Reiter Engineering has turned its long experience with developing and building customer Lamborghini racers toward the road cars and has unveiled a comprehensive performance and body styling upgrade kit for the Murciélago.

Reiter Engineering has turned its long experience with developing and building customer Lamborghini racers toward the road cars, and has unveiled a comprehensive performance and body styling upgrade kit 'Reiter R-GT' for the Murciélago.

The German concern, run by engineer Hans Reiter, has made its name during the last five half decade developing customer Lamborghini racing cars, starting with the FIA GT1 class Murciélago R-GT in 2004, and continuing with a version of the Gallardo developed for the FIA GT3 class. This latter racer has seen much success on racing circuits worldwide, most recently last weekend driver Mark Eddy wrapped up the 2008 Australian GT Championship title at the wheel of a Reiter Engineering-built Gallardo GT3.

Reiter Engineering has previously developed a road tuning upgrade package for the V10-engined Gallardo, and now its engineers have turned their attention to Lamborghini's muscular range-topping supercar, the 6.2-lite V12 engined Murciélago. This car is being presented in public for the first time at the tuning show in Essen.

Little details have been given away about the firm's new performance upgrades, dubbed the 'R-GT' after the well known GT1 class racer, although hints as to its potent capabilities are revealed by the new twin high level rear exhaust exits which allow the exhaust gases to be removed from the V12 with much less bending of the pipes, while new air intakes have been sliced into the front wings above the headlights.

New grooved brake discs and alloy bells improve the Reiter R-GT's stopping capability, while the suspension has also been uprated and fitted with new Ohlins springs. Purposeful gloss-black OZ Racing wheels and low-profile tyres complete the dynamic upgrade.

Visually the Reiter R-GT road car features a number of new carbon-fibre aerodynamic appendages: a split tray at the front, a huge racing-style rear wing, cut-outs in the front wings, and a new rear lower spoiler that masks the Murciélago's usual lower rear exhaust exit aperture. All are finished in polished carbon-fibre. Small 'R-GT' decals are emblazoned on the rear wings in front of the wheels. Inside, the car is fitted with racing 'bucket' seats which are embossed with the company's logo as are the dedicated floor mats.