Jota hits the track:

 

I haven't got a doubt that it will be an awesome car, as Lambo has used us to. Very Batman kind of look...wonder how that will work with colors.

I'll be here waiting to get to know it better

 

Crazy doors.

 

Hybrid Lambos with out a real manual transmission. Not to excited about that. If this keeps up....10yrs down the road they will only be offering electric versions with an audio soundtrack to mimic engine noise and a one speed transmission. F-ing hippie, tree hugging, socialist, greenie bishes

 

3300 lbs and a 7.0 liter DI V12.....UGR.....and own the streets!

 

Interesting, should be promising and fast.

 

Not sure if I like it yet. I'll have to give it time.

 

first teaser:

 

It does look a little like the batmobile but I still can't wait to see the final version once its released.

 

Yeah me too...really looking forward to see the final result... it's coming :P

 

The car looks promising, but unfortunately it has been ruined for me before its even been launched. JOTA means "a drunk" in my language....might as well named it Lamborghini Alcoholic

I am sure its going to be awesome anyway

 

Is Jota really the name of this new Lamborghini? Not the best sounding name they've had, actually probably the worst. All the other car's names sound cool and interesting. This one just reminds me of Star Wars lol and I haven't even seen a single Star Wars movie.

 

It is simple: the name Jota has a huge history.
The Lamborghini Jota came out as a unique lightweight/racing Edition of the legendary Miura in the 70s.
"Jota" = italian for "J" = "Appendix J" **

(**a FIA International Sporting Code in `69 which defined racing groups for
Touring cars, Grand touring cars and Sportscars.)



(Lamborghini Jota)


The most spectacular Lamborghini Miura was undeniably the Jota, it was the most ambitious project Bob Wallace ever built.
In Italian the letter 'J' is pronounced 'Jota', here it refers to appendix 'J' in the International Auto Racing rules, this car was built to go racing,
as Bob Wallace puts it, it was a flat-out P400 racing machine.
Unfortunately it was never entered in a race, it was one af Bob's toys, a car he had designed and built in his spare time, during evenings and
week-ends, when he could use all the Lamborghini tools he needed, Ferruccio didn't mind all this as long as it didn't interfere with Bob's
normal work.
The Jota only looked like a Miura, almost everything was redesigned, most of the body was now finished in Avional, a light composite alloy
used in the aircraft industry, also the floor of the basic steel chassis was made of this lightweight material. The bodystyling looked very aggressive,
the pop-up headlights were replaced with fixed ones, now behind plastic covers and a large chin spoiler was installed to minimize upward lift at high
speeds.
Behind the front and rear wheels were large air vents installed and the standard dual windshield wipers were replaced by a single parallelogram-action
racing type one.
The side windows, now made out of plastic, were fixed and had little sliding parts built into them. The interior was also heavily modified, the trim was
removed and the central console had to go, now the pedals were hung from the top, while the normal Miura had them installed on the floor.
Very wide campagnolo wheels were installed on the Jota, therefore the complete suspension had to be redesigned, the spare wheel was moved to the
rear of the car to improve the weight distribution, also the front mounted fuel tank was removed, and two smaller ones (60 Lt. each) were built into the
door sills.
Bob Wallace also modified the engine, by boosting the compression ratio, fitting modified cams and a electronic ignition system, installing a dry-sump
lubrication system and changing the exhaust system to a competition inspired 'open' one with four megaphones, the output went up to 440 bhp. The oil
radiators were changed for units coming from the Islero and the gearbox was fitted with closer ratios.
The Jota covered over 20,000 hard kilometers on the Pirelli test tracks, driven by Bob Wallace, which led to the development of the H60 VR15 tire, to be
used by the 'normal' Miura.
This unique Jota doesn't exist anymore, when the first problems arose at Sant'Agatha, the Jota was sold as a valuable asset, InterAuto, an industrialist
up in Brescia bought the car on February 8, 1972, and his mechanic ripped the side fuel tank open against a bridge during a Saturday trip with his
girlfriend. The car caught fire and was completely destroyed, not even the chassis could be rescued.

After this sad event, several Miura owners had their car modified to Jota specifications, but the one and only Jota was destroyed, and these replica's
don't even come close. Some of them also had dry-sump lubrication, but most of them only had a look alike body, underneath that beautiful, low styling,
they remained a 'normal' Miura.
These replica's are believed to be built on the following chassis : 4860, 4990, 3781, 5100, 5090, while the real Jota was built on chassis number 5084,
with engine number 30744, only the first three of these replica's have a dry-sump lubrication. The nr. 4860 was built for Hubert Hahne in Dusseldorf,
Germany, the nr. 4990 was sold to Alberto Silvera in Port au Prince, Haiti, while a third one went to France.

 

Sometimes stuff like that happens. For example the Nissan Juke was to be called Qazana, but in Portuguese that name would also become a joke because "canzana" is a word for hard sex

 

Just like Buick found out Lacrosse is slang for getting friendly with yourself ( Canada).

This car promises to perform on a level that it is going to take a Veyron to better it. The current car with constant refinements and in SV configuration is already an absolute beast with 2.9 seconds to 60 and the 1/4 mile in 10.9 seconds. This car will have more traction, more grip , be more powerful and be lighter weight it will be an absolute terror in the hands of the right driver!

It has been reported that the Jota will have a knew take on " Lambo " doors something between the way the doors have always opened and the Koenigsegg Dihedral Synchro-Helix actuated doors.