The Lamborghini Murciélago facts

Murciélago
  • The Lamborghini Murciélago is a high-performance sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini.
  • The Murciélago was introduced as a coupé in 2001 for the 2002 model year, succeeding the famed Diablo supercar in Lamborghini's lineup.
  • The Murciélago was the automaker's first new design in eleven years, as well as the first under the ownership of German automaker VW.
  • Murciélago is the Spanish name for the bat.
  • In a continuation of Lamborghini's tradition of giving its cars names from the world of bullfighting, the Murciélago was named for a fighting bull that survived 28 sword strokes in an 1879 fight against Rafael "El Lagartijo" Molina Sanchez, at the Coso de los califas bullring in Córdoba, Spain.
  • First-generation Murciélagos, produced between 2001 and 2006, were powered by a 6.2-litre V12 which traces its roots back to the company's beginnings in the 1960s.
  • The Lamborghini Murciélago features scissor doors.
  • The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model. It has been reported to have a top speed of 370 km/h.
  • The Murciélago Roadster was introduced in 2004 as a 2005 model.
  • In 2003, Lamborghini celebrated its 40th anniversary by releasing an Anniversary Edition of the Murciélago.
  • The fastest street model from Lamborghini is the Murcielago LP640 with an estimated top speed of 340 km/h.
  • At the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled a new version of the Murciélago, the LP 670-4 SuperVeloce.
  • In March 2007 in the FIA GT Championship, the All-Inkl.com Racing Murciélago won the Zhuhai 2 Hours.
  • Several of the newer Lamborghini models feature the familiar Lamborghini scissor doors that rotate up and forward on a hinge near the front of the door. The Countach, the Diablo and the Murcielago all have scissor doors, but the Gallardo does not. Both the Countach and the Diablo are no longer being produced, so the Murcielago is the only current model with scissor doors.
  • The Lamborghini Reventón is a slightly modified version of the Murciélago. The car, featuring an upgraded interior and revamped exterior styling inspired by stealth fighters such as the F-22A Raptor, debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. Only 20 units were built.
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