Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 2 Limited Edition

Gallardo LP 550 2 Limited Edition Review

The globally renowned Italian luxury car maker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A has some of the fastest sports cars that are world renowned for their high performance and good looks. The company was first established by Ferruccio Lamborghini. Then after that Audi became the sole owner for Lamborghini in year 1988. The logo for the company is inspired from Taurus, the bull as Ferruccio Lamborghini was a Taurean. Apart from this, the logo also depicts the founder’s passion for bullfighting. Moreover, most of the models from this Italian motor company are named after famous bulls. It is said that the bull on the logo represented consistency, power and courage. The company has recently launched a spanking new limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2, which is being called as India Serie Speciale and is equipped with a massive engine. This limited edition sports car is priced at a whopping ex-showroom price of Rs. 3.06 Crores and the company has manufactured only six such units for the Indian buyers. This limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 is a part of the company's 50th anniversary celebration. This two door sports coupe has been equipped with a high performance 5.2-litre petrol engine, which has ten cylinders in it. This DOHC (dual overhead cam shaft) based engine has a highly acclaimed fuel supply system, which helps in generating incredible power and torque output, which will certainly astound the buyers. The company has equipped this limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 with some state-of-the-art and highly advanced comfort features, which will give a luxuriant driving experience to the passengers. Apart from this, the company has also equipped this sports coupe with some very significant and crucial safety aspects as well, which will ensure proper protection and security for the occupants as well as this sports car.

Exteriors:

This limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 delivers through an aerodynamic design that adds up to the driving dynamics. This design helps in distributing the forces and as a result helps in keeping the necessary numbers related to performance decently high. This sports car has larger nose vents and smaller rear lights along with cleaner and more sophisticated interiors. The chassis is robust with larger anti roll bars along with a well balanced suspension mechanism, a chunky and responsive sports steering wheel along with certain other things like the mechanism of the e – gear and paddle shift gearbox. The geometrical shape of this limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 benefits the car a lot with the aerodynamics. This aerodynamics along with the carbon fibre body kit helps increase the down force in the car and also improves the air flow and cooling. The figure of the car along with the body kit helps reduce any drag. This sports car has wider wheel tracks and a stable suspension system. The valve controlled titanium exhaust helps reducing the weight and ensure performance. The standard equipment includes a classy 19 inch wheels along with bi – xenon headlights, power folding outside mirrors, automatically extending rear spoiler and a suspension that raises the nose for better curb clearance.

Interiors:

The interiors of this limited edition sports car are of premium quality. The interior cabin is neat and pretty simple as well with lesser number of switches and complicated buttons here and there. The leather seats, front console with storage along with dual zone climate controls, leather trims on the shift knob and steering wheel etc . all of which makes this super car maximize on the cabin appeal. One can customize the interiors in terms of colors, seat material along with some packages, which range from removing certain decorative inserts to carbon fibre packages etc. One can also get branding inside the cabin as a part of the customization.

Engine and Performance:

This limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 has been equipped with a high performance 5.2-litre petrol engine , which has ten cylinders in it. This massive engine has the ability to displace close to an outstanding 5204cc and has about forty valves in it. This DOHC (dual overhead cam shaft) based engine has a highly acclaimed fuel supply system, which helps in generating incredible power and torque output, which will certainly astound the buyers. This petrol mill has the ability to generate an incredible 550bhp at 8000rpm in combination with a pounding torque output of 540Nm at 6500rpm, which is mind blowing. This high performance engine is skilfully mated with a 6-speed automatic transmission gear box and this sports coupe also has paddle shifters on the steering wheel as well.

Braking and Handling:

The steering and handling mechanisms of this limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 are outstanding. The suspension system is robust with the front as well as the rear axle being equipped with double wishbone type of a mechanism along with an anti roll bar, an anti dive and also an anti squat mechanism as well . On the other hand, the braking system of this limited edition sports car is also very efficient. The front as well as the rear wheels are equipped with power vacuum based aluminum alloy calipers, which also has 8 cylinders for the front wheels and four cylinders for the rear wheels. Then there are ventilated disc brakes for the front and the rear wheels as well.

Comfort Features:

Apart from the comforts of a sports car, this limited edition Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 – 2 flaunts the luxuries of a super car as well. There are the dual zone climate controls for driver and passenger, leather trims on doors, on shift knob and on steering wheel as well apart from the other things. The comfortable tubeless radial tyres give a very comfortable drive by balancing the vehicle well . The car looks to be a pretty low rider, but the ground clearance is not that bad.

Safety Features:

This super car has front dual stage drive and passenger airbags along with side head-thorax airbags for the safety of the passengers. Coming to the braking system, this limited edition sports car is equipped with the power vacuum aluminum alloy calipers with 8-cylinder calipers at the front and 4-cylinder rear calipers . The ventilated discs give it a pretty strong braking system overall. There is also the full ESP system with ABS, ASR and ABD that helps the powerful machine remain under control.

Pros: Incredible exteriors, loaded with lavish features.

Cons: Not very comfortable to drive, expensive to own.