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27 December 2007
Lamborghini An Enthusiasts Car? I Think Not.
But to actually call Lamborghini's something an automotive enthusiast would enjoy is utterly absurd. That would be like saying Gigli is something any movie buff would have in their collection. But wait Walter, it just looks so damn good! And with that I have to agree with you, but it stops there. If you look at Lamborghini's history it starts off in the fields of Italy when a young man known as Ferruccio Lamborghini complained about his Ferrari's clutch and Enzo told him to stick to driving tractors instead. And off he went to develop his own car in spite of Enzo (which Ford would also later do..). Since then Lamborghini has always tried to outdo Ferrari with about as success as you marrying Pamela Anderson. Sure she may be very attractive, but after a couple of weeks you’ll be back in Vegas with divorce papers. While I won't go into any of Lamborghini's failures as a company, those do exist too. The reason why Ferrari's are enthusiast’s cars while Lamborghini's are not isn't just because they have better handling, better brakes, better acceleration, but of one key element: passion. When you sit behind the wheel of a Gallardo you think to yourself, "damn, I must look good." When you sit behind the wheel of an F430 you have images of Michael Schumacher winning Formula One championships year after year, the names Ascari, Hill, Ickx, Lauda, and Fangio come to mind. Your heart begins to race, sweat begins to come out, and you all of the sudden feel as if though you are a part of something bigger. The best you can get with a Lamborghini is Balboni doing circles around Sant'Agata Bolognese.
-WW
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(so true though)
I can't really tell but is this an article that's pro-Ferrari, anti-Lambo or just to compare both?
Lambo's Rule baby.
..Fag...homo.
Now piss off and have a happy new year
@ AllanLambo - Very informative as usual. If you have enough time please feel free to actually construct an article defending your point of view. Would love to hear what you have to say. Also thank you for the flowers this morning, but I'm not interested, sorry.
@Emil - Thanks, I'll check that out.
If you can take Schumacher's cock out of your mouth long enough to read this post, let me tell you that your opinion is worth less than the shit on my shoe. Lamborghini is better looking, doesn't only come in RED, and you don't have to dress head to toe in brand clothing everytime you want to drive.
Now go put on your Volkswagen racing gloves and let that 1984 Golf rippppp!
Fag.
How many time's do I go to Shows and see old Ferrari guys bumming out in beach chairs in front of there cars, i lost count. lol
It's all f@king good, Ferrari is history, no shit but Lambo is motherfucking art on the weals, BEAAACH!!!!!
Audi is behind Lamborghini, and the car is closer to Audi built quality. Heck the Gallardo is made in Germany, on the same plant that builds the Audi R8.
Behind Ferrari is Fiat, a company with lackluster quality.
I'll close this with my favorite quote from Frank Sinatra, "If you want to be somebody, buy a Ferarri, if you ARE somebody, you own a Lamborghini."
That pretty much sums it up.
Too many people have an opinion about cars which they will never drive, let alone own. Let the people who can actually buy one argue about which is better.
With your definition of enthusiast you eliminate some of the supercars of today because of lack of race history: Pagani Zonda and Koenigsegg come to mind.
I would love have either car. But I suspect spending time at a Lamborghini's owners club meeting would be more fun than spending time with Ferraristi. Since I'm not wearing nomex, the pursuit of fun and speed is why they are poster material.
As far as the debate. I have always preferred Lamborginis. It could be the adolescent Countach fantasies, or compulsion to support the underdog, but it always seems to be a much more interesting brand. As far as performance, the performance differences lie on the other side of the boundary within which most of live and drive.
Ferrari is great at marketing building a brand and charging way over sticker for their cars. But to say one Lamborghini owners dont have passion is completely inaccurate.
By definition "Passion" is the emotion of feeling very strongly about a subject or person, usually referring to feelings of intense desire and attraction.
This is true with almost any brand of sports car, BMW, Merceedes, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Corvette, all the way down to cars like the nissan 240sx, and VWs.
But there's lot to like about Lambos. Styling, color choices, options, the sound of a modified exhaust and the newer ones are better than they've ever been.
There's not much to dislike about Ferraris, other than owners appear to be sheep...they buy the same clothes, order the same color car, and rarely drive them above the speed limit....BUT: you'll never see a Lambo track day! At least some Ferrari owners actually race them.
Ferrari's racing experience translates into their street cars in small ways, many of which are purely cosmetic. High speed stability and the fact that they're not as fast as other cars in the category, many costing tens of thousands less, are factors that drive me to another brand: Porsche.
Those looking for fast cars at a reasonable price need to shop in this order:
Corvette with ZR51 suspension
Corvette Z06
Porsche 996 or 997 Turbo
Porsche GT3
Porsche GT2
If you need automotive jewelry, have a small willy or otherwise need to compensate for other personality deficiencies (like me), consider a Lambo or Ferrari.