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The Kanto was supposed to be the next flagship. It's design however, is what killed it because just a year before the expected release, Ferdinand Piech felt the car wasn't Italian enough, and had it shelved.
Months later in 1999, Lamborghini tried to bring it back, & were allowed to do so. They issued a press release, that stated they would need 2 years to fully develop the Kanto. In return, the Diablo needed to stay in production for 2 more years. And thus, the 6.0 VT was born. However, Geneva came around & Lamborghini had no Kanto to show, so it was canned.
With that, the Murcielago began testing. Now, the whole reason the Kanto bodies were still being used to test the car was because the Murcielago was designed to have similar attributes. So, instead of getting a few Murcielago's built & ready as mules, Lamborghini re-issued the Kanto prototypes.
Note that the way to tell the difference between the former Kanto & the latter are the wheels. The original Kanto used Diablo wheels off the VT Roadster while the "newer" Kantos used 6.0 VT's.
Now, as production came closer, the Murcielago's body was finally used to commence the final tests. And with that, the L147 name became unofficially tied to this prototype instead of the name for the Diablo successor, giving us the first glimpse of the Murcielago.
Long story short, the Murcielago was revealed in Sept. 2001, & boasted a 6.2-liter engine with 580Bhp with the VT system, as well as a lot of Audi-inspired technology. The rest is already known.
What becomes of the Murcielago successor, though, will be revealed through this unnamed project below, with very little info.
