A few days ago, and was presented officially the Lamborghini LP610-4 Huracan. The car will replace the legendary Lamborghini Gallardo. It has the same almost-the-V10 Gallardo, with a capacity of 5.2 liters, with direct and indirect injection and delivers 610 horses and 560Nm of torque. Put this all-wheel drive, automatic dual clutch transmission, the structure of carbon and aluminum bodywork of CFRP and have one of the most technologically advanced Lamborghini.
It is a great car, no doubt, but will also be several steps away from the Gallardo with all this entails … In this article, we will do some extensive throwback but will mention a few things that will be missed the ‘small’ Lambo.
The Lamborghini Gallardo was unveiled in 2003 and I divided the life cycle into four phases: The first generation (of course), the facelift of which occurred in 2005, the second generation was introduced in 2008 and the facelift of the second set Introduced in 2012. You might disagree and prefer the more ‘easy’ separation of the three generations, but I personally believe this.
Beyond that, not to mention exhausting in each phase and the changes made to the car, it is worth mentioning that in 10 years circulating the Gallardo, presented no less than 25 versions. It can fall out 2.1 but like so I counted myself took 25! I will pick 3 of them. In order of preference, then, are the third Superleggera 2007, second in the Edizione Tecnica 2012 and the first, unique, rear-wheel drive Valentino Balboni 2009!
When first introduced, the Gallardo wore a 5-liter V10 that combined with either semi-automatic gearbox or manual. Yes, Gallardo Lamborghini was the last which the client could be ordered with a manual gearbox. The classic metal comb produced the most characteristic sounds. They allow you to feel like driving a car and not how you play Gran Turismo, Forza or whatever.
Can the proportion of those who chose the manual to be minimal but gave you the choice! At a time when some hot hatches (you stare Renault Clio RS) have removed this option, the Gallardo offered it proudly!
Then, the Gallardo has never been high tech and this was one of its characteristics. He had magnetic mounts with 62 settings, had 34 mappings had traction control 26 stages with Slip Angle Control, differential F1. No need to graduate degree in physical cosmology to the work. Just walk inside, you put forward, chose if you want absolute control or tires (traction control off or on) and instructions. If you are involved in any awkward situation your fault and not the car that is set up to work best with the electronics in operation.
Then, he had acquired a “German” severity but was not Audi R8 or Ferrari 458 Italia and McLaren MP4-12C. There was never a “serious” alternative to the German-English ferrariko-establishment. It was always a great car but did not see eye competition. It was the “crazy” option. The choice made by someone not because Gallardo was better in one area, but because they simply wanted Gallardo! It was worse than the other “big names” but what exactly did the best in some sense. It was faster than other supercars, but Gallardo was never “all about speed”. It was fun, was to make you smile even if you ate five seconds in the round from a Porsche 911. Missed the hazard and the utter lack of predictability previous Lambo but not to an extent to say ‘boring’.
Anyway life progresses, the Lamborghini Gallardo was 10 years back and had to be replaced. Let’s just hope that Huracan will keep little kids from the character of the Gallardo. Hopefully in publications such as Valentino Balboni. Hopefully that will not be an R8 with different housing.
