All the elements for the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder were already in place. Lambo was already making the coupe version of the LP560-4, and it already knew how to make spyder versions of the Gallardo. So it’s no surprise that only about three weeks after the Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder premiered at the LA Auto Show, the production line has already begun making the first demonstration and test cars.
Is that big news? No, not really, but we just like any excuse to haul out the picture gallery for the 201 mph, 560 hp, 5.2-liter V10 engined super roadster. Besides it will be a while before we probably get our hands on one... The LP560-4 Spyder is sold out for the next eight months.
Lamborghini is going racing with its own Lambo-only race series. To help kick start some interest, its come up with the track-only Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo based on the Gallardo LP560-4. Lamborghini will make a run of 30 of these cars so that the ultra-rich of the world can settle any issues (like why a flat tax is better or who finished the Grey Poupon) out on the track.
Lamborghini says it will have a factory-backed for the racer series with celebrity guest drivers. Regardless of who runs these cars, its low production numbers and high horsepower will likely make these cars eventually end up in the hands of collectors. The Gallardo Super Trofeo’s 5.2-liter V10 makes 570 horsepower, which is up 18 hp from the LP560-4.
Racecars are traditionally rear-wheel drive. That’s why Audi ditched the all-wheel drive system for back motion only on the R8 GT3. So will the Gallardo Super Trofeo be able to handle on the track? We’ll be the judge of that (Lamborghini please let us be the judge of that.)
Press release after the jump.
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The Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder made official debut today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new LP 560-4 Spyder combines the Coupé’s design, performance and handling characteristics with the open-air pleasure only a soft top super sports car can deliver.
The Gallardo Spyder will be powered by a the same 5.2 liter V10 engine that is in the coupe version. It delivers 560 hp and over 380 lb ft. of torque to all four wheels. It makes the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 4 seconds and can go up to 201 mph.
Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder adds a new, lighter transmission, which allows increased shift times by 40 percent (Corsa Mode), combined with an all-new chassis, suspension and Lamborghini’s permanent all-wheel drive system. Despite increased performance, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have been reduced by 18 percent.
Full details in the press release after the jump.
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Inspired by the famous mono-brand races, Lamborghini decided to make their own competition that, in very short time will become one of the most expensive event on the planet. We are talking about Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, a racing series that will begin in 2009 and will feature 18 stages on the most famous European racing tracks.
The first competition of the 2009 provisional calendar will run on 3 May at Silverstone Circuit in the UK, followed by Adria in Italy on 17 May; Nuremburg’s Norisring in Germany on 5 July; Spa in Belgium on 2 August; Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya in Spain on 20 September; and culminating on 4 October in Monza, Italy. At Monza in ‘the world’s fastest one-make series’.
The Super Trofeo race car is based on the Gallardo LP 560-4, powered by the new 5.2 litre V10 direct injection ‘Iniezione Diretta Stratificata’, engine, generating an increased output of 570 hp. Its power flows through the e.gear six-speed robotized gear box to the permanent all-wheel drive with viscous traction.
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In Italy, they even catch their criminals with a little passion and soul. Lamborghini unveiled today the Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia that replaces the previous Gallardo in use by the Italian police force since 2004. The car has a 560 hp engine and can reach speeds of up to 203 mph. It’s almost enough to make you want to do a crime just so you can go for a ride.
This is more than just a Gallardo with a light bar and a paint job. The cabin of the super sports car is fitted with the latest advancements in police technology to immediately document the evidence of any transgression. This includes video, computer, radio and GPS systems that can work together to pinpoint the criminals and send data to the relevant police station.
Now all they need is a better slogan. How about, "Polizia: In Jail They Can’t Hear You Scream." (Thank you Mr. Clarkson.)
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Be warned, it’s not longer an insult to call an erratic driver "blind" because some have probably gone faster than you. At an airstrip in France, Belgian Luc Costermans broke the world blind road speed record by going 192 mph in a Lamborghini Gallardo. He shattered the three-year old record held by Mike Newman of Britain — 166 mph in a BMW M5.
Costermans, 43, was blinded in an accident four years ago. He hit the top speed in two runs in the borrowed Lambo. He dedicated his effort to the Formula 1 racing driver Philippe Streiff, who has been a tetraplegic since suffering an accident in a Grand Prix in Brazil in 1989.
This isn’t Costermans only dabble in sports usually reserved for the sighted. Two years ago, he completed a tour over France piloting a light airplane. He was accompanied by an instructor and a navigator.
The Gallardo Lp560-4 won the title of Performance Car of The Year 2008 in CAR magazine’s annual test. The Gallardo LP560-4 compete with the Porsche 911 GT2, Aston Martin DBS and Mercedes-Benz CLK Black Series.
It then went on to win the overall competition against finalists from seven other categories, including challengers such as the Nissan GT-R, Mitsubishi Evo 360 and Mini John Cooper Works.
"The Gallardo LP 560-4 is a special car to see, to drive and, we bet, to own and that’s why it’s our Performance Car of The Year,” said CAR editor Phil McNamara. To celebrate, go to your local Lamborghini dealership and ask to take a victory lap.
For those folks who don’t know, IMSA represents a respected tuner specialized in modifying high-end cars such as Lamborghini and every time its releases a new kit it is a truly masterpiece. This time is not a kit for a Lambo, but it is a new set of wheels especially designed to fit the Lamborghini Gallardo. The new forged 3-piece Challenge wheel features a real design evolution in the wheel segment but that’s not all: the tuning company offers also a chassis suspension and safety package that (...)
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Jeremie Paret is a French auto enthusiast who is getting into the supercar business. Here is his first work embodied in a custom Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 with styling lines from the Reventon. The unique selling points of the project are a complete virtual tuning that patterns the car before being built and a private weblog where the buyer can be updated with the status of the car’s production. Even more interesting, the owner can be part and has the possibility to influence the process especially in regard to the design work.
The car features custom carbon fiber side skirts, front bumper inspired from the Reventon and bigger rear diffuser. Some carbon fiber touches are also used for the front spoiler lip and door handles. The custom wheels are signed Asanti Diamond and feature pink-colored brake calipers inside.
After the Bugatti Veyron, and the recently launched Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, another car hits the 1000 hp limit: the Lamborghini Gallardo. With a little help from Heffner Performance, the Gallardo you see in the photos is powered by the same 5.0-liter high-rev V10 engine as the "standard” version but with a little sweetening from Heffner develops now an astonishing 1005 hp and 765lb-ft. The vehicle uses the same AWD system but due to the big amount of power a two stage boost controller limit has been installed for the 1st and 2nd gear.
The modifications for the car are extreme: the tuner installed new steels cylinder liners, new forged pistons, bearings, a new twin-turbo system with custom exhaust system, blow-off valves, Carrillo Billet Steel connecting rods rated for 1000 hp and a new clutch capable to transfer the amount of power. Also, new water pumps and fuel injectors were installed, as well as a Superleggera rear diffuser and spoiler. No words about the performances of the car but imagine that at 1005 hp the car does the 0-60 mph sprint in less than 4 seconds and has a top speed of 200+ mph.
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