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Video: Mom wants no part of 1,200-horsepower Lamborghini Gallardo
If you have a Lamborghini Gallardo, let alone one that’s been tuned to produce 1,250 wheel horsepower by Underground Racing, it’s pretty understandable if you have a passenger that will be on the edge of his or her seat for the duration of the ride. Take for example the mother of Robert, the man behind the wheel of this break-neck Gallardo. While she wasn’t as hysterical as past mommies have been when their sons take them for the ride of their lives, there’s still plenty of "Oh my Gods!" to chuckle about. Nevermind that this mom looks every bit of a stunner for someone whose kid owns a Gallardo, but that’s besides the point. The whole point is that videos like this never seem to get old to us. For all the shrieking and cursing that goes on inside the car speeding well past the speed limit, there’s that sense of delight and satisfaction that comes with seeing moms riding shotgun on a high-powered supercar while praying to the Lord Almighty for their son to slow "the hell down". The Car Show: Season 1 Episode 5
  The Car Show came back this week full of entertaining segments and an array of vehicles to satiate our automotive appetites. During this episode, John Salley was able to fall in line with an Indy 500 pit crew to see what it takes to drive one of the racers and Matt Farah and Adam Corolla take a couple of luxury SUVs through the ringer to see which of them is the best for hauling ass and groceries. Matt Farah also gets a chance to take the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Performante out for a spin at the Monticello Motor Club, while all of the hosts get to meet the most interesting, and rather odd, Lamborghini owner ever. Along with the usual mini-segments provided for every episode, this week we also got to take part in The Car Show Repair Shop where viewers call in and ask the hosts about problems they are having with their cars. If you think these people are weird, try listening to some of their problems. Hit the jump for full details on The Car Show: Season 1 Episode 5. Full story
No Bull: Street-ready Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo headed to Frankfurt
The mysterious Lamborghini teaser that talked about a "super sports car" headed to Frankfurt has now been addressed, and just as Lamborghini anticipated, the car isn’t what we thought it would be. Okay, we got the part about the Gallardo right, but it’s not the eventual successor to the popular V10 as we initially thought. Instead, it’s going to be the final version of the Gallardo that Lamborghini is going to release. It’s a street-version of the Gallardo Super Trofeo. As the days of the Gallardo draw to a close, Lamborghini wants it to go out on a high note so the company is preparing a 30-piece limited edition model that will take all of the Super Trofeo’s characteristics and turn them into a road-ready supercar. You can definitely expect this model to carry the same 5.3-liter V10 engine of the race version, good enough to produce an output of 570 horsepower while also carrying a six-speed e-gear transmission, an all-wheel drive configuration, a huge rear wing, and sturdy as heck racing suspension, all while shedding over 220 lbs from the standard version’s weight. The reduced weight of the Gallardo ST comes courtesy of a reworked chassis with added carbon fiber bodywork, a lighter racing seat, a special racing brake system, and a racing steering wheel and instrument panel. Just in case you’re still not geeked up for the Frankfurt Motor Show, this new development just made the show all that more interesting. 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo by Cosa Design
Nevermind that we haven’t heard from Cosa Design in ages; what’s important is that they’ve come out with what is arguably one of the coolest body kits ever made for a Lamborghini Gallardo. What better way to make a bang than with an awesome upgrade, right? Using a Lamborghini Reventon as its inspiration, the folks over at Cosa Design built an aggressive body kit for the Gallardo that features, among other things, a new front skirt, a new side sill set, a redesigned rear apron that comes with a custom diffuser, a pair of exhaust rear muffler pipes, an enormous rear spoiler, and a set of 20" rims wrapped in Continental Sport Contact tires. The overall look screams aggression even for the lofty standards of the Gallardo and quite frankly, we’re a little misty-eyed here just dreaming about sitting behind the wheel of this Italian piece of four-wheeled awesomeness. But wait, it only gets better. Not one to leave the Gallardo’s engine untouched, Cosa Design also did some tweaking under the hood, adding a special coilover suspension to adjust the car’s height and stiffness while also using the stainless steel exhaust pipes to increase the output from 500 horsepower and 376 lb/ft of torque all the way up to 540 horsepower and 405 lb/ft of torque. The resulting engine bump saw an increased top speed for the Gallardo, which can now peak at 197 mph. Lamborghi Gallardo LP640 gets "Star Wars" treatment
Star Wars is one of those movie franchises that draw a following that lasts for generations and quite frankly, we don’t think that its popularity will wane anytime soon. Some people are just fanatics about the movie, so much so that they try to incorporate their fanaticism into their real lives, say like the owner of this Lamborghini Gallardo LP640. It’s not the 2012 Volkswagen Passat that Li’l Darth Vader started with the Force, but its theme sure does make you question just how big of a fan the owner is. Removingthe original paint finish for the vehicle, the owner had it wrapped in a vinyl that incorporates elements from, you guessed it, Star Wars. There’s a Jedi Order crest on the passenger side door with a corresponding Galactic Empire on the other side. The overall look of the car resembles a carrier ship with matching machine guns to add to the bad-assery. Then there’s our favorite robot, R2D2, on the roof, which should make for a great companion on the car - if he was real. Other details you’ll notice include plenty of machine gun details all over the car, as well as an inscription on the side of the door that says: "Co-pilot: Golden Puss." We can tell that there has been a lot of work done to make this Gallardo look like Han Solo’s supercar. It’s also worth noting that despite all the Star Wars references, the owner was smart enough to leave the engine alone. We don’t know how it can run on Star Wars technology, but we’re perfectly happy seeing the Gallardo’s 6.5-liter V12 engine that produces 640 horsepower and 486 lb/ft of torque under its hood. 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante
