Consumer Guide’s Impressions of the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
The sister bull slenderize down and muscles up for a lightweight claim fight with Ferrari .
What We Know About the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
The Lamborghini Gallardo bow in 2003 as the latest junior manakin from Italian supercar ability Lamborghini , a unit of Germany ’s Audi since 1998 . A Gallardo Spider sofa bed was add together for 2006 . Both boast a midship - mount V-10 engine and all - bicycle driveway . Now , as a late - season 2007 entry , comes a eminent - performance Gallardo coupe anticipate Superleggera-“superlight " in Italiano .
Weight is the enemy of performance , so the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera pares as many pounds as possible from the stock coupe . Though it expend the same aluminium " spaceframe " construction , several body panel are replaced with carbon - fiber copies : front lens hood , rearward engine masking , side skirts , the rear air diffuser below the exhaust fumes electric receptacle , even the room access - mirror housings and the underbody tray . The regular car ’s movable rearward wing is slightly remold ; a prominent fixed - height carbon - fibre spoiler is available for $ 5850 . Glass windows give agency to polycarbonate substitutes , and the engine cover gains a plastic window like the Ferrari F430 , the Gallardo ’s chief contender .
Carbon fiber is also the new material of choice for the centre console table , can shells , and interior door panels . suede cloth - comparable Alcantara replace leather on the fascia and to a great extent bolster sport derriere , accented by stitching matched to exterior color . The Interior Department loses 12 Syrian pound of legal insulation and the audio recording system of rules is now optional , but clime controller and power window stay stock because customers require them , Lamborghini says . Standard seat - mount side airbags continue as well . Other Superleggera exclusives include special orchestration , multi - address Speedline wheels ( diameter remains 19 in ) , and dark accents for the headlamp , front melodic phrase intakes , and exhaust fumes pipe .
The Jenny Craig handling slims curbing weight for the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera to just under 3000 quid in U.S. clipping , a 150 - pound advantage over the standard coupe . Complementing that , the Gallardo ’s quadruplet - cam V-10 gains 10 horsepower - to 530 sum - via a novel lightweight exhaust system , a more - efficient ingestion manifold , and remapped engine electronics . The temporary removal retains all - around all - around doubled wishbones and coil give , but the springs and jar absorbers are retuned to match the reduced sight . Brakes are also unaltered , but carbon - ceramic disc are useable for $ 15,600 .
The Gallardo ’s all - bicycle drive organisation is also tweaked , gaining a new propshaft to the front wheels , plus new front driveshafts . Lamborghini ’s " vitamin E - pitch " six - speed sequential manual transmission , an selection on even Gallardos , is stock for the Superleggera . A conventional six - upper manual is available for $ 700 , the surcharge reverberate low EPA - scab mileage that touch off the Union gas gulper tax .
We do n’t have mpg turn yet , but factory operation figures show only slight gains over the regular automobile . For deterrent example , the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera does the 0 - 60 mph caper just 0.2 - second quicker - a claim 3.8 seconds - and top speed is unchanged at 195 mph , limited by aerodynamic drag .
generate such little - improved acceleration and a noisier , starker Department of the Interior , you may wonder why Lamborghini bothers with the Superleggera . One reason is snob appeal . After all , this car plays in a grocery store where buyers volitionally pay large to get something exclusive . No less crucial , the Superleggera throws down the gantlet to archrival Ferrari , which this fall issues a lightweight caterpillar track - oriented version of its F430 , the Challenge Stradale . eventually , less weight and more muscular tissue inculpate greater lightsomeness , which relates to both bragging rights and answering Ferrari .
A Notable Feature of the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
The Gallardo is one of a handful of gamy - power sport cars with standard all - wheel movement . Reflecting Audi influence , the organisation use a viscous coupling to drive the front wheels , which always find at least some engine torsion , even at low-pitched rpm .
Buying Advice for the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
ready to wait if you have n’t already ordered . Lamborghini is building only 350 Superleggeras for 2007 , and the intact trial has sold out . But you might want to look anyway , because a Superleggera Spider seems probable to surface in the next couple of years .
2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera Release Date : For what it ’s worth , deliveries get in July 2007 .
First Test Drive : Somehow , we were n’t on the invite list for the U.S. medium event snoop earlier this year in the Phoenix domain . Pretty please , Lamborghini . Give us some seat time !
2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera Prices : The suggested MSRPsansoptions is $ 220,300
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Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera Preliminary Specifications
The Basics
Vehicle Type : premium showy performance car
Drivetrain
Drive cycle : all
Engine : 5.0 - l DOHC V-10
Horsepower : 530
torsion : 376 pound - feet
Transmission : six - speed successive manual of arms
Dimensions
Wheelbase : 100.8 inches
Length : 169.3 inches
Width : 74.8 inch
altitude : 45.9 inches
Base AMEX weighting : 2998 pounds
