One of my favorite rides, a 2004 ZHP. Had this up to almost 150 on a stretch of lonely road in northern cali
And to think some goobers are paying 20k for E36 M3 sedans these days!
German Speedos over report speed, yet the odometer is right.
It is a legal requirement that the speed must never under-read but may over-read by up to 10%. So to keep it legal as the tyre wears the over-read on new tyres will be set to 7-8% and still be within 10% when the tyre is worn to the EU limit of 1.6mm of tread.
I would guess, in a country like Germany that almost does not have speed limits on some of their expressways, that there are other practical reasons to have this speedometer discrepancy be so broad. I am officially schooled. Question though, since the US generally has more accurate speedometers, would German autos destined for the states also carry across that same margin for error?
When I was very young my grandfather Tommasino shown to me and my twin brother a picture of a Lamborghini gave from a family relative Giorgio Sargiotto with a dedicated signature to him in the back.
Giorgio Sargiotto was the owner of the Turin car body company at that time named "Carrozzeria Monterosa" that was making car prototyper for many Italian car companies, one of them Lamborghini.
https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/te-story-behind-carrozzeria-monterosa/
For many years I tried to understand which Lamborghini was and recently looking to some Instagram pictures where a beautiful green lamborghini from 1963 was introduced I understood it was one, or one of the very few prototypes made for the Lamborghini 350GTV!!
It was presented at Turin' Auto Show (the international most relevant cas show at that time if you know what Turin was for all over the world) in 1963 and my grandfather went invited by Giorgio and dedicated to him a couple of pictures with a dedication for him.
Those pictures have an incredible resolution (looking with the lens it seems never loose detail) because it was impressed onto a very large negative (almost like the final picture) to make large prints.
Check out my grandfather pictures (now I have on my walls to remember many things he did in his life) and enjoy the beauty and my surprise for this discovery!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_350GTV
Thank you all for reading it
Thank you Tommasino, mio nonno.
I think it’s just to slow people down. So when you look down and see a crazy number on the speedo your lizard brain starts saying “Hey you crazy bastard, slow down!” This is the norm on sport bikes where speedos are off by like 8-12%. I never use my motorcycle speedo. I use my GPS but I’ve learned what the offset is at various speeds.
I was in my early teens when this car came out, a few years before the Miura, and it made such an impression on me. For years they were not appreciated for the wonderful sports cars that they were. Now, finally, they are getting the recognition they deserve. Thank you for sharing those spectacular photos, and the story that goes with them.
When I was very young my grandfather Tommasino shown to me and my twin brother a picture of a Lamborghini gave from a family relative Giorgio Sargiotto with a dedicated signature to him in the back.
Giorgio Sargiotto was the owner of the Turin car body company at that time named "Carrozzeria Monterosa" that was making car prototyper for many Italian car companies, one of them Lamborghini.
https://www.carrozzieri-italiani.com/te-story-behind-carrozzeria-monterosa/
For many years I tried to understand which Lamborghini was and recently looking to some Instagram pictures where a beautiful green lamborghini from 1963 was introduced I understood it was one, or one of the very few prototypes made for the Lamborghini 350GTV!!
It was presented at Turin' Auto Show (the international most relevant cas show at that time if you know what Turin was for all over the world) in 1963 and my grandfather went invited by Giorgio and dedicated to him a couple of pictures with a dedication for him.
Those pictures have an incredible resolution (looking with the lens it seems never loose detail) because it was impressed onto a very large negative (almost like the final picture) to make large prints.
Check out my grandfather pictures (now I have on my walls to remember many things he did in his life) and enjoy the beauty and my surprise for this discovery!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_350GTV
Thank you all for reading it
Thank you Tommasino, mio nonno.
Here are some pics of my Viper from multiple photographers
Here are some pics of my Viper from multiple photographers
