First look: Lamborghini’s “new world” breaks cover

LAMBORGHINI has now revealed two teaser detail shots of a model that it describes as "a new world", ahead of its official world debut at the Paris motor show next week.

“It’s not just a new Lamborghini, it’s a new world," said the official Lamborghini press release that accompanied a single image of the car's (carbon-fibre) rear diffuser and central exhaust outlet on September 16.

A second image issued three days later on Friday (September 19), shows a section of the bonnet in profile above the front left wheel, tyre (a 295/30-section 19-inch Pirelli P-Zero, no less) and guard, which features a carbon-fibre front splitter and front side vent garnished with Italian colours.

An entirely new front bumper shut line proves the “new Lamborghini” is not a lightweight “Superleggera” version of the Italian maker’s 2001-based flagship Murcielago LP640, nor another Reventon-style special-edition.

But the new bodyshell’s go-faster front quarter venting supports speculation the car will be an all-new concept that breaks tradition with years of mid-engined Lamborghini models by being a front-engined, four-seat (and perhaps even four-door) rival for cars like Aston Martin’s Rapide and Porsche’s upcoming Panamera.

Some reports have even suggested the all-new Raging Bull model could be based on the latter through the two sports car makers’ separate ties with the Volkswagen Group, which owns Lamborghini and is now a subsidiary of Porsche.

All will be known on October 1, when Lamborghini appears set to do what Ferrari would never dare.