New Car Review : Lamborghini Supercar Coming

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The Internet chat forums are buzzing with news about a $1.6 million Lamborghini flagship reportedly going on display next month at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. Underscoring the high-octane occasion will be its unveiling by German supermodel Nadine Gerhardt.

Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann showed a scale model and a video to selected dealers and VIP customers at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance last weekend. Details are sketchy, but word is that the car's styling was inspired by Lockheed Martin's latest F22 Raptor fighter jet, including its gray paint job and fancy instrument panel.

Several reports claim that only 20 will be built and all of them have already been sold. Potential buyers reportedly handed over $300,000 deposits for the privilege.

Lamborghini is on a roll: It sold 1,239 cars during the first six months of 2007, an increase of more than 30 percent compared with the same period last year. The Italian company is also hugely profitable, making its owner, Volkswagen, fairly happy.

Automotive News : Lamborghini Thieves Foiled

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he LoJack Corporation sent out details of a late-July theft of a Lamborghini Gallardo in Italy by burglars who "used sleeping gas to subdue the victim." The thieves — whom LoJack describes as two Albanians — broke into a vacation home on the Eastern Coast of Italy, knocked out the victim with the gas, and then stole the keys to the Lambo. "Through the LoJack System, Italian police located the vehicle en route on a highway leading from Rome to Naples," the company said in a statement. "Italian State Patrol vehicles seized the vehicle and arrested two thieves, who were from Albania."

The vehicle had been purchased in France, the company said. LoJack used the episode to illustrate its capability to work across the borders of countries, including its European network, as well as a recent U.S./Mexico agreement. The company called its efforts "fighting crime on a global scale." LoJack uses radio frequency technology to help track vehicles.