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First US Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Delivered To New York Developer Benny Caiola, Jr.

The first Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 in the United States, an all-white copy of the latest raging bull, has landed in the hands of collector Benny Caiola, Jr. The 560 HP, all-wheel-drive supercar will be making its home outside of New York City, beside bull-headed cars like Lambo's Jalpa, Countach, Espada, Diablo, Miura and others. It's obvious Benny's a long time fan of the Italian bovine, saying "I've loved Lamborghinis my entire life and have owned nearly every model." There's a joke about old Jaguars that goes "Why do you always buy two Jaguars? To have one to drive while the other's in the shop." We're betting Benny has many, many Lambos for the same reason. Full press release after the jump.

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9:40 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,341 views, 35 comments

Latest by Mike the Dog: So some uber-rich tool buys the 'right' to buy the first example of a new Lambo model at a charity auction (and gets a hefty tax break from that to boot), and it's worthy of a press release? Why more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Dante Alighieri Thinks You Deserve It Edition: Lamborghini Jarama Or Maserati Quattroporte?

We love to pit one high-end Italian car against another in this series; we've had Ferrari 250 versus Lamborghini Diablo, Espada versus Espada, Ferrari Mondial versus Maserati Coupe, among others. Up until now, however, a Lamborghini has never vied with a Maserati for a place in your Garage Of Eternal Suffering. We've managed to find a couple of quite affordable classics from those two manufacturers, so it's time to triple the size of your tool collection and buy some asbestos coveralls!
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5:20 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,299 views, 51 comments

Latest by charles_barrett: @Stoatmaster: ROGNBROW is correct, I believe. It's the Germanic "j" rather than the Spanish "j". I watched a German-sourced auto TV show on PBS, and the hostess went on and on about features of the new "Subaru Bayah", eliciting immature more »

choose your eternity

Project Car Hell, Ferrari Versus Lamborghini: The Rematch

Taking care of recent Hell Project business first, the Bentley roared- or, rather, was towed- right past the Rolls in our most recent Choose Your Eternity poll, winning in a 75/25 landslide. Those cars were all right, but where's the eternal torment when you can simply walk away from your hopeless project after shelling out less than ten Gs for it? No guts, no glory! That's why you need to forget all about ordinary cars, hock all your possessions, and dive headlong into the Inferno. That's right- Ferrari and Lamborghini Hell! The last time we had this matchup, the Lambo drove over the Ferrari like a big angry Italian tractor crushing Enzo's Fiat 128 beneath its wheels. Let's see who comes out on top today!
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5:00 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Murilee Martin
5,015 views, 58 comments

Latest by n/a: I'm torn between worlds--with the Lambo you have the words "Fiero" associated with a real Lambo; with the Ferrari you have the blasphemy of a 327 Chevy engine swap. Ah well, gotta go with the Ferrari FTW. more »

found on ebay

Buy Two Vintage Lamborghinis For Six Grand!

You can't even get a good Fieroborghini for $6,000 these days, and even the über-hellish Espada costs at least 15 Gs. Here comes SOS10 to the rescue, finding this 2-fer-1 Lamborghini deal for us. Sure, they're tractors, but they've got air-cooled diesel engines, huge tires, and they're genuine Lambos! [eBay Motors]

8:00 AM on Tue Jun 3 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,526 views, 33 comments

audi r8 v10

Audi R8 V10 Caught Testing On Nurburgring

Adding to our recent video proof of the new R8 V10, plus still shots, we've got even more 5.2L Audi goodness. And just to prove they're serious, Audi's giving the new beast a shakedown on everyone's favorite test track, the Nurburgring Nordschleife. While we don't have lap times yet, rest assured that we're working on arranging a triple shootout with the Zonda F and the Nissan GT-R. Hey, a guy can dream.

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4:20 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Andrew Stoy
2,166 views, 17 comments

Latest by LemursGT: @Joseph: The number has nothing to do with the number of cylinders in any other Audi car, so why would they start doing it here? That said, the number doesn't seem to have much to do with anything when it more »

choose your eternity

PCH, You Can Afford A Lamborghini Edition: 1970 or 1971 Espada?

