Automobili Lamborghini SPA has reached a major milestone in its production history by making the 10,000th Gallardo recently which rolled out of the firm’s location at Sant’Agata Bolognese in Italy. The car is a midas yellow Gallardo LP560-4 coupe being delivered to a customer in China.
The Gallardo came into life in a ‘humble’ 500BHP variant back in 2003 and has seen several variants come into life since. The car has been very famous making it the largest selling model in the entire Lamborghini production history. The car has seen a Spider variant and was upgraded to a 550BHP version, the LP 560-4 and its corresponding spider version with some light and hot packages in the forms of the original Superleggera and the new LP 570-4 offered. The icing on the entire cake has to be the 2 wheel drive version to commemorate the services of legendary test driver Valentino Balboni, launched in his name. Its a surprising fact to note that the car took its inspiration in a humble coupe called Cala designed by Italdesign.
On the occasion of the 10,000th Gallardo’s rolling out of the factory, Stephan Winkelmann, CEO and President, highlighted the significance of the occasion to Lamborghini and spoke of the exclusivity and speciality of the uber Italian brand. Lamborghini is also seriously rumoured to be working on the Murcielago replacement, speculated to be called the Jota, which might be out in 2012.
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