Lamborghini and Nissan sharing parts!

[r2r]

Now, I found this out recently, and I think this is outrages :twisted:


When Audi bought Lamborghini in 1998, they revised the Diablo to what is now know as the Diablo 6.0 vt, they did few changes to the front and the back. With that change they got rid of the pop up headlights.

However instead of designing and putting new headlight in, Audi decided to use the headlights from the old generation of the Nissan 300zx. :?

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Now where is the logic? I know that car manufacturers sometimes swap parts to save some cost, but a rich company like Audi can afford to spend a bit more money to redesign a headlight for a well know and exclusive supercar manufacturer like Lamborghini.

What do you guy think? Was it ok for Audi to do this, or was it a cheap act on Audis part?

[Everlasting]

it's just the headlights

[fabro_s]

Is this true??????????????? :| :|

[RC45]

Well the switches are lifted directly out of the VW Polo...

So what's the problem/ :P

[r2r]

Well the switches are lifted directly out of the VW Polo...

So what's the problem/ :P

Well the switches are minor things inside, plus they are form the mother company VW.

Now the headlights are one of the main parts of a car, and since Audi decided to revise the Diablo and freshen it up for the last version, why use a part from an old Nissan on a car thats worth five times the price of the 300zx, when they could have just as easily did new and better headlights.

[TransAm]

Next thing you know, Ford will be putting their parts in Aston Martins :wink:

Oh hang on a minute... :lol:

[RC45]

Well the switches are lifted directly out of the VW Polo...

So what's the problem/ :P

Well the switches are minor things inside, plus they are form the mother company VW.

Now the headlights are one of the main parts of a car, and since Audi decided to revise the Diablo and freshen it up for the last version, why use a part from an old Nissan on a car thats worth five times the price of the 300zx, when they could have just as easily did new and better headlights.

well Nissan probably bought the lights from the same place Ferrari buys those crappy Fiat electric bits... Delphi... :P

[r2r]

Well the switches are lifted directly out of the VW Polo...

So what's the problem/ :P

Well the switches are minor things inside, plus they are form the mother company VW.

Now the headlights are one of the main parts of a car, and since Audi decided to revise the Diablo and freshen it up for the last version, why use a part from an old Nissan on a car thats worth five times the price of the 300zx, when they could have just as easily did new and better headlights.

well Nissan probably bought the lights from the same place Ferrari buys those crappy Fiat electric bits... Delphi... :P

:lol:

[Sir_GT]

Well the switches are lifted directly out of the VW Polo...

So what's the problem/ :P

Well the switches are minor things inside, plus they are form the mother company VW.

Now the headlights are one of the main parts of a car, and since Audi decided to revise the Diablo and freshen it up for the last version, why use a part from an old Nissan on a car thats worth five times the price of the 300zx, when they could have just as easily did new and better headlights.

well Nissan probably bought the lights from the same place Ferrari buys those crappy Fiat electric bits... Delphi... :P

Speaking from experience eh? :) Your Daewoo does owe quite a large percentage of its parts from Delphi, doesn't it? ;)

[Garretts_turbo]

i've known about this for a while. still a fun fact, though.
one of my buddies who owns a 300ZX got a cracked headlight from a kicked up rock on the highway and when trying to buy a replacement, found out that they were hideously expensive for this reason

[Chaos in 1983!]

are you sure this is correct? the inner parts look exactly the same, but the housing of the headlight is a bit different, the 300ZX´s looks a bit more angular than the diablo´s... :?:

They are similar but I´m sure you could not fit the lambo´s headlight unit to the 300ZX or viceversa...

[r2r]

are you sure this is correct? the inner parts look exactly the same, but the housing of the headlight is a bit different, the 300ZX´s looks a bit more angular than the diablo´s... :?:

They are similar but I´m sure you could not fit the lambo´s headlight unit to the 300ZX or viceversa...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they are the same. I have found few articles indicating they are the same part.

