Thursday, August 09, 2007

Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera: What do you do for an encore?


Is it just me, or is it kind of pointless to list EPA Fuel Economy stats for a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera?

Yahoo! Cars: Eight Hours of Bliss
Stats:Cost: $317,600
Under-the-Hood: 5.0-liter, 530-hp, 376-lb-ft V10;
all-wheel drive, six-speed semi-automatic
At Speed: 0 to 62 MPH: 3.8 sec,
top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).
EPA Fuel Economy (city/ hwy): 20.4-12.1 L/100km


Seriously, if you are going to buy one, why would you give a shit about the price of gas, or the fact that you'll be filling the tank every other day?

Just like the only thing that you can mix with Jägermeister is more Jäger, the only way to make a Gallardo faster is to trim some bits off.

Having been a passenger in a vanilla Gallardo being driven at Warp Factor 7 through the Sonoma Valley outside San Francisco by a former race car driver, I can attest that a) it's like being on a rollercoaster and b) if you're a big, tall North American, you'll need chiropractic after spending a couple of hours with the G-forces pushing you into a bucket seat designed for 5'6" 120lbs Italians.

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