Lamborghini Murcielago
The Lamborghini Murcielago was replaced in 2011 by the Lamborghini Aventador.
The impact of Audi taking over Lamborghini in 1998 was most massively felt when Lamborghini launched the successor to the Lamborghini Diablo, the mighty Murciélago. Since acquiring Lamborghini, Audi invested a lot of money to modernize the Sant’Agata factory and helped engineer the new Murciélago (it had limited impact on the last Diablo models). Its high quality standards and testing procedures improved the new generation Lamborghinis a lot, making them far more reliable and user friendly than the past.
The new Lamborghini was styled by Audi designer Luc Donckerwolcke (no Marcello Gandini here). It was clearly an evolution of the Diablo design, with more purity of design like the original Countach. The heart of any Lamborghini supercar is its engine and the Murciélago has one of the best naturally aspirated engines ever made. Like the Diablo, it is powered by a naturally aspirated V12, now bigger than ever thanks to being stroked-out to 6192 cc (6.2 liters). It also got new 3-stage variable geometry intake manifold and exhaust valve variable timing (in addition to the existing intake VVT). Over the years the V12 was upgraded as was the entire Murciélago range. Below we take you through everything you ever wanted to know about the Lamborghini Murciélago.
