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Lamborghini Gallardo MLE: exclusive supercar for Malaysia

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By David Zalstein |
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Lamborghini has launched the Lamborghini Gallardo MLE, its first Malaysia-only Limited Edition car, fittingly released at an Italian restaurant in Malaysia.

The $540,000 Gallardo MLE is based on the 405kW rear-wheel-drive Gallardo LP 550-2 but sports a Gallardo Superleggera 570-4 (pictured below) body kit comprising the front bumper, side skirts, carbonfibre mirrors and rear diffuser as well as titanium exhaust tips and 19-inch wheels. Despite the visual changes both the 5.2-litre V10 engine and E-gear transmission remain unchanged.

The Gallardo MLE’s unique interior combines leather and Alcantara to meet customer requests for “a Gallardo that has the exciting exterior attributes of the Superleggera 570-4 but with the interior comforts of the standard Gallardo”, Lamborghini Kuala Lumpur chairman Chut Nyak Isham Nyak Ariff told The Star in Malaysia.

The Gallardo MLE is available in three colours, Bianco Monocerus (solid white), Verde Ithaca (pearl green) and Arancio Borealis (pearl orange) and will be limited to 20 cars. Each one will be built to customer order through the official Malaysian importer for Lamborghini, Eminent Century.

The special edition is the result of positive sales in Malaysia and a year-long collaboration between Lamborghini Kuala Lumpur and parent company Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.

The Gallardo MLE has identical performance to its base car – not a bad thing – meaning acceleration from 0-100km/h in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 320km/h.

Reports suggest Lamborghini has so far received three orders for the Gallardo Malaysia Limited Edition.

Photos of Lamborghini Gallardo MLE courtesy of The Star and Edmunds Inside Line.


 

  • Zorro

    Saw heaps of exotic cars in Malaysia recently. German cars we label as “luxury vehicles” are as common as holdens here in Oz. Considering the average prices of vehicles there….its like the GFC affected the entire world but somehow Malaysia was untouched. Unbelievable….you’d have to see to believe.

    • DCHC

      Most of the German cars are reconditioned / second hand from Japan or UK, and the car loan stretches up to 10 years with relatively low interest rate compared to Aussie. On the other hands, people spend 40%-50% of household disposal income for car loan is normal phenomena in Malaysia. It is not unbelievable if you know the country better.

    • Turbo99

      I used to fly to M’sia for working business trips until recently. >50% of the cars there were either Protons or Perodua. The salary of the workers there were around 600 Ringgit per month. An engineer there 2500 Ringgit per month. A$1=3 Malaysian Ringgit. Import cars there are taxed at 200%. A Corolla there was 110,000 Ringgit (183 months of a worker’s salary) and the base Proton Wira there was 50,000 Ringgit. I didn’t see that many flashy cars there.

    • kazuo

      U have not been to China. not many ppl buying 3 series or c class, more 5 or 7, lots of young ppl drive Ferrari and Lambo considering 80%of population still poverty.

    • ex-Malaysian

      The keyword here, as for China, is “wealth gap.” In Malaysia, these luxury vehicles are driven by pampered aristocrats (Malaysia has at least nine “sultans”), corrupt government officials, businessmen who hook up with corrupt government officials, friends of pampered aristocrats and corrupt government officials, etc. The vast majority of the “less fortunate” commoners have to be satisfied with locally made “luxuries” called Protons and Peroduas.

      • simo

         you are forgetting the entry level japanese i.e. honda city toyota vios etc. those cars sold like hotcake. most of the “less fortunate” common folks would probably need a lifetime to pay back loan for a camry. :)

        • Roger

           Well said! Side note: Camry or Accord (non-euro) cost 145k ringgit (~AUD 50k) . What Malaysian pay for Camry/Accord, is what we pay for a 5 series here…

  • A A

    You gotta know where to go;)
    Come back in a weeks time, those 17 left will be all gone.

  • Vins

    In Malaysia, Camry and Accord are considered luxury car. Only those people like ex-Malaysian said could afford luxury cars. One family of those could easily six or more of those true luxury cars, same goes as Singapore