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...Murci??lago shoots from 0 to 60 in 3.8 sec. and has a top speed of 200 m.p.h. I'll take Lambo's word for it. Unless you're on a closed course or have a death wish, it's tough to push it to the max. On New York's Taconic Parkway, I never had to shift above fourth gear to feel like a human cannonball and pull all the Le Mans moves I could safely muster. With four-wheel drive and Pirelli 18-in. tires, the car never felt unstable. But here's the rub: it takes every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bull on Wheels | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

Lambo plans to make about 200 Murci??lago roadsters annually and will customize the interior, dyeing the leather fuchsia, for instance, should that be your desire. Radar detector is sold separately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bull on Wheels | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

Drive Lamborghini's latest fantasy car, the Murci??lago roadster, and you'd be wise to leave the roof at home. For starters, you'll want to be seen in a vehicle that looks like a Cubist sculpture: a cross between a B-2 Stealth bomber and the Batmobile. And you don't want to be seen wrestling with the roof, since it's little more than an erector set with a fabric tarp and may require an engineering degree to dismantle. If you hit 100 m.p.h., Lamborghini warns, the roof might blow off--and how embarrassing would that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bull on Wheels | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...that Germans hold the purse strings fool you: the Italians are still making blissfully impractical transport. Since 1998, VW has pumped $155 million into the brand, with Lambo currently producing two models (the Gallardo is the other) for the first time in its 41-year history. One feature the Murci??lago roadster borrows from VW's Audi A4 convertible is roll bars that pop up within milliseconds in a rollover. But the Murci??lago, named for a legendary Spanish bull so fierce it was spared by a matador, is as outrageous as Lambo's prior exotica, cars like the Countach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bull on Wheels | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

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