The kiss of death... Red Murcielago

[steve06]

I've always heard of red on a lambo being referred to as the kiss of death. effects resale etc...

But today for the first time in 5 years I caught a glimpse of the only Murcielago in Ireland. Some of you may have seen it posted before when SteveIRL was deciding between it, a Diablo 6.0 and a Ford GT which he bought and is actually parked beside it here, along with Funky's Diablo.

In the metal it's very nice, the colour really surprised me.

Edited by steve06 on Friday 10th September 23:59

[UH-Matt]

Doesn't work for me. Most other colours would look better IMHO!!

[steve06]

UH-Matt said:

Doesn't work for me. Most other colours would look better IMHO!!

I agree, but it was surprising up close. photos don't do it justice.

[Complex]

I fail to see how the colour of cars this end of the market should affect resale so much, when there are so many high quality wraps availible these days.

That said, I don't think red suits the Murciélago.

[Caelum Blue]

I always thought red Countach's looked stunning.

Is this just because everyone associates red with Ferrari?
Do Yellow Ferrari's suffer the same fate because everyone associates yellow with Lamborghini?

[SAB888]

Caelum Blue said:

I always thought red Countach's looked stunning.

Is this just because everyone associates red with Ferrari?
Do Yellow Ferrari's suffer the same fate because everyone associates yellow with Lamborghini?

I was thinking the same thing. Red was very common on Miuras, Countaches and Diablos, but rare on Murcielagos and Gallardos. I think the Murcielago looks fine in red.

[Dr G]

I like that a lot

[ferrari spider]

Caelum Blue said:

Is this just because everyone associates red with Ferrari?
Do Yellow Ferrari's suffer the same fate because everyone associates yellow with Lamborghini?

It has nothing to do with ferrari or Lamborghini. The colour red use to be Italy's national racing colours back in the early days of racing. The UKs was green and the french was blue for example.
The district of Modena used yellow as its regional racing colour.
Had Lamborghini been racing during the golden age then they to would have been dressed in red.

[Nish]

ferrari spider said:

It has nothing to do with ferrari or Lamborghini. The colour red use to be Italy's national racing colours back in the early days of racing. The UKs was green and the french was blue for example.
The district of Modena used yellow as its regional racing colour.
Had Lamborghini been racing during the golden age then they to would have been dressed in red.

Sorry to go off topic, Mr Spider - Was it you I saw on the m25 two weekends back in a hummer?

I was in the red 360, noticed it was stickered up with "close protection security "stickers so had to look in, only to find two rather large guys staring back. I may have sped off a little

[POORCARDEALER]

I really like that

[Davey S2]

Not sure on that shade but there were pics of a Rosso Rubinio darker red / burgundy which really suited the car.

[K50 DEL]

There's a red one here in Luanda.. thought to be the only Lambo in Angola, not too sure on the colour personally, but it sure gets attention!

[andrew.]

K50 DEL said:

There's a red one here in Luanda.. thought to be the only Lambo in Angola, not too sure on the colour personally, but it sure gets attention!

presumably yellow and orange lamborghinis are pretty common in angola ?

[Redwing]

Some Lambos just have to be red! This was taken at a local car show this weekend.......I'm sorry I just had to post it somewhere...........

[FlashmanChop]

A gent on my street has a Gallardo in the metallic maroon