The open-top sports car segment has seen a lot of pretenders recently, cars that attempt to hang with the big boys only to be reminded that it takes another level of power and fast to be able to belong in elite group of open top sports cars. While other brands have had a problem designating which car belongs in what group, Lamborghini has had no problem doing so. The Sant’Agata Bolognese-based automaker has finally released their latest exotic, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante. Based on the Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder, the Gallardo Spyder Performante is what happens when Lamborghini engineers go the extra mile in further reducing the weight of an already lightweight supercar. While some may shun at the attempt, thinking that chopping off more weight would be next to impossible, the folks at Lamborghini set out to prove the naysayers wrong, reducing the car’s weight by 143 lbs, leaving it with a dry weight of just 3,274 lbs, which, in case you’re keeping score, makes this the lightest Lamborghini to be released in the open-top sports car segment. This is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Spyder Performante. UPDATE 07/11/2011: In the latest episode of Fifth Gear, the team wasted no time testing the latest Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante, a car that has been built as a response to models like the Ferrari 458 Italia and the McLaren MP4-12C. In this video, Tiff Needell drives the car around the south of France and lets us know what he thinks about the supercar, as well as how it fares against its competitors. Check out the video after the jump! Details on the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante after the jump. Full story . Lamborghini Gallardo "Galaxy Warrior"
You can spin its name however you want, but the name "Galaxy Warrior" doesn’t necessarily sound like something you’d want to put in your car. Sure, it could pass as the name of the Ultimate Warrior’s long-lost cousin. But as a styling package for the Lamborghini Gallardo? Nope. Not good at all. True to its name, this "Galaxy Warrior" Gallardo that’s being sold on Ebay Germany does look the part of an intergalactic machine from the world of Warrior. But here on this planet, where the Gallardo is considered one of the most beautifully-designed cars in the world, there’s no room for robotic-looking Italian supercars, even if its an attention-grabber in every lost sense of the word. In any case, the people responsible for this ungodly sight is a company called ATS Automotive, which gave the Gallardo an aerodynamic kit that includes a new front bumper, new side skirts, a number of new air vents, a new rear bumper, an aftermarket rear wing, and new twin-pipe exhaust system, and a new set of alloy wheels. While it does sound like a package that’s got everything you need in an aero kit, the visual result of the whole car leaves a lot to be desired. About the only thing redeemable about this car is that it still comes with the Gallardo’s 5.2-liter V10 engine that produces an output of 560 horsepower. Other than that, and that alone, we’d leave this one alone. 2008 - 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Berzerk by SR Auto Group
The dog days of summer are just about here and SR Auto Group is preparing for the heat with a cool new "LP560-4 Berzerk" package based on the Lamborghini Gallardo. A car such as the Gallardo cannot be trusted to just about anybody, but SR Auto Group has consistently prepared dominating packages for the super car and their latest project is certainly no different. Being a natural beauty to begin with, the LP560-4’s body was accentuated with the use of clean, sophisticated lines provided by a two-tone finish front bumper, carbon fiber side skirts, and a carbon fiber rear spoiler. The polished look was then capped off with an Ocean Blue paint job and new set of Monotec T04 wheels offered in size 20" and painted in a gloss black finish. No updates were provided for the supercar’s 5.2 liter 560 HP V10 engine, but the sounds reverberating from the vehicle get a deeper, more defined tone with a new RSC performance exhaust system. This does nothing for the 3.7 sec 0-60 mph sprint time, but it’ll surely get you noticed. Video: McLaren MP4-12C vs. Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, and Mercedes
We don’t know if British magazine, CAR, saw it coming, but they have released a video stacking the McLaren MP4-12C supercar against many of its rivals just in time for the announcement that the supercar has been sold out for the next three years. In this video, the MP4-12C is pitted up against the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Audi R8 V10, the Mercedes SLS, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS, and the Lamborghini Gallardo Performante, all driven by Ex-Stig Ben Collins to make it as fair as possible. At the end of each drive, Collins goes into detail about each supercar, making this a must see! So, is the McLaren MP4-12C all that it’s cracked up to be, or would people be better off purchasing one of the other supercars tested? Watch the video to see what a professional thinks, then tell us what you think in the comments section below. Lamborghini Gallardo supperlegera twin turbo cruising Miami streets - without rear bumper
When we caught this Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera driving in Miami without rear bumper, we felt for the poor owner and his damaged toy. But as we were getting closer, we realized that the missing rear bumper was in fact a pretty cool way to show off its bi-turbo chromed internals. The car was pretty driving slowly and we soon realized that it was on its way to a car show, but still pretty cool way to show of your Gallardo turbos. Check the video for a taste of the turbocharged engine. | featured reviews: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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