Lamborghini Gallardo replacement coming next year

Lamborghini will unveil a supercar concept at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show this year which will preview the Gallardo replacement. The new car is expected to styling and tech incorporate elements from the Sesto Elemento and Egoista concepts

This new car, codenamed LP724 will carry forward key elements from the previous car such as the lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum space frame structure. The car has also grown marginally to a length of 4500mm which is almost 16mm longer than the previous car – the width and height remaining close to 1900mm and 1165mm. The production version of the new car is set to go on sale in the UK during the second half of the next year. The new car brings in an edgy exterior and its set to adopt a new interior layout as well that will extend its wheelbase to 2600mm which will offer added levels of accommodation.  

Lamborghini had plans to base the new car around a contemporary carbon fiber monocoque similar to that of the Aventador, however they have been forced to follow a more conservative route dictated by parent company Audi and its second-generation R8 supercar. Both the cars have been conceived around a modular spacefame. This will allow them to share vital components, including selected parts of a new, lightweight carbonfibre and aluminum structure that, Autocar can confirm, weighs 198kg in the form to be used by the Audi this is 24kg less than the all-aluminum structure used by the current R8.