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Come on guys, if we're going to argue about something in this thread it has to be about how the s13 240sx is the same as the R34 Skyline GT-R even though they share....hmmmmm...nothing. :p
Leaked Lamborghini SUV Concept
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jonv8944s
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Didn't the (V35) 11th-generation Nissan Skyline (introduced in 2001) share the FM platform with the 350Z and a few others?
..wtf? I was told that my FX35 was a crossover SUV.. I've never heard it referred to as a station wagon. EVER.
Also, I went on edmunds and cars.com and the FX isn't listed under station wagon, it's listed under the Crossover and SUV category.
Also, I went on edmunds and cars.com and the FX isn't listed under station wagon, it's listed under the Crossover and SUV category.
+1 grabbing my 3D glasses as we speak
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No one else is in denial.
Everyone else is eating popcorn...
Perhaps you could enlighten us as to the correlation between the two?
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Well, to me its pretty apparent they share very similar stlying cues, and in both examples, I dont like either. To me the Skylines of that generation just look liked 'kitted up' 240sx's. Hell so many people see the similarity, that there are a number of conversions for sx240s to 'GTR'. Simple google search for '240sx GTR conversion' will bring up a number of these. I guess my toungue in cheek comment about origins being the sx240 was taken to seriously, should I have put a behind that one so you guys better understood it was a bit joking? Again though I consider that style of Skyline looks to much like a kitted up 240sx for me and as I said originally, if that generations owners do not like the R35 GTR, I completely understand because I have strong distain for their version of it, as it looks like a kitted up 240SX. Its probably why the R35 GTR was never called a skyline, because it was not a continuation of that version. You can feel otherwise because these are opinions, and I certainly will be keeping and sharing mine on the subject. If I did like those, I would have one... but I dont.
behind that one so you guys better understood it was a bit joking? Again though I consider that style of Skyline looks to much like a kitted up 240sx for me and as I said originally, if that generations owners do not like the R35 GTR, I completely understand because I have strong distain for their version of it, as it looks like a kitted up 240SX. Its probably why the R35 GTR was never called a skyline, because it was not a continuation of that version. You can feel otherwise because these are opinions, and I certainly will be keeping and sharing mine on the subject. If I did like those, I would have one... but I dont.jonv8944s
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I agree with this. And as I have explained before, I'm not even a huge fan of the styling on the GTR I do own, the R35, BUT there is no denying its purpose and killing machine abilities. That reason alone, is why I still own it.
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Saw more info today on it
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So I think the Bentley SUV was supposed to be there as well. Out of all of these super-luxury sport SUVs, if the Bentley ends up looking like this, then is my favorite, and I want one right now.
+1 I want the Bentley
Well the Lambo is here making the first unviel is China??
With the official unveiling of the Lamborghini Urus concept today in Beijing, we can finally fill in a few details of the raging bull Lamborghini wants to loose on the world in 2015, such as its 600-hp power target and 3,000-copies-a-year sales goal at a price close to $200,000 each. And after living with that info for a few weeks, and the early reaction around the world, Lamborghini has a chance to build the first great new vehicle of this decade. Here's five reasons why:
-- It will get at least 600 hp from an engine Lamborghini won't specify. The firm's V-10 would seem the prime choice for a new SUV, and yet by 2015 regulations in Europe and elsewhere will make engines of that many cylinders difficult to sell through fuel economy rules. Buyers around the world have shown a willingness to accept smaller displacement engines with turbocharging, and the buyers of the Urus will be new to Lamborghini anyway. Why not sell them a turbo V8?
-- At 3,000 units a year, the Urus will be the best-selling Lamborghini ever. Lamborghini represents the place where passion overwhelms business sense. The company lost money for decades, and isn't greatly profitable today, but it's heritage and image as the pinnacle of sports cars keeps luring fresh capital. Should the Urus succeed like Lamborghini executives think it will, questions of capital won't be a problem any longer -- even if questions of whether that heritage has been sold out get louder.
-- Lamborghini vows to minimize the family ties. The Volkswagen empire will soon build both Audi SUVs and the Porsche Cayenne from similar parts. Lamborghini had set itself apart from the cheaper corporate relatives through massive use of carbon fiber, but the Urus is too big and high volume to make much use of exotic material. Lamborghini vows the Urus would be the lightest and best-handling vehicle in the segment, but the biggest hurdle facing Lamborghini will be how it makes the Urus different from Audi and Porsche if its forced to use the same basic ingredients.
