Full Throttle in Italy

1 Mar, 2008 11 Comments

A gorgeous Italian morning was the introduction to two of the best driving days on offer from a set of Lamborghini’s finest twins.

After arriving at Lamborghini’s headquarters at Sant’Agata Bolognese, we were handed the keys to the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and the new Gallardo Superleggera.

The driving experience offered by each of the two examples from Lamborghini was intense and a keen observer could easily pick up styling and performance differences. One thing which can definitively be observed – and heard for that matter – is the exhaust note when the Gallardo gets some revs under its belt.

Nail the throttle in any gear and the optional E-gear (automated manual transmission) drops down to the most convenient gear in a heartbeat. When it does, hold on for dear life as the acceleration and ferocity of upshifts is in a league of its own.

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11 Responses to “Full Throttle in Italy”

George Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Bring me back a Superleggera!
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Naughtyius Maximus Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Dont you just love the English language – “….hold on for dear life as the acceleration and ferocity of upshifts is in a league of its own”. I thought there were no others in the league of the Veyron. Must be a few leagues all at the insane level….LOL
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Lcat Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
stop teasing! u lucky lads.(but nice to know where u are)
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Bavarian Missile Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Show offs……..you guys must wake up in the morning and think your in some sort of dream.

Reality will hit I guess when you get back home. Geez how slow is the Rex going to feel Alborz!
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Oz. Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I think Alborz would find his rex an electric off-pedal after driving all those super cars in Europe!
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Andrew M Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
ha ha yeah you will feel like getting out of you rex and walking as it will seem that slow
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Matt Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Wow… so jealous! Guys this is awesome, 25 seconds of video is such a tease!!!
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Tranquillizer Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
when are you guys comming back.
man i can not wait.
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fasthonda Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 11:22 pm
We see and hear things about e.g. STI,EV0 X,RS4 and other sports cars but,when you have cars built from the ground up for just for speed and handling like these two Lambos they’re simply in a league of their own.Mind you,so is there price tag.
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Minnow Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
When that orange lambo started up, the smoke was blueish, hmm i guess the motor wasn’t broken in properly, too much full throttle at such a young age. Looks like that lambo will lose its horses prematurely.
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Liam Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Haha, lovely work if you can get it. Batsards! :P
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