis is an evolution of the Countach/Diablo's square tubular steel. In 1972 with the Countach's unveiling the chassis was quite exotic not to mention very expensive but it was necessary to handle the car's power.
Nowadays carbon fibre tubs are the way to go. Extremely light yet strong and of course expensive. You'll find it in todays best..McLarenF1, Enzo, CarreraGT, Zonda, Koenigsegg, Veyron. Except for the Veyron all the cars mentioned are lightweight and have immense power/weight ratio.
Similar to the Murc, the F550/575 also used steel tubular space frame but with the 599GTB Ferrari has completely migrated to Aluminum with all its models. Gallardo obviously thanks to Audi is also built on an Aluminum chassis.
Additionally the Murc's powertrain is also an evolution since the Countach. Just improved here and there. However it is a good layout (tranny forward of the engine). It was revolutionary when it was unveiled in the early 70s.
The thing is Countach broke new grounds and so did the Miura. Even the first 350GT had a gem of an engine. Today you can't proclaim the same with the Murc. As a 599GTB beater it's doing a damn good job. The same can be said of the Murc's predecessors.
However the flagship Lambos have moved down the supercar hierarchy. The Miura and Countach were the best supercars in the world. Today that league (hence 'stratospheric') is occupied by the cars mentioned earlier ie. McLarenF1, Enzo, CarreraGT, Zonda, Koenigsegg, Veyron and not by Murc or 599GTB. Just check the immense price gap to see what I mean. Carbon tubs don't come cheap. So were the bespoke technologies used in those cars.
To compete in that league we need a 'super' lambo. Something to beat the best of the best just like the good old days. First off this superlambo needs to be lightweight. Ideally a carbon tub chassis. I honestly don't know if theres anything better than that right now. The powertrain needs to be lightened further yet still adhere to Lambos core values such as good mechanical durability(usually with a weight penalty). Retain AWD as thats what makes Lambos unique these days and that incredible Enzo beating 3.4s, 0-100kmh acceleration times.
The superlambo should be a completely new concept and not to replace the Murc. The whole program would've cost a lot less than what they had spent developing the Veyron. Lambo can do it. It's just up to the bean counters back in Germany.