A few months ago the statements by the president of Lamborghini Stephan Winkelmann seemed to have categorically denied any sport back in the SUV segment. But now, according to rumors, the Volkswagen Group would like to exploit the synergies for future production of a 4x4 luxury inspired by the Lamborghini LM002 80s.
In December, in a lengthy interview official Winkelmann had extinguished the enthusiasm about a possible return of the LM002, to a likely debut the production version of the Estoque four-door sports, presented as a prototype at the Paris Salon in 2008 and considered by the president of a car with a better chance of commercial success than the aforementioned SUV.
But now it seems that the Casa del Toro is back on his feet after taking into account the use of the platform of the next generation of the Porsche Panamera as a basis for future implementation of the 4x4 in the Italian manufacturer. This decision does not, however, will weigh on the future of the Estoque, because the multi-faceted platform of the House of Zuffenhausen will be used - with modifications - even on quattroporte Emilia, completing a synergy between the various brands of the group that aims to lower production costs and then to increase profits.
The brand new platform really will have a variety of other applications will in fact be used on other top models like the sporty Audi A9 future flagship, the next generation of the Q7 SUV, the Cayenne and of course in the end on waiting Bentley compact. The purpose of the Teutonic Builder is to multiply the supply of luxury cars to meet the constant demand, which is always in constant and rapid growth of countries such as China, Russia and India, in addition to Arab countries have long been loyal customers of this sector.
Moreover, all the aforementioned countries do not always have an adequate road network to take advantage of high performance cars and the low center of gravity, which instead Lamborghini SUV could face the future without any problems. The objective of this strategy would be not so much to pass plenty of hidden production eternal rival Ferrari, the same intention in the words dellla President Montezemolo to stay out of the succulent segments of sports sedans and SUVs.
These two types of cars it will be "covered" by the brand Maserati as well as having its range in the Quattroporte have in progress a sporty SUV based Jeep Grand Cherokee and a sports sedan segment "E", nicknamed "baby" Quattroporte. At this point you just have to wait for a confirmation or denial from the Casa del Toro possible that until now has merely stated that they are not excluding synergies with other brands of the Volkswagen Group. 
In December, in a lengthy interview official Winkelmann had extinguished the enthusiasm about a possible return of the LM002, to a likely debut the production version of the Estoque four-door sports, presented as a prototype at the Paris Salon in 2008 and considered by the president of a car with a better chance of commercial success than the aforementioned SUV.
But now it seems that the Casa del Toro is back on his feet after taking into account the use of the platform of the next generation of the Porsche Panamera as a basis for future implementation of the 4x4 in the Italian manufacturer. This decision does not, however, will weigh on the future of the Estoque, because the multi-faceted platform of the House of Zuffenhausen will be used - with modifications - even on quattroporte Emilia, completing a synergy between the various brands of the group that aims to lower production costs and then to increase profits.
The brand new platform really will have a variety of other applications will in fact be used on other top models like the sporty Audi A9 future flagship, the next generation of the Q7 SUV, the Cayenne and of course in the end on waiting Bentley compact. The purpose of the Teutonic Builder is to multiply the supply of luxury cars to meet the constant demand, which is always in constant and rapid growth of countries such as China, Russia and India, in addition to Arab countries have long been loyal customers of this sector.
Moreover, all the aforementioned countries do not always have an adequate road network to take advantage of high performance cars and the low center of gravity, which instead Lamborghini SUV could face the future without any problems. The objective of this strategy would be not so much to pass plenty of hidden production eternal rival Ferrari, the same intention in the words dellla President Montezemolo to stay out of the succulent segments of sports sedans and SUVs.
These two types of cars it will be "covered" by the brand Maserati as well as having its range in the Quattroporte have in progress a sporty SUV based Jeep Grand Cherokee and a sports sedan segment "E", nicknamed "baby" Quattroporte. At this point you just have to wait for a confirmation or denial from the Casa del Toro possible that until now has merely stated that they are not excluding synergies with other brands of the Volkswagen Group.
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