Automotive Update 2013 - Lamborghini's Most Active Line from West Coast Midnight Run

amborghini S.p.A. is now firmly
part of the VW group and the flag- ship Murcielago line has witnessed several spin-offs all based on its basic platform and design, until now that is.

In 2011, the Murcielago line was retired, after making headlines and climbing the popularity charts with automotive critics worldwide, as well as becoming a faved Hollywood icon, appearing as the sidekick to Bruce Wayne's social hops in The Dark Knight series and being referred to indirectly, almost

callously, as the golf cart mobile. In one scene, the Dark Knight Detective, in his Bruce Wayne getup, cryptically defers the attention of the gala valet attendant to the invisible Rumbler in the Batcave "you should see my other car" who is about to park the cool half million dollar Murcielago and fawns all over it. Italian cars get no respect from their owners, it's become a tradition in some parts of the world that was only defied by Ferrari, part of Fiat for several decades.

From the early days of automotive en-

gineering and Fiat was believed the yardstick of Italian engineering expertise by most in the general public - and Fiat, like its cousin Renault, was considered a hack, a pretender at automotive development and manufacturing.

Owners of Fiat rarely commended their cars and could always be seen tooling and repairing some part or other, from oil leaks in the transmission box to leaks from the engine.

Perhaps it was not the Fiat that