Oh! Here’s the first WTF! Moment of the year and it comes from the land down under.

A Lamborghni was seized by the police after the car was caught speeding, plowing the car at 160 kph (100 mph) at a 90 kph zone (56 mph).

Too bad for the owner of the Lambo, he claims that he is being punsihed for a crime that he only allegedly commit? The reason?

He says he wasn’t the one driving. He handed over his Lambo to his mechanic and it was the turd who went joy speeding with the car.

The owner, a doctor, claims that his patients will also be affected due to the loss of his vehicle.

Police says it’s mandatory to impound vehicles in such acts for 28 days. What a bummer!

Source: ABC News

Talk about getting decent rewards for being a loyal employee. Forget “Employee of the Month” plaques or trophies, this guy’s got his name attached to a product’s brand name. Valentino Balboni is now part moniker of the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2.

Balboni started out with Lambo as a mechanic apprentice who eventually got bumped up to testing almost all new Lamborghini models – a task that was personally asked of him by the Lambo founder himself. The LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni can be considered his ultimate reward for his service.

The number designations means that this Gallardo variant ditches the all-wheel drive system. All 550 horses are sent to the back wheels. Naught to 62 is achieved in 3.9 seconds and blitzes all the way up to 199 mph – that’s just 1 shy of supercar Nirvana (meaning it might be possible for this car to go up to 200 with a little bit of tailwind).

Only 250 of these Valentino Balboni Gallardos will be made and one can be had for about $219,800.

The new Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show, adding to the show’s list of year-end showstoppers.

The two-seater drop top has a 5.2-liter V10 engine, quite like the Coupe counterpart. The 8000 rpm machine reaches an amazing 552 brake horsepower, some 50 or so brake horsepower higher than the last Spyder. It takes a mere12.1 seconds to go from zero to 124 mph. Furthermore, it is an impressive 20kg lighter than its previous incarnation.

The roof of the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder is operated electrically. The car’s rear windscreen functions as a wind deflector for the cabin, and it operates apart from the roof. Even in top-down mode, the car can still achieve a good top speed of 202 mph.

Additionally, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder uses a new fuel injection system that reduces CO2 emissions by 18 percent. There are also LED daytime lights on top of a stiffer chassis and redesigned nose. Expect this beauty to hit showrooms and dealerships in early 2009.

Source: Autocar

Just when you think the LP560-4 is already quite a car, Lambo dishes out a race version dubbed as the Super Trofeo. They’ve slated it to compete in 18 races until October of next year in several European circuits.

Compared to the “standard” (Heck, are there any “standard” Lambos anyway?) Gallardo, the Super Trofeo has a reworked chassis. It also features increased power-to-weight ratio. The Super Trofeo sports the same 5.2L V10 but packs 10 more hp. Combined with its trimmed down frame, the car features 570 hp to its 1,300 kg.

If you’re interested in getting one for yourself, you can buy one for 200k Euro ($252,000 in current exchange rates). With the price eliminating all peons and peasants (like me) out there, Lambo decided to make the car even more exclusive by making only 30 units.

By Heffner, we mean Heffner Performance (the Flordia-based tuning house). Though we could all argue that Hugh Heffner might be packing enough stud power to shame the Veyron and that his performance will put the motoring world to shame.

They figured that the Lamborghini Gallardo wasn’t fast enough even with that 552 bhp V10 slapped on. So they decided to put in a couple of turbochargers that almost doubles the power to almost give anyone driving a Veyron something to think about in a drag race.

The Heffner Gallardo features new cylinders, pistons, crankshaft, and clutch. Sure it matters what they’ve done with it though we still have yet to find out what the car can do.

Source: Top Gear

Another FTW! moment. We’ve already seen Ferraris go up in smoke and Aston Martins driven into freezing lake water. While deliberate and common in many films, nothing beats the cringe you get in real life. How about this Lamborghini Gallardo that caught fire on Highway 93 in Nevada just outside Vegas. No word on how this thing went up in flames but this is just heartbreakingly tragic.

Via Top Speed

Lamborghini has launched the official promotional video for the new 2009 Gallardo LP560-4. And it’s a lengthy one at that. No talk, pure audio-visual treat (though the repetitive background music gets a bit boring).

The LP560-4 gets a new 5.2L V10 under the hood, capable of 552 hp, a notable increase from the previous Gallardo. This, combined with weight reduction improves the car’s performance. The car clocks in from 0-60 mph in just 3.7 seconds and is capable of reaching 201 mph.

And what was that again? Boredom resistant? Yes, if I had money to buy me one, I doubt I’ll be bored too.

All good things must come to an end. And so it is with the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera. If you’ve been thinking of getting one then this is probably your last chance as Lambo will not be making new Superleggeras anymore.

This supposed Ferrari F430 Scuderia killer was introduced in last year’s Geneva Auto Show. Thanks to the car being stripped down and body panels swapped with carbon fiber, the car only weighs 3,000 lbs. Engine upgrades and performance tweaks propels this car to a staggering 62 mph mark from nil in 3.8 seconds.

Only 172 Superleggeras were shipped to the US. So when they say limited, they’re really limited. Anyway, Lambo just unveiled the Gallardo LP560-4. Perhaps enough reason to not care for the demise of the Superleggera.

Source: Automobile Mag

Lamborghini will not rest on its laurels. After giving us a look of the exquisitely designed Lamborghini Reventon, we now have news that a new Lambo will be on the stands at the Geneva Motor Show next month. It’s the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4.

Now that’s a lot of numbers but it’s actually a designation for the car’s output of 560 PS (552 horses) and the 4 corresponds to the full-time four-wheel drive. Power will come from a 5.2L V10 engine that, aside from delivering 552 hp, dishes out 390lb-ft of torque. The engine can be mated to either a manual or an e-gear sequential transmission.

The engine in the new Gallardo is large by 0.2L than the current one as this car will replace the standard Gallardo coupe which hit the markets back in 2003. We just have to suffice with a sketchy sketch until Lambo releases the official images by next week.

Source: Leftlane News