I think the housing looks a bit different because of the body form. Since Audi decided to use the existing lights from another car to save cost, it wouldn't make sense for them to make an unnoticeable difference to the housing.

[AlienDB7]

Not the first time a "supercar" sharing parts with "econo" brands. Lotus Esprit and renault gearbox anyone? :lol:

[TransAm]

Speaking from experience eh? :) Your Daewoo does owe quite a large percentage of its parts from Delphi, doesn't it? ;)

I think you might be getting confused between Delphi and Delco

:wink:

[T-Bird]

actually Delphi sold parts to many different companies when ACDelco is primarily a GM company but now Delphi is going bye bye... Honda stopped using their batteries which is good since they sucked balls anyways we are always jumping cars that have been on the lot maybe a month or 2.

[ZfrkS62]

in the late 70's GM was putting radios in the camaro that were built in Japan for Audi.

Parts swapping is common throughout all of the automotive industry. hell, BMW was even using a Hydromatic (GM) transmission up until a couple years ago.

[antonioledesma]

delco and delphi are/were sister companies.

it's never been a mistery. boge, bosch, hella, etc. are big companies that use the same parts for different cars.
why make a scandal out if this? your hella bulbs are the same in most luxury cars :wink:

RC could confirm that his vette's oil filter is the same as a gm mini van, and the vette's filter is more expensive

[RC45]

Actually my oil filter is the same as other high-performance/high flow/high filtration filters... not quite the same as aminivas, but the same as a number of other engine filters on the market ;)

[antonioledesma]

so you changed your oil filter. But the regular filter is the same as a gm minivan

[RC45]

so you changed your oil filter. But the regular filter is the same as a gm minivan

No it's not - if it was, it would be the same part number, and cost the same ;) But it is by no means unique to the Vette... not many items in cars car.

Light bulbs are shared, knobs, switches, windshield wiper blades, lug nuts, bearings, zip ties, oil filters, fuel filters, electric window motors, seat motors, accesory belts etc etc etc.

If they were, you wouldn't be able to by peplacement belsts from the gates catalogue... ;)

When items are shared, they are the same within GM ;) It's only when GM sells the same stuff to BMW and Mercedes that they charge more :)

Remember I told you Corvette parts are cheap... real cheap.

[antonioledesma]

then here it's a different thing.
a friend has a 98 vette and the oil filter with the box printed with the vette's logos costs 15 usd more than the same oil filter in a different box

[RC45]

then here it's a different thing.
a friend has a 98 vette and the oil filter with the box printed with the vette's logos costs 15 usd more than the same oil filter in a different box

Nah - he's just a sucker and enjoys getting ripped off... ;) :P

[antonioledesma]

maybe :mrgreen: but it's from a gm dealer

[RC45]

maybe :mrgreen: but it's from a gm dealer

Hehe - here - save your buddy some money...

Try for yourself, 25010633 - use this part number in the search field... ;)

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/partsvoice/frameset.cfm

Then drill down and see how many vehicles use it... actually way more than I figured would - but he is gettong royally ripped if he is paying more for it.

[antonioledesma]

LOL..thanks RC. this page will go to a couple of friends running some gm cars and gettint ripped off
my buddy isn't that stupid. With the first oil change he bought the "vette" oil filter, but then his cousin, who has a workshop, told him of the generic part.

[T-Bird]

Hey my Thunderchicken was developed in ralation to the BMW 8 series and with some help from Audi aswell, figure that one out...

[TransAm]

Thunderchicken!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's great!

[ZfrkS62]

Hey my Thunderchicken was developed in ralation to the BMW 8 series and with some help from Audi aswell, figure that one out...

funny how after we kick there asses in a war, we have to go crawling to the Germans for help developing our cars :? :lol:

oh yeah, my former Villager was a rebadged Nissan Quest.

[numerouno]

the asari kz1 supercar! also uses headlamps from the pug 206!