Fiero-based Fierraris and Fieroborghinis are great (though the vast majority of you went with the Zimmer Quicksilver over the Fierrari in the poll), but a realistic-looking, V8-equipped Fieroborghini can run you over 20 grand. If only you could get a real Lamborghini for that kind of money... ah, but that's just impossible, right? Hell no! This is Project Car Hell, where you can put a finicky Italian supercar in your garage for the price of a new 4-cylinder Camry... or less! Better brush up on your Italian, Giuseppe, because you're gonna be a Lamborghini owner!
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5:20 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By Murilee Martin
4,519 views, 75 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: Sure, the '71 would be more hellish, but the '70, with our luck, will have a 305 out of an '80 California car... more »

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Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Gets You The Ladies

You would think that a gorgeous high-performance supercar would practically sell itself. Add that Lamborghini badge into the equation, and the marketing department isn't left with much to do, right? Well apparently not. As you know, the real people that buy six-figure exotica aren't usually hardcore enthusiasts. Rather, they're often rich guys looking for something loud and flashy to show off to the ladies. So, Lamborghini has decided to target the target demo with this ad that reminds those poor rich suckers that they don't have a life, and they need to buy a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. Once you have one, brunette models will throw themselves at you, nightclubs will seat you in the VIP section, paparazzi will stalk you, and that deep void in your soul will be filled.
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2:00 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Mark Arnold
5,390 views, 42 comments

Latest by boosted-lego-wagon: Gallardo: When the grocery store is all out of foil-wrapped zuccinis. more »

novelties

Make The Pain Stop, Lamborghini Chopper

Ow ow ow ow. Even though Cadillac is planning a motorcycle for the LA Auto Show, we thought the themed chopper craze was starting to die off. Apparently if you own a Tweety yellow Lamborghini Gallardo, it's alive and well. It speaks volumes of this custom chopper that it is trailered on a wonderfully classy diamond cut steel trailer behind its Gallardo inspiration. Don't feel bad, gagging is a completely natural reaction to seeing these images.


[Carzi]

4:20 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,593 views, 62 comments

Latest by Naturally Exasperated?: there IS no point. Its like the 80's Porsche 911 driver who just had to have "PORSCHE" printed on the rocker panel and doors of his car, just in case someone important had no idea what a Porsche was. more »

2009 lamborghini gallardo lp560-4

2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, Reviewed

Our friends over at Popular Mechanics spent the weekend behind the wheel of the bull-headed god of white lightning we first fell in love with at the Geneva Motor Show — the 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. So what did they think of the new Lambo and the just-as-new 5.2-liter V10 and its 560 HP and 398 lb-ft of torque?

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12:40 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Ray Wert
6,773 views, 40 comments

Latest by Stuntdriver: @Mad_Science: mmm for me... lambo looks like fun, rock and roll and sex..... the station wagon looks like "..honey...i`m taking the kids with me to the supermarket...do i bring you something...? more »

industry news

Lamborghini Picks Los Angeles For U.S. Headquarters Despite Potential For Interruption Of Italian Afternoon Naps

Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of Automobili Lamborghini was in the city of angels on Friday for the press event launching the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4. While in town, Winkelmann dropped the news that Lambo's finally decided to create a separate sales arm for their North American operations. What took them so long? Our little slice of the global pie of land mass represented 41% of sales of the 2,406 units sold last year by the bull-headed brand and California represented almost one-third of those. So, where else would they choose to place their new U.S. headquarters? Detroit? Right, not so much. But Stephan did have at least one concern about plopping the new HQ in L.A., "we will have to wait until the afternoons to call California from Italy." Yes, well, sucks to be Stephan, right? [via Automotive News (sub. req.)]

