Talk:Lamborghini V8

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I think it might make sense to have one article called Lamborghini V8 cars that would include the content of this article, Lamborghini Urraco, Lamborghini Silhouette, and Lamborghini Jalpa. There is not much in each individual article and much of what is there is repeated in the other articles. Do you think this would be a good idea? Respectfully, SamBlob 12:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support The period and 3 models of Lamborghini V8 cars are now in history i.e. a "closed book" about which someone could write a summary, perhaps giving insight into why it started and why it ended.
Oppose Categorising Lamborghini cars as V12/V10/V8 engined is an arbitrary choice which seems unnecessary when we have the table with the same information on the Lamborghini page.
Rhetoric against: Do we need special articles for Lamborghini front-engined and Lamborghini mid-engined cars? Do we need special articles for Lamborghini cars with side-opening doors and Lamborghini cars with upward-opening doors? How about different coloured ones?Verily verily say I nay, for each Lamborghini model hath surprised the World and surpass'd mundane motor carriages and all their categories, praise be to Saint Ferruccio L. R.I.P. Cuddlyable3 09:47, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The V12/V10/V8 categorization is not as arbitrary as one might think, considering that:

there have been only those three basic engine designs in Lamborghini's history (the current V-12 in the Murcielago is based on the same architecture developed by Bizzarini for the 350GTV)
while the venerable Lamborghini V12 has been the engine used in most of Lamborghini's models (and as such has been configured FR, F4, MR transverse and MR longitudinal), and the V10 has been used only in the Gallardo (but might be used in others in the future), the V8 drivetrain, including the engine and transaxle, have been used in these three models only.

Instead of having stubs for each of the three cars and the engine, there could be one article showing the evolution of the concept and the drivetrain from beginning to end.

I drafted a "Lamborghini V8 Cars" article, but I do not have access to it now. When I regain access to it, I will post it to my user page and put a link here. Respectfully, SamBlob 13:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SamBlob the summary of the engines and their evolving configurations that you suggest is notable information that is now lacking from the "Models" section of Lamborghini. I think that is the place for it, rather than repeating parts of the Models Table in fragmented articles. It would be great to see the whole engineering story in one place, from the 350GT to Gallardo. I called the cylinder count "arbitrary" not because it isn't important but because it in isolation doesn't say much about Lamborghini's engineering evolution. That has to be viewed also in terms of seats (2 / 2+2 / 4), carburetors (barrels, side-/down-draught) or fuel injection, camshafts, camdrive (chain/belt), ignition (contact breaker / electronic, 1- or 2-distributor). Do you feel like writing this? Cuddlyable3 18:30, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, SamBlob? If you want to trace back the "venerable Lamborghini V12" then look to the Tipo8, a smaller capacity V12 that Maserati developed then dropped. Back on our topic, the Lamborghini V8 was presumably developed with an eye on Maserati's Tipo107.Cuddlyable3 (talk) 14:38, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]