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.