Motoring
Nick Hall, motoring writer explores the finest boulevard
cruiser in the world; the Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder
he road straightened out on the idyllic vative than the overtly muscular and range-
stretch of national park in Tenerife, as topping Murcielago yet all the better for it.
I pulled out to pass the bus. Just at Now, with a flash of front end fang, it looks truly
that second the sun shone through the ripped without losing the subtle appeal that has
clouds, the engine hit the magic 4000rpm water- made it a sales sensation largely responsible for
shed where everything goes nuts and the car the renaissance of the brand. In fact the ‘baby’
launched at the horizon like a wailing banshee. It Lambo might just be the best looking supercar in
was a perfect moment, the emotional experience the world right now. T_hat hasn’t stopped Lambo-
that will define each and every day for the lucky rghini losing sales; even they are not immune to
owners of the Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder. the global economic downturn. But just a decade
Just one moment made the £136,000 asking price ago this crisis would have finished the Italian
seem like a snip, well that and the attention marque forever, now they talk bullishly about
lavished on my matte black car every time we increasing market share and taking the fight to
came close to stopping. T_his LP560-4 may be a their rivals in tough times with the complete
subtle revision of the Gallardo that was launched Italian supercar.
all the way back in 2004, but it still has the visual Inside, it’s even better. T_he Kinder Egg build
impact to stop traffic and if they ever found their quality of Italian supercars used to get written off
way there it would blow Ferrari’s 430 off the as character, charming quirks that came with the
catwalk. package. Today’s buyer is much less forgiving and
T_his is the second model to emerge from the new Audi has raised its game with Audi’s help to
Lamborghini that was taken over by Audi in create a comfortable, well equipped interior that
1997. Since then the near bankrupt Italian firm could handle every day use for years to come. T_he
has become a global superpower with the neat chromed switchgear is a little much, perhaps, but
marriage of Italian flair and passion combined then this is a Lamborghini and we have to forgive
with German precision and build quality. the Italians a little posturing. It is, after all, what
T_he Gallardo is an orgy of geometric perfection, they do best.
with razor sharp creases running along its length. And it’s even sexier with the roof stowed at the
T_his version comes with a sharper front end touch of a button beneath that vented, aggressive
inspired by the million pound special edition rear deck. T_hen the whole world can watch in
Reventon, muscular, unashamedly masculine wonder at the laughing maniac behind the wheel
lines and a rear that somehow seems lower and of arguably the finest car in its class, just for a
wider than the outgoing Gallardo, thanks to a second at least.
redesign of the rear lights that now use LED Because the best thing about the foldaway soft
clusters. top is that it puts that dirty, guttural V10 engine
T_he angular Gallardo was a revelation when it even closer to your ear, encouraging wanton acts
was launched: tighter, more compact and conser- of pure speed that in this fair nation would surely
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