RE: Geneva Motor Show 2013: Lamborghini
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FWIW I think it looks stunning. I bet in the flesh it looks amazing too, admittedly not their finest piece of work but still cool nonetheless, I think a lot of people on this site need to chill. Even if in your opinion it is a blunder, isn't it better to make a creative error rather than stagnate? The world is a better place for having Lambos in it.
0a said:
Ah so this is why the other thread was locked?
In any case, what an embarrassment for Lamborghini. If this was a Chinese company we would be laughing away at them.
Why on earth is it an embarrassment?!In any case, what an embarrassment for Lamborghini. If this was a Chinese company we would be laughing away at them.
They've sold all three cars at an absolutely insane price, therefore job done.
They've proven that they can literally charge whatever they want for a car and people will buy it.
Yep I get that you (and a lot of others) may not like the styling, but use your head and recognise that they've achieved exactly what they wanted to do.
DavidWearsPrada said:
FWIW I think it looks stunning. I bet in the flesh it looks amazing too, admittedly not their finest piece of work but still cool nonetheless, I think a lot of people on this site need to chill. Even if in your opinion it is a blunder, isn't it better to make a creative error rather than stagnate? The world is a better place for having Lambos in it.
Your name is a clear expression of your vision of the world 
Whilst I concur that risks in design need to be taken for the sake of progress, lack of vision and poor implementation in the same field can lead to retrograde step in the evolution of brand image. Can we agree that if the same Prada designer that created the above put pen to paper it may have looked like the Veneno?
Lightningman said:
Your name is a clear expression of your vision of the world
Whilst I concur that risks in design need to be taken for the sake of progress, lack of vision and poor implementation in the same field can lead to retrograde step in the evolution of brand image. Can we agree that if the same Prada designer that created the above put pen to paper it may have looked like the Veneno?
Ha yeah, fair enough you got me. Strangely, I actually quite like that dress too ha ha Whilst I concur that risks in design need to be taken for the sake of progress, lack of vision and poor implementation in the same field can lead to retrograde step in the evolution of brand image. Can we agree that if the same Prada designer that created the above put pen to paper it may have looked like the Veneno?
PS Good point reg the brand image and top marks for using the word 'retrograde' a lot of people on here (myself included) just grunt and hit things :-)
DavidWearsPrada said:
Ha yeah, fair enough you got me. Strangely, I actually quite like that dress too ha ha
The sad thing is that I actually don't mind the dress, and it does put a smile on my face; the baguette on the head is a step too far 
(although the dress would beg the question, "does my ass look big in this" which is a no win situation; so perhaps better to avoid at all costs)As for LUS1FERs comment, I agree that Lamborghini should continue to be outlandish and push the boundaries of what a street car should be; however, for me, this isn't that, it is simply erratic design with a lack of clear vision and cohesion. Rather than looking organic, it looks like a group of work experience children, hopped up on all you can eat Pick and Mix, have raided a budget tuner and slapped on any bit of tat they could find. All it is missing is a huge spoiler, neons, spinners and a celebrity z-list fashion tie-in and we'd have the full monstrosity.
Just my opinion and whilst equally pointless, I actually quite liked the Reventón and perhaps more importantly, it paved the way clearly for the Aventador. If this is paving the way for anything, it could perhaps be the second coming of Valentino Liberace wearing sparkling driving gloves...
k about performance and the arab market. Beauty is not a brand value anymore. Well, I left Kentucky back in '49
An' went to Modena workin' on a 'sembly line
The first year they had me puttin' wheels on lambo's
Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
'Cause I always wanted me one that was long and black
One day I devised myself a plan
That should be the envy of most any man
I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my hand
Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
I'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand
I'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round
So the very next day when I punched in
With my big lunchbox and with help from my friends
I left that day with a lunch box full of gears
I've never considered myself a thief
But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
Especially if I strung it out over several years
The first day I got me a fuel pump
And the next day I got me an engine and a trunk
Then I got me a transmission and all of the chrome
The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home
Now, up to now my plan went all right
'Til we tried to put it all together one night
And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong
The transmission was a '53 and the motor turned out to be a '73
And when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were gone
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
And with a little bit of help with an adapter kit
We had that engine runnin' just like a song
Now the headlight' was another sight
We had two on the left and one on the right
But when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come on
The back end looked kinda funny too
But we put it together and when we got through
Well, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail-fin
About that time my wife walked out
And I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts
But she opened the door and said, "Honey, take me for a spin"
So we drove up town just to get the tags
And I headed her right on down main drag
I could hear everybody laughin' for blocks around
But up there at the court house they didn't laugh
'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
And when they got through the title weighed sixty pounds
I got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime
You'll know it's me when I come through your town
I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
Uh yow, Red Ryder, this is the cotton mouth
In the Psycho-Billy Cadillac come on, huh, this is the cotton mouth
And negatory on the cost of this mow-chine there Red Ryder
You might say I went right up to the factory
And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
Uh, what model is it?
Well, it's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56
'57, '58' 59' automobile
It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67
'68, '69, '70 automobile
Just sayin
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