Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept: V10 Carbon Fighter
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Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept: V10 Carbon Fighter
an image leaked ahead of the Paris Motor Show, more to come:
Sources say that it is made almost entirely of carbon fiber and weighs in at a ridiculous 999 kg,
or 2,200 pounds. By comparison, the Gallardo weighs a relatively portly 3,200 pounds.
With its V10 engine putting out expected ~600 HP, we're looking at a 0-to-62 mph time
of just 2.5 seconds and a top speed over 220 mph.
Sources say that it is made almost entirely of carbon fiber and weighs in at a ridiculous 999 kg,
or 2,200 pounds. By comparison, the Gallardo weighs a relatively portly 3,200 pounds.
With its V10 engine putting out expected ~600 HP, we're looking at a 0-to-62 mph time
of just 2.5 seconds and a top speed over 220 mph.
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09-29-2010, 11:50 AM
http://www.gtspirit.com/2010/09/29/o...esto-elemento/
Thank god it's only a concept. This would be too radical for 2010.
Thank god it's only a concept. This would be too radical for 2010.
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The Sesto Elemento is constructed largely from a brand new material referred to by Lamborghini as forged carbon. This dramatic-looking machine is a clear indication of what the next Gallardo might look like when it appears in two years’ time, and what it will be made of.
At just 999kg, the car is extraordinarily light, considering that it’s also four-wheel drive and contains the potent running gear from the current Gallardo Superleggera. This gives it a power-to-weight ratio of 570bhp per tonne; by comparison, the rear-drive Ferrari 458 Italia has 370bhp per tonne.
As a result, the Sesto Elemento boasts the kind of performance that only superbike riders and Bugatti Veyron owners will be familiar with.
Lamborghini quotes a 0-62mph time of just 2.5sec, with a top speed the same as that of the Superleggera.
The standing quarter mile is rumoured to be below the magic 10-second barrier, putting the car clear of even the mighty Veyron.
Yet because the Sesto Elemento is a third of a tonne lighter than the Superleggera, it’s also more economical and cleaner.
“Every future Lamborghini will be touched by the spirit of the Sesto Elemento,” said Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann. This is a tacit admission that each new model from the supercar maker will make extensive use of forged carbon — although not, Autocar understands, the next Murciélago replacement because this car’s development is already too far down the line to fully benefit from the new material.
Lamborghini has created forged carbon in conjunction with Boeing and the University of Washington. It costs roughly a third of the price of regular carbonfibre but is the same weight and is almost as stiff.
It’s manufactured in-house by Lamborghini at a new purpose-built plant, and is made by first vacuum packing, then pressing a material similar to carbon beneath an 80-tonne load.
The entire process takes less than 10 minutes and negates the need for baking at high temperatures for long periods of time — the method used to cure traditional resin-based carbonfibre. And because forged carbon costs so much less time and money to produce than regular carbonfibre, Lamborghini says it has been able to think “right outside the normal rules of car design” when it comes to the car’s shape and structure.
The Sesto’s tub is made from the new material, along with its doors, roof, bonnet, bumpers, major suspension components and virtually its entire interior, including the seats and dash.
“The structure of this car is at the centre of its function,” says engineering chief Maurizio Reggiani. “It represents a revolutionary way of building a car. This method is a true breakthrough, and we are extremely excited about what it means for our future.”
The Sesto Elemento is constructed largely from a brand new material referred to by Lamborghini as forged carbon. This dramatic-looking machine is a clear indication of what the next Gallardo might look like when it appears in two years’ time, and what it will be made of.
At just 999kg, the car is extraordinarily light, considering that it’s also four-wheel drive and contains the potent running gear from the current Gallardo Superleggera. This gives it a power-to-weight ratio of 570bhp per tonne; by comparison, the rear-drive Ferrari 458 Italia has 370bhp per tonne.
As a result, the Sesto Elemento boasts the kind of performance that only superbike riders and Bugatti Veyron owners will be familiar with.
Lamborghini quotes a 0-62mph time of just 2.5sec, with a top speed the same as that of the Superleggera.
The standing quarter mile is rumoured to be below the magic 10-second barrier, putting the car clear of even the mighty Veyron.
Yet because the Sesto Elemento is a third of a tonne lighter than the Superleggera, it’s also more economical and cleaner.
“Every future Lamborghini will be touched by the spirit of the Sesto Elemento,” said Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann. This is a tacit admission that each new model from the supercar maker will make extensive use of forged carbon — although not, Autocar understands, the next Murciélago replacement because this car’s development is already too far down the line to fully benefit from the new material.
Lamborghini has created forged carbon in conjunction with Boeing and the University of Washington. It costs roughly a third of the price of regular carbonfibre but is the same weight and is almost as stiff.
It’s manufactured in-house by Lamborghini at a new purpose-built plant, and is made by first vacuum packing, then pressing a material similar to carbon beneath an 80-tonne load.
The entire process takes less than 10 minutes and negates the need for baking at high temperatures for long periods of time — the method used to cure traditional resin-based carbonfibre. And because forged carbon costs so much less time and money to produce than regular carbonfibre, Lamborghini says it has been able to think “right outside the normal rules of car design” when it comes to the car’s shape and structure.
The Sesto’s tub is made from the new material, along with its doors, roof, bonnet, bumpers, major suspension components and virtually its entire interior, including the seats and dash.
“The structure of this car is at the centre of its function,” says engineering chief Maurizio Reggiani. “It represents a revolutionary way of building a car. This method is a true breakthrough, and we are extremely excited about what it means for our future.”
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Most radical Lambo since the Countach imho.
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Folded paper designs can work and this is an improvement on the boring Audi design of the Gallardo, I think the only reason this one doesn't work so well is the monochromatic colour choice. The red helps but not enough. Put wheels on it in a lighter color (aluminium maybe but not chrome) and possibly some accent colours like matte aluminium panels (behind the side windows and in place of the red below the windscreen maybe?) and black to accent intakes and they'd really have something there.
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it is just a concept and it will sadly lose some of its rawness in and out on the way to production (due to safety standards etc.)
by the way, sources say, it is a preview of the upcoming gallardo successor.
by the way, sources say, it is a preview of the upcoming gallardo successor.