Superleggera

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Discussion in the Australian Lamborghini forums.

Someone bribed the BOM and delivered us a perfectly sunny day, cos as I write this less than an hour after the run it’s pissing down with rain – which would have been enough to decimate today’s record turnout of Raging Bulls for fear of melting.

Vehicles in attendance (click the vehicle name to see only those photos):
2x Countach
1x Diablo SE 6.0
4x Gallardo (1x LP560-4 and 1x Superleggera)
1x Murcielago LP640
1x Urraco
1x Ferrari Mondial

TOTAL: 104 Cylinders in 10 cars
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Discussion about the event in the Australian Lamborghini forums.

Photography by Luke (98Octane).

Introduction from the Lamborghini Club.

The Lamborghinis on display included:
- 2x 400 GT 2+2 (the first two Lambos brought into Australia!)
- 4x Miura
- 2x Jarama
- 4x Espada
- 4x Countach
- 7x Urraco
- 1x Silhouette
- 1x Jalpa
- 6x Diablo (including a racing Diablo SVR)
- 7x Murcielago
- 8x Gallardo

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Discussion in the Australian Lamborghini forums:
http://aussieexotics.com/forum/lamborghini/spectacular-lamborghini-gallardo-superleggera-crash-at-knockhill-scotland-t4387.0.html

It’s not often you see a Gallardo Superleggera involved in an accident. This one went off at Knockhill Circuit in Fife, Scotland at the Scottish MRC Saloon and Sports Car Championship. The owner appears to have overcooked it a bit on the corner and got a little airborne going down the small hill.

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Discussion in the Australian Exotic Car forums:
http://aussieexotics.com/forum/events-and-racing/uber-burrows-june-09-t4336.0.html

Ferrari 599 GTB

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Video of the cars leaving the display tent.

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Discussion:
—> Bugatti Veyron, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg in Australia
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Some photos found around the web of the Lamborghinis from Murray Walker’s Extreme Machine exotic car display at the Adelaide Clipsal 500 V8 Supercar race. Murcielago LP640, Gallardo Spyder, Superleggera.

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—> http://aussieexotics.com/forum/lamborghini/superleggera-review-t1062.0.html

From:
—> http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/dec2007/bw20071218_304118.htm?campaign_id=relatedtest_AK

Learning to Respect a Lamborghini

For the uninitiated, the Lamborghini Gallardo isn’t much fun to drive. Work at it a bit, though, and it becomes clear why the car is so amazing

by David Welch

When I first fired up the huge 10-cylinder engine in Lamborghini’s Gallardo Superleggera and started tooling around, I wondered how anyone but a sports car nut would end up buying it. Sitting at a stoplight, I hit the accelerator and the car lurched with neck-breaking power. Sure, this is why one spends $245,000 on a 530-hp super sports car. But there is nothing smooth about it.

The yellow missile jerked forward. As I ramped up the rpms and the car’s automatic transmission shifted into second gear, the car lurched hard again. In fact, the Gallardo Superleggera shifts so hard that I actually moved in the tight faux-suede seat. And not in a good way.

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From:
—> http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/31/business/18451378&sec=business

Lamborghini pre-tax profit quadruples

BERLIN: Lamborghini SpA, whose sports cars are driven by actor Jamie Foxx and football star David Beckham, said first-half pre-tax profit almost quadrupled as customers bought the faster and lighter Gallardo Superleggera model.

Pre-tax profit surged to 26.4 million euros (US$36.1mil) from 6.9 million euros a year earlier, Lamborghini president Stephan Winkelmann said in a telephone interview. Sales advanced 62% to 253.1 million euros.

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