Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 - Gran Turismo 5 Slideshow

GT5 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640

GT5 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T

Today's vehicle is another pony car, the GT5 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T (and the GT6 1970 Dodge Challenger R/N is here).

In Hemi-Orange, it is parked here at Ahrweiler Gate, one of the GT5 photo travel locations.

Although a pony car too, the first-gen Dodge Challenger was late to the pony car party started by the Ford Mustang and joined by the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird some two years earlier. It was also the shortest lived pony car in its original form. Yet it was probably the most potent of all pony cars with a choice of eight engines, two body styles and endless option packs.

The 1970 Challenger is the cream of the crop closely followed by the 1971 Challenger (so they write and I read somewhere). The 73- and 74 Challengers? Not so good.

The R/T was the top performance model, with R/T standing for Road/Track.

The first-gen Dodge Challenger was discontinued after the 1974 model year.

By the way, the second generation Dodge Challenger was a completely different eighties car - the Mitsubishi Gallant Lambda with the Dodge badge. I wonder if I can find it in GT5 or 6. If I do I'll make some pictures.

GT5 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Today's car is the GT5 rendition of the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28.

Wearing a coat of Champagne Gold Metallic (with black racing stripes), it is pictured here parked at Bern - Marktgasse.

The Chevrolet Camaro is a pony car (of which the Mustang was the first) with the pony car looks - typically long hoods, short rear decks.

The first-generation Camaro debuted in 1966 while the Z28 is a sportier version with the 302 engine.

Described by Chevy as a "personal car", the Camaro came as a 2 + 2 coupe or convertible. This one is the coupe. 

Styling was changed in the 1970 second-generation Camaro which became a fastback coupe.

GT5 1962 VW Typ 2(T1) Samba Bus

Here is a VW Type 2 bus.

The GT5 1968 Volkswagen Typ2(T1) Samba Bus is pictured here while parked in various spots at Lucerne Chapel Bridge - one of the GT5 photo travel locations.

The Type 2 is an important vehicle in the history of autos; it was built on a modified Type 1  platform (the "bug"). Praised for its versatility and including a camper van version, the vehicle was adopted by the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture.

The Lucerne dude is still here.

Air-cooled and rear-engined (where the vents are).

Engine: air-cooled until 1984.

Performance: top speed of 97 km/h; 0-100 (97) km/h in 75 secs.

This is a splittie - with the split window in front (manufactured 1950-67).

GT5 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640

Here is a 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 from GT5.

Pictured here at Lucerne - Chapel Bridge, it is in Giallo Evros (aka yellow).

First shown in 2001, it came to succeed the Countach and the Diabolo and represented the new era of Lamborghini under Audi.

 This particular model, the Murcielago LP640, debuted in 2005 at Geneva Motor Show.

Interestingly, the 640 in the LP640 stands for 631 bhp. Some rounding-off there. I guess it would be mathematically correct to call it the LP630.

Murcielago means a "bat" in Spanish but is also the name of a famous 19th century fighting bull with legendary courage and spirit, so legendary at the time that it was spared by the matador and apparently died its own natural death.

Who's this dude?

There's some random dude hanging around the Lambo acting like he owns it.

Performance: top speed of 340 km/h.