That's amazing! Interesting shot.

what an amazing picture. i had no idea china cups were that strong!

How did they place it on the cups without breaking them? Can you do such delicate work with a normal crane??

The true "Luxury"!

holy cow! is that possible? i suspect those "china cups" are made of steel.

amazing photo....
unbelievable act...

Crazy idea. I wouldn't risk my china, puting a Lamborghini on top of them.
By the way, was there any crashed china around at all? You should have gone there early in the morning before they could finish their work, so to see ;^)
Some people are out of ideas, aren't they?
Thanks for sharing the picture anyway.

WOW! What a very nice car and great shot of it!

Holy Cow!

That's an awesome picture.I wonder who came up with that idea?

Sam, I've been hoping you had pictures of this ever since I saw it on AutoBlog last week. Great shot! Gotta love the use of a lamborghini to sell china.

holy friggin hell, thats remarkable!

what? how did that come about?

Amazing shot though.....

I'm tempted to ask why, but I guess that's the point... Cool shot, definitely not seen that before. Though I still get a "bull in a China store" thought to the installation... Heh, but that's okay too seeing I'm REALLY not in the targeted demographics!!

one i things i enjoy about your phoblog is that while i no longer live in the toronto area, i am in the city fairly often & i see the things you shoot. we walked past this car / china on a saturday am - a couple of weeks ago at the TIFF

It is pretty amazing for the table, let alone the china cups support a car that weights around two tonnes.

Definitely a unique and interesting image. No idea how you continually stumble across these scenes.

LOL!

Wait, wait ... is that a true Lamborghini on real china cups? Because if so, that's fantastic. As is the photo, of course.

This is a great shot, I like the positioning here. Whoever came up with the idea to post this car as an offerring was smart. Good on-ya for seeing and capturing this idea. Keep snapping.

Love the colours, the Lamborghini is a stunning car so I am bias :)

Interesting image....er.... that is something you certainly dont see everyday.....I saw the headline and thought you meant..... Lamorghini IN China... but it really is ON china.......but why?

I remember someone having this idea on The Apprentice but it was never used.

Great picture! Wonderful ad work.

ohmygosh! what a cool shot. love the limegreen against all the traditional colors.

Cups? Fagetaboutit. Give me the car!

Thats pretty cool, the colors are nice. But why put the car on tea cups?

It's a crazy idea!love it.

I passed this the other day, and couldn't believe my eyes. Apparently, it's a demonstration of how incredibly strong this particular type of china is. The entire car's weight is supported by 4 of these teacups.

Can you order that gentleman to set my table as well, I am having guests in 15 min.!

Nothing like using an absurd car in an absurd position to promote stuf.

Nice catch for the humour. Nice color of car - works well with the setting, but I'd never buy one if I did have the money. Too silly and impractical.

I recal being stuck for many K behind one, on a winding road with no pass opportunity, and the fool was only going 50 K on an 80 K road. Maybe it was only running on one cylinder?

For all who wonder why: it's a display for the store behind, William Ashley. They sell expensive tableware and cookware. Impressive, yes, but less so for those who know that Ashley does this every year. Two years ago it was a Rolls Royce poised on 4 cups and saucers! The Rolls must be twice the lambo's weight.

such a nice green. i wonder, does it ever bug you that your photos look so digital? not in a bad way really, just very unfilm like.

Heh, interesting.
Sam, may I make a photo request? Please do a self-portrait, pretty please :)

i love the pictures where there's a reflection of yourself somewhere, like in on the lambo's door.

well composed and nicely processed image.

Nice green car ... but who makes the china teacups that can support such a weight? Now that's a set of tableware that I could go for.

Well that's some centerpiece for an elegant table setting. Very amusing, odd, interesting.

Perfect shade of green! I like the creative display too.

Very cool!

How convenient! Just honk if you need the garçon!

I always thought china was very strong ... its weakness is that it's brittle. Most fired pottery is easily broken but practically indestructible, which is why so much of it survives.

And why a car on cups? Because it's cool! Sometimes things don't need a purpose. Just enjoy the sight.

i bet those china cups are made out of cement =D
great shot though!

Fantastic colors!

Okay I admit it - I have never seen anything like that before!

great shot i love the colours and is that the place with the "great wall of china" ?

I passed by this on the street last month. I remember that were were signs around it warning "DON"T TOUCH" :-)

imagine dinner time conversation...

I'd hate to see what they're serving for dessert.......

That's unreal! i didn't know that lambo's were so light.

I wonder if the engine and all the other parts are still inside?

Wonder who gets to choose which car they use each year?

Ceramics perform well under compression. Under tension, there would be a completely different result (which is why something can appear to be so strong, yet is also fragile).

Interesting marketing idea. Certainly draws the kind of attention that china alone would never have. Appears to be a stone table, should have been fairly easy to drive the car onto it using loading ramps, then jack it up slightly on each end to place the cups under the tires.

can you put the wallpaper size of this picture ....

"A bull in a china shop" is what they are after. Not just any car would do. Lamborghini's logo is a bull.

It's at William Ashley's - a china store. They've done this many a time in the past, I've seen an F1 car and a Smart car before on China cups. And yes, China is THAT strong.

Oh yeah, I saw this as well. What was not shown here was the guard that stood around 24/7. Very vibrant shot nonetheless.

Clever art installation / advertisement. The gaudy green arrows bother me though. I like your choices in composing the shot.