Lamborghini has presented
a third "teaser" image of the concept sports car it will
reveal at the 79th Paris Mondial de l'Automobile in ten
day's time, this time taking a first peek inside the
minimalist-styled cockpit of the advanced carbon-fibre
technology showcasing machine.
The new "teaser" image
offers another, and again somewhat unclear, view of the
concept showing a dashboard apparently made out of
carbon fibre and featuring large triangular cut-out
sections that will help to reduce its weight further;
this is the overriding theme of this project. The
instrument console unit is also minimalist in
composition and simply fitted in the manner of a racing
car, while the steering wheel is finished in red as are
the seats which appear to be embellished with a broad
continuation of the theme of 'triangulation' evident in
the image. A quarterlight window is also visible.
Last week when
Lamborghini released the second teaser image of the
series of six, CEO Stephan Winkelmann spoke of brand's
desire to pursue overall weight reduction as one of its
key strategies to improve its future sports cars. "The
key factor in terms of better handling and acceleration,
meaning more immediate pleasure in driving, is the
power-to-weight ratio. This is not so much about top
speed and so the future will not be so focused on
increasing the power, even because CO2 emissions do play
a role for super sports cars too. That means the key is
in reducing the weight.
"A crucial part of this is to understand how to reduce
the weight," continued Winkelmann. "From the middle of
the Eighties, the average weight of our cars has
increased by 500 kg because of active and passive
safety, comfort and emissions reduction issues, and this
is something that we have to change. Since we cannot
reduce safety or comfort in our cars, we have to reduce
the weight by using new materials. The magic word for
this is 'carbon fibre. We started working with carbon
fiber in Sant’Agata Bolognese over thirty years ago and
today, with our two laboratories in Sant’Agata Bolognese
and in Seattle, We are mastering a broad range of
technologies which put us in a leadership position for
low-volume production."