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Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque LIVE

Posted October 2, 2008

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Click the image above for a high-res gallery of live Estoque shots from Paris

You’ve seen the whole Estoque shebang in Lamborghini’s words, pictures, and videos. Let us add our own word to it: hmmm. It’s a Lamborghini, so it’s hard not to like it. And we hate to tread out the refrain, but it’s much nicer in person. It feels, though, like they wanted to get this thing done in time for the show, and it needs a couple more drafts. The front aspect is spot on — not a tough feat since it’s Lamborghini’s language. From the side, the it looks a little too stretched forward of the A-pillar, and there’s more than one personality fighting for attention if you follow the car from snout to rear. And the back, while beautiful, is… yes… Challenger-esque… But don’t take our words for it — have a look at the high-res gallery below and give us yours.

Gallery: Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque LIVE

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Paris Preview: four-door Lamborghini Estoque unofficially revealed!

Posted October 1, 2008

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Click above for gallery of the Lamborghini Estoque Concept

Lamborghini has spent the last few weeks tantalizing us with teasers of its front-engine, four-door concept, but that comes to an early end today as a French website has unceremoniously revealed the concept we’ve been calling the Estoque. Though the images in our gallery are low-res, we can still make everything out. The Estoque features a long hood and short rear deck, with horizontal headlights up front and a pair of big Reventon-style air intakes in the front bumper. The fender vents behind the front wheels are tucked into the car’s character line that flows back until it hits those wide rear haunches. Thanks to those teasers we had already figured out what the rear end would look like, and all those guesses were fairly spot on. The rumormills are telling us to expect the 560-hp V10 from the Gallardo LP 560-4 underhood, as well as all-wheel-drive. Though it’s showing up as a concept at the Paris Motor Show tomorrow, the Estoque is said to be destined for production as early as 2010 to compete with the new crop of four-door coupes from Porsche (Panamera) and Aston Martin (Rapide). We’ll have live shots from the official unveiling early tomorrow morning, so stay tuned.

Gallery: Paris 2008: Lamborghini Estoque Concept