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Nelson is an Editor at High Gear Media focusing on reviewing cars and covering the hottest topics in luxury and performance cars, car culture, and. Whispers, rumors, denials–the idea of a new Lamborghini SUV heading to production has run the gamut of online coverage. Today, we get a tiny crop of what appears to be a magazine page touting a new concept version of a Lamborghini SUV coming to Beijing. Either way, Lamborghini’s chief Stephan Winkelmann says a four-door model would fit with Lamborghini’s direction . If the Lamborghini SUV does come to life, and if it shows up at Beijing, it could share its underpinnings with the Cayenne –or perhaps the next-generation model. We’ll have to get through the Geneva and New York auto shows first, at any rate, as the Beijing Auto Show’s press days don’t kick off until April 23-24. read more

Lamborghini will reveal an SUV concept at the Beijing auto show in April, according to a report in the Italian automobile magazine Quattroroute that was leaked online. Scanned images of an article from the February issue of the publication show a five-door vehicle in the mold of the Porsche Cayenne that looks like a version of the companyâs edgy Aventador supercar on steroids. Last October, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann told MotorAuthority that the company was working on a third model line and would decide early this year what form it would take. The Quattroroute article says that the yet to be named 4×4 will likely be powered by the V10 engine currently found the in automakerâs $200,000 Gallardo coupe, but that a V8-based hybrid powertrain is possible in the future. In fact, from 1986 to 1993 the Italian company sold the LM002, a V12-powered truck that was originally intended to be a military vehicle like the Humvee, but turned into a high-priced exotic known affectionately as the âRambo Lambo. read more

The critically-acclaimed Denver-based group first garnered air time and attention with their hit Over My Head (Cable Car) and reached mass appeal with their song How To Save A Life , a tune embedded in mainstream consciousness when it was picked up by the television drama Greyâs Anatomy . Borrowing a lump sum from his grandfather, the money went to pay for his used Honda, start a band, a production company and to pick up a degree in music industry (or âhow to screw the artistâ as he calls it) from the University of Colorado. Since those years The Fray has found success â” a fast rise that Slade likens to fast cars. Slade says the Honda represented his earlier, less-complicated life and the routine of regular shifts at Starbucks; the Lambo was the rapid acceleration of his music career and subsequent questions around art, money and the price of success. With car commercials embracing a wider spectrum of musical tastes, (The Black Keys, Dirty Vegas, Wilco, Kings of Leon and The Walkmen have all had their music featured) are The Fray next? read more