Why are Lamborghini cars so heavy?
I just found out that the curb weight of a Lamborghini Mucelargio is 3,600 pounds. That's 500 pounds heavier than a Ford Ranger pick-up truck (3100 pounds). That's crazy. I thought that super exotic sports cars were supposed to be extremely light. Why so heavy?
It is a VW product but that means NOTHING really! LAMBO is heavy for COMFORT usually and loaded with accessories! STRIPPED DOWN RACING LAMBO is s different matter! The WEIGHT is due to HANDLING and GRIP as a light car would drift away as well! A FAST CAR that is TO OLIGHT will not hold the road! They use the AIR as a way to actually INCREASE downward force, like WEIGHT does naturally! BYE NOW!
The engine. Do you know what a 6-liter V12 weights? And then it's the 4wd. It's alot of stuff. If you want a really light weight sports car you could buy an Alfa Romeo 4c with a carbon fibre chassi and 4 cylinder turbo engine.
Because they just are!
The V12/V10 engines are heavy plus it has an AWD system.
If you want light weight, look at Lotus
If you have a car that can go 200 MPH and it only weighs 3000lbs. You will end up AIRBORNE in NO time pal. The slightest imperfection of the pavement at that speed will do you in.
You NEED some weight. There's plenty of power to overcome the weight, wouldn't you agree?
Comparing a Ford Ranger to a (heavy) Lamborghini is to compare apples and oranges. For one thing, while the Lambo is 500 pounds heavier, it is a far better built vehicle with 5 times or more the hp of the Ford Ranger, thereby negating any weight advantage the pick up truck has.
Over the last decade cars have gotten heavier due to safety items built into the chassis and the ever increasing electronic gear packages and even luxury items. The Murcialago is not so much a sports car as it is a powerful GT cruiser. When it comes to building cars for the track, rest assured, Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini (owned by VW as is Audi), BMW and the rest, strip all the excess out of the cars to get them down to fighting weight. In the case of a few manufacturers, they do sell specialty cars that are thinly veiled track cars, like the Porsche GT3.
They make them heavy for stability at very high speeds, wind has no effect and even at 160mph the underdraft can't lift the car
A ranger isn't really a powerful truck. Most have an i4 or v6 engine where a lamborghini murcialago has a 6.2 or 6.5L V12 engine. If you look at an F-150 with the 6.2L V8 you'll notice that it is much heavier.
just remember that with more power, you also need stronger parts like gearbox, differentials, chassis, brakes and clutch. A lamborghini even compared to a 6.2L F150 has a lot of power so you can just imagine how strong these parts had to be. Add in that the murcielago doesn't really have a lot of carbon fibre construction and the weight gets really high. Even with such a high weight, these cars still have a very good power to weight ratio which is what makes them quick in acceleration. Their huge tires and AWD make them awesome when turning and their massive brakes make them amazing when stopping.
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