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Oh yes. It has finally happened. The Lamborghini Gallardo has gone rear-wheel drive.
This is the Gallardo LP550-2, and it’s that last little number that’s important. Where all current Lamborghinis are four-wheel drive, the LP550-2 is solely rear-wheel drive, charging it straight into a head-on collision course with the Ferrari F430.
The LP550-2 is armed with a 5.2-litre V10 puting out 550bhp – a fraction less than the four-wheel-drive Gallardo, but still a mighty lump of power – and is expected to hit 60mph in a fraction under four seconds.
Ditching the four-wheel-drive gubbins makes the LP550-2 a little svelter than the stock Gallardo: it should weigh in around 30kg lighter. It’s hardly a stripped-out racer, though – take a look at that interior shot, which reveals plenty of posh, stripy leather… and a proper manual transmission.
On the subject of stripes, anyone reckon the nose-to-tail racing stripe is solely there to bait the Ferrari Scuderia?
The LP550-2 seems likely to be limited to a mere 250 cars… only question is, how many will make it through the slippery, icy winter?
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What do you think?
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deiv007 commented on this article
at 06:31 pm on 29 June 2009
its a beauty but i dont really likr the stripe
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AML-DBR9 commented on this article
at 06:43 pm on 29 June 2009
Better than an F430 any day
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 06:50 pm on 29 June 2009
Hmmm, I wonder why this happened? Is it to prepare for the F450, or is it because Audi is fed up of people saying the R10 (Well, R8 V10 5.2, but that's too damn fiddly) is the same as the Gallardo? Actually, I don't want to get too cynical about this car. A 2-Wheel-Drive Lamborghini is an absolute must. And the alloys from the Superleggera are back! That's great! And actually, gold doesn't look too bad here. If I had several pounds...
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 06:51 pm on 29 June 2009
Did they drop 10bhp to keep the power/weight ratio the same?
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Stew2000 commented on this article
at 06:51 pm on 29 June 2009
They should of done this in the first place. Needs more character then a stripe. Give it the exhaust from a Gallardo FIA GT2 with no noise reduction!
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