{"id":11695,"date":"2021-06-03T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=11695"},"modified":"2025-07-03T09:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:26:43","slug":"lamborghini-murcielago-rg-1lm-53-ebbro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/lamborghini-murcielago-rg-1lm-53-ebbro\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago RG-1LM #53 – Ebbro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"RG-1LM\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
2006 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago RG-1LM #53<\/strong>
Pilots: M. Apicella, K.i Yamanishi, Y. Hinoi
Team: JLOC \/ Isao Noritake<\/em>
Race: DNC (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 2006
Ebbro - 43784 (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 06\/03\/21<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replacing the Diablo, the Raging Bull brand from Sant\u2019Agata Bolognese unveiled the Murci\u00e9lago<\/a> in 2001. With a 6.5 l V12 engine, the all-wheel drive Murci\u00e9lago was a huge hit for Lamborghini. Sometimes labeled as \u201ctoo much\u201d, nonetheless the model was a commercial success. By 2006, almost 1800 units were on the streets, not counting the Roadster<\/a> version (introduced in 2004). Despite this, since Ferruccio Lamborghini never cared for racing, the brand never had any official interest in motorsports. Well, we almost<\/em> had a Diablo<\/a> at La Sarthe once\u2026 However, things changed with the Murci\u00e9lago. In 2004, some customers asked for a racing version of the beast. With that, in a partnership with Reiter Engineering and Audi Sport, Lamborghini released the Murci\u00e9lago R-GT<\/strong>. The R-GT<\/a> used the same engine of the street version; however it had rear-wheel drive to be race-legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"RG-1LM\"\/
The first Raging Bull to race at Le Mans was a 400 GT<\/a> in 1975.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
A total of nine R-GT were produced, and it raced in the FIA GT, LMS and ALMS with some success. At the same time, the Japanese Lamborghini Owners Club (JLOC) wanted a Murci\u00e9lago specifically for the 2004 Japanese Super GT series. Reiter Engineering then developed the RG-1<\/strong>, an R-GT specially tailored for JLOC. With the good results of the RG-1, JLOC expanded their horizons and looked at Le Mans. In 2006, Reiter produced the Murci\u00e9lago RG-1LM<\/strong>, an RG-1 prepared specifically for the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. JLOC received chassis #ZA9BC10E04LA01063, and sporting number #53<\/a> took it to La Sarthe. Though RG-1LM #53 crossed the finish line (no small feat!), it did not complete the minimum laps and therefore DNC. JLOC returned with the same chassis in 2007 and 2009, but in neither instance finished the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Due to race regulations, the RG-1LM was less powerful than the civilian version of the Murci\u00e9lago.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
I really like Lamborghini, definitively more than I like Ferrari. Nevertheless, I have a pet peeve with the brand – it doesn\u2019t race \ud83d\ude12. And that little detail is somewhat of an anathema in my eyes. Independent of that, their road cars are literally bonkers<\/a>, so even without an historic racing pedigree, I appreciate the brand. And now finally I grabbed a Le Mans car! This is not a rare model, but to be honest I was so caught up in the Lamborghinis-don\u2019t-race* thing that it evaded my radar until now. In scale it\u2019s pretty decent, but not modern-Ixo-good and definitively not Spark-good. Still, a \u201cnice enough\u201d model from Ebbro that works nicely for the Lamborghini collectors as well as for the Le Mans crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*I\u2019m aware of the Blancpain Super Trofeo series. However it started in 2009, so just 12 years of racing does NOT give Lamborghini a proper<\/em> racing pedigree. Though we can talk again in another 10 years or so. Or after Sant\u2019Agata sends its cars to race in something other than a one-make championship that is nothing more than a sales campaign. Nonetheless, I do have hopes for GT3 racing (around since 2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2006 Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago RG-1LM #53Pilots: M. Apicella, K.i Yamanishi, Y. HinoiTeam: JLOC \/ Isao NoritakeRace: DNC (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 2006Ebbro – 43784 (diecast) Published 06\/03\/21 Replacing the Diablo, the Raging Bull brand from Sant\u2019Agata Bolognese unveiled the Murci\u00e9lago in 2001. With a 6.5 l V12 engine, the all-wheel drive Murci\u00e9lago was a … Continue reading “Lamborghini Murci\u00e9lago RG-1LM #53 – Ebbro”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11695","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11695"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18664,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11695\/revisions\/18664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}