-- In person, it successfully looks like a Lamborghini. A couple of weeks ago, I was able to make a first-hand comparison between the Urus concept and the Bentley EXP 9F, another stab by Volkswagen at building an SUV for the world's billionaires. The more you examine the Urus, from the stealth-figher intakes to the geometric wheel openings to the taillights lifted from the Estoque, the more it makes sense. Lamborghini has always been the car that's more than most of its drivers can handle; extending that into a tall hatchback shape doesn't dilute that essence. That same exercise stumbled with the Bentley, because the exterior styling reached too far, and because it's harder to escalate luxuriousness than performance. Bentley drivers herald success, not striving.
-- Half may come to the United States. While the Urus was unveiled in China, its largest market may be the United States. If it arrives on schedule in 2015, the Urus will become the go-to ride for any celebrity who basks in the spotlight. Hey, who wouldn't want a 600-hp, all-wheel-drive Batmobile that can also haul a few kids to private school?
More:
Video's:
[video]http://bloom.bg/Iiug0n#ooid=sxaW5pNDqhzfypO_lvhIR3GQsXRAj0Nk[/video]
[video]http://bloom.bg/I3tOGm#ooid=ljcG5pNDqj_AbLPko0BNG6vVXEu-zAk9[/video]
With the official unveiling of the Lamborghini Urus concept today in Beijing, we can finally fill in a few details of the raging bull Lamborghini wants to loose on the world in 2015, such as its 600-hp power target and 3,000-copies-a-year sales goal at a price close to $200,000 each. And after living with that info for a few weeks, and the early reaction around the world, Lamborghini has a chance to build the first great new vehicle of this decade. Here's five reasons why:
-- It will get at least 600 hp from an engine Lamborghini won't specify. The firm's V-10 would seem the prime choice for a new SUV, and yet by 2015 regulations in Europe and elsewhere will make engines of that many cylinders difficult to sell through fuel economy rules. Buyers around the world have shown a willingness to accept smaller displacement engines with turbocharging, and the buyers of the Urus will be new to Lamborghini anyway. Why not sell them a turbo V8?
-- At 3,000 units a year, the Urus will be the best-selling Lamborghini ever. Lamborghini represents the place where passion overwhelms business sense. The company lost money for decades, and isn't greatly profitable today, but it's heritage and image as the pinnacle of sports cars keeps luring fresh capital. Should the Urus succeed like Lamborghini executives think it will, questions of capital won't be a problem any longer -- even if questions of whether that heritage has been sold out get louder.
-- Lamborghini vows to minimize the family ties. The Volkswagen empire will soon build both Audi SUVs and the Porsche Cayenne from similar parts. Lamborghini had set itself apart from the cheaper corporate relatives through massive use of carbon fiber, but the Urus is too big and high volume to make much use of exotic material. Lamborghini vows the Urus would be the lightest and best-handling vehicle in the segment, but the biggest hurdle facing Lamborghini will be how it makes the Urus different from Audi and Porsche if its forced to use the same basic ingredients.
-- In person, it successfully looks like a Lamborghini. A couple of weeks ago, I was able to make a first-hand comparison between the Urus concept and the Bentley EXP 9F, another stab by Volkswagen at building an SUV for the world's billionaires. The more you examine the Urus, from the stealth-figher intakes to the geometric wheel openings to the taillights lifted from the Estoque, the more it makes sense. Lamborghini has always been the car that's more than most of its drivers can handle; extending that into a tall hatchback shape doesn't dilute that essence. That same exercise stumbled with the Bentley, because the exterior styling reached too far, and because it's harder to escalate luxuriousness than performance. Bentley drivers herald success, not striving.
-- Half may come to the United States. While the Urus was unveiled in China, its largest market may be the United States. If it arrives on schedule in 2015, the Urus will become the go-to ride for any celebrity who basks in the spotlight. Hey, who wouldn't want a 600-hp, all-wheel-drive Batmobile that can also haul a few kids to private school?
More:
Video's:
[video]http://bloom.bg/Iiug0n#ooid=sxaW5pNDqhzfypO_lvhIR3GQsXRAj0Nk[/video]
[video]http://bloom.bg/I3tOGm#ooid=ljcG5pNDqj_AbLPko0BNG6vVXEu-zAk9[/video]
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