RE: Lamborghini Urus: Driven
Discussion
aeropilot said:
Err......<cough>
RR was at the forefront of producing what we now call luxury SUV's.
That's not a Rolls Royce design though, is it? In the days when RR supplied only the rolling chassis buyers could take it to a coach builder of their choice and have any body they wanted fitted, like a recovery vehicle or an armoured car. But it wasn't built by RR, that's like blaming Porsche for one of those Mansory abominations.RR was at the forefront of producing what we now call luxury SUV's.
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Thesprucegoose said:
It's the Porsche model, get the suckers to buy the suvs,. I wouldn't be surprised a model below the Uranus, maybe even a diesel engine. People buy brands nowadays not actual cars.
It's almost as if eventually all marques will make all the vehicles in all the sectors, they'll just be priced according tot heir perceived status...SUV Dacia...all the way to SUV Rolls
Dacia supercar...all the way to Lambo supercar
or whatever...
character and any idea of 'uniqueness' has buggered off to be replaced by brand snobbery and profit.
c'est la vie....
oh dear pistonheads. Sadly your title is all wrong. Because lambo did do a 4 x4 before
. Its called LM002.
You only have to google lambo 4x4
tsk.
Anyhow. Keep milking the idiots who want to buy these. keep charging the idiots £400 pet tyre. £4000 for a clutch.
The more ways to separate idiots from their money the better.
. Its called LM002.
You only have to google lambo 4x4
tsk.
Anyhow. Keep milking the idiots who want to buy these. keep charging the idiots £400 pet tyre. £4000 for a clutch.
The more ways to separate idiots from their money the better.
Edited by fred bloggs on Monday 23 April 16:08
Thesprucegoose said:
It's the Porsche model, get the suckers to buy the suvs,. I wouldn't be surprised a model below the Uranus, maybe even a diesel engine. People buy brands nowadays not actual cars.
Not sure about the diesel, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next handful of years there was a Macan-sized Lambo SUV that was petrol/electric hybrid. Perhaps even sooner as a precursor to testing that technology for the other Lambo models.(not that it will be their own tech - that will come from shared VAG research...but you get where I'm coming from)People were just as vocal when Porsche released the Cayenne. Demand for the sporscars suggests the brand didn't suffer in the slightest.I have a feeling that the existence of the Urus will make the square root of f
k all difference to peoples' desire for the Lambo sporcars.I personally think that Ferrari tarnished their desirability for me many moons ago when they started putting the badge and name on every piece of tat on the face of the planet, but business is business...and I'd still rip off someone's arm for a Pista, so there you go. You don't have to like everything a company does in order to be a fan.
Algarve said:
Oh look, "sad day" from yet another person who won't ever get their wallet out in a lambo showroom.
Has there been any actual Lambo owners saying they dont want this car released? I don't recall seeing any.
^ ThisHas there been any actual Lambo owners saying they dont want this car released? I don't recall seeing any.
Why the hate for a car that those who actually spend real £ with the brand actually want to see?
Quickmoose said:
Thesprucegoose said:
It's the Porsche model, get the suckers to buy the suvs,. I wouldn't be surprised a model below the Uranus, maybe even a diesel engine. People buy brands nowadays not actual cars.
It's almost as if eventually all marques will make all the vehicles in all the sectors, they'll just be priced according tot heir perceived status...SUV Dacia...all the way to SUV Rolls
Dacia supercar...all the way to Lambo supercar
or whatever...
character and any idea of 'uniqueness' has buggered off to be replaced by brand snobbery and profit.
c'est la vie....
vive la différence...
Schermerhorn said:
The sales projections for the UK and presumably Europe will be very small compared to the rest of the world.
California
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Qatar
Kuwait
China
Those markets are more lucrative than Europe is.
Yes, but the owners who live in 4 of those countries will be flying theirs to London for half the year!California
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Qatar
Kuwait
China
Those markets are more lucrative than Europe is.
Thesprucegoose said:
It's the Porsche model, get the suckers to buy the suvs,. I wouldn't be surprised a model below the Uranus, maybe even a diesel engine. People buy brands nowadays not actual cars.
VAG and Diesel. Not going to happen. Ever. Porsche have now dropped the black stuff completely.
DonkeyApple said:
hyphen said:
Sshh now.
'Secure the future and bankroll what we love' is the desperate, and well trotted out line that petrolhead use to defend the brand they cherish producing that tarnishes it. Let them stay in denial of the brand being a few Geppetto's with spanners in an outdoor shed struggling to make ends meet :hehe;
It’s just such a shame that being part of one of the largest companies on the planet they couldn’t have built an actual Lamborghini. A V12, monocoque, road focussed SUV that moved the whole performance SUV niche a massive step forward and was something unique and very special. 'Secure the future and bankroll what we love' is the desperate, and well trotted out line that petrolhead use to defend the brand they cherish producing that tarnishes it. Let them stay in denial of the brand being a few Geppetto's with spanners in an outdoor shed struggling to make ends meet :hehe;
And why would vw do that they bought lambo to upsell the standard platform with a fancy sticker
What people sjoukd rejoicenis not that this is the car that saves lamvo but the reason theybwill male cars like the performante - to maintain that brand.
hyphen said:
Yes, but the owners who live in 4 of those countries will be flying theirs to London for half the year!
They will be flying them to London because the car will be completely useless in their home desert environment. They will continue to use their Landcruisers and G63/G550 4x4^2 back home as they work offroad. suffolk009 said:
Thesprucegoose said:
It's the Porsche model, get the suckers to buy the suvs,. I wouldn't be surprised a model below the Uranus, maybe even a diesel engine. People buy brands nowadays not actual cars.
VAG and Diesel. Not going to happen. Ever. Porsche have now dropped the black stuff completely.
http://www.evo.co.uk/porsche/cayenne/19916/new-201...
I believe they will be shoving in the Audi diesel that they currently shove into the Panamaera. At least that engine delivers performance that is appropriate for the Porsche brand. The previous crappy little diesel created a vehicle that was an utter offence to all concepts of Porsche history and brand and was just done purely to w
e the brand out to poor, dumb people and flog them finance. But, VW were always a bit concerned about the ubiquity they had created with that bottom end, non performance diesel and that it had stuck a Porsche on every street and was risking removing the brand’s premium image and now they’ve killed it off. I’d like to think that this would mean they wouldn’t make a diesel Lamborghini but I think we all know that if VW thought there was some cash in it and that they could get away with it then they would. I would would wager they’ve already had conversations.
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