8:50 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Ray Wert
480 views, 10 comments

Latest by Daga: There's no way that guy's name should be Winkelmann more »

auto branding adventures

Asus Upgrades Lamborghini VX3 Laptop

Asus, the masterminds behind the Lamborghini laptop branding, has bumped up the specs on its racy VX3 model. The laptop is a 12.1-inch beauty that weighs in at 3.6 pounds. The $3,300 price tag includes a sapphire-crystal webcam lens, leather palm rest, titanium alloy hinge, 320 GB hard drive, Intel T9300 Core 2 Duo processor, 4 GB of ram, HSDPA wireless and a high-end graphics chip. Let's not forget about the most important feature: a realistic Lamborghini logo right on the top of the laptop which allows owners to show off their money to all the other laptop-using chumps at the freshly destroyed coffee shop. [Giz]

5:20 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Travis Hudson
697 views, 10 comments

Latest by Hyman Decent: Thanks, amblito. (You, too, TurboBrick.) I know someone who just bought an Eee PC and I'll let her know about that site. more »

novelties

Eurospares Sells Wrecked Supercars, Oh The Humanity

The idea of dropping a mint condition 6.2 L Lamborghini V12 into a mid-engine Vegamino is pure sex, but in order to get there, a supercar must die. How are you going find such a donor? Well, Eurospares seem to be just the place to find those tasty morsels of fine Italian delights. Absolutely wonderful for modern car pickers, but it's damn horrifying to see a burned out 1967 Ferrari 365 GT or the shell of a Maserati 3500. Clicking through the inventory is an exercise in exclaimation: Nooooo! Awesome!

[Eurospares]

1:20 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,081 views, 58 comments

Latest by thatguy01: @mytdawg: Nah, the rich and famous themselves do plenty of this on their own. Wealth and fame don't directly translate to expert driving. more »

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New Lamborghini Ad Campaign Is Stereotype-tastic

All Italians drive Vespas, talk with their hands, and drink espresso. All we ever needed to know about Italians we learned from the new Lamborghini ad campaign. We kid. Philipp und Keuntje are the same folks who brought you the "Welcome to Sant'Agata Bolognese" series and are at it again with "Feels Italian. Wherever you are". It plays on the same clever take on all things raging bull while educating the youth of the world about the Italian lifestyle. We especially like the burley biker doing the burnout on a Vespa in front of El Chicos. Well done sirs, well done.

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12:00 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,195 views, 28 comments

Latest by CptSevere: Don't they manufacture tractors as well? Or am I thinking about Laverda? I should know, I was stationed in Italy when I was in the Army. more »

dark knight

Bruce Wayne's Subtle Lamborghini

As if Lamborghini didn't already inherit enough Bruce from their parents at Volkswagen/Audi, now the supercar brand is associating itself with a different type of Bruce. Yes, we're talking about Batman's, or rather Bruce Wayne's, Murcielago. It's a nice subtle daily driver— well, compared to the Tumbler. This inevitably leads to the question of who would win in a race: Batman in his Murcielago, or Iron Man in his R8?

10:20 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Mark Arnold
6,988 views, 38 comments

supercars

Gaggle of Supercars Set Loose On I-75 In Florida

What good is having a supercar if you can't stretch its legs out once in a while? Well, if you have a big enough group with a pile of cash, you can. A group of high performance car owners hired the Florida police to block off a section of I-75 and escort them on a high speed club run near Naples. We can't speak to the veracity of the claim, but our forum poster claims the cops let 'em get up to about 120 MPH at times. Even though that barely scratches the surface of what these cars can do, it would still be a hoot to be in a giant group flying down the highway like that. Oh to be one of the idle rich. [more at E90 Forums]

2:20 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,831 views, 38 comments

Latest by KingRoyale: Such pretty colors....! more »

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Rambo Lambo Sells For $105k on Ebay

A gently used copy of everybody's favorite V12 powered SUV, the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage worthy Lamborghini LM002, has just sold on eBay for an astounding $105,000 US. The bright red 1990 LM American had only 7,300 miles on the clock and an immaculate interior. We never realized how many levers and buttons and gadgets were on the interior of those things, but it looks like the worlds most luxurious backhoe cabin in there. Given that it currently lives in Portland, Oregon, we're a little surprised hippies