This car was a very entertaining drive, and I really like the feel that the rear wheel drive provides. Having driven the AWD Gallardo several times before, the rear drive car definitely feels more intense. A couple of times during the drive the car did what it could to make me worry about the rear end coming around in a corner. One very determined push merging onto the freeway comes to mind... Driver skill and the car's very capable traction control system made for a good catch on that corner.
The car itself is amazing. Fit and finish are right up there with the finest of luxury sedans, and the vehicle is very driver friendly. A beautiful two tone interior with very comfy leather and a neat series of off-set stripes to match the car's paint job. The navigation and stereo are a similar unit to the Audi RNS system that has gotten a ton of praise (from myself included, I have one), and the car comes with numerous features to make living with a supercar easy. One of them is NOSE ASSIST. When you come to a steep driveway or a speed bump the car will electronically lift the nose so that you do not scrap. A brilliant system that I used today.
The E-Gear continues to lag behind Ferrari. The shifts in the F430 Scuderia are faster and feel cleaner. Admittedly, Ferrari has thrown a race car transmission into their street car, but there is something to be said for the time and development that they have put into that one part of the car. I think that when Lamborghini catches them in the transmission department, the Gallardo will be my favorite car. For right now I still prefer the Scuderia if I could have only ONE simply for it's incredible transmission. That said, the Lamborghini Gallardo Balboni is one very superb car that turns heads and draws crowds wherever it goes. It's aggressive styling and intoxicating engine note draw people in far more than a car from Maranello could hope to... I think there were at least 50 cell phone pics taken by passers by in the hour that I had the car. The thing really turns heads, especially on the freeway...
Some more variants of the top pic just for fun.
Color Delete
Fast Sitting Still
Selective Focus
Canvas Effect
Brush Effect
Chrome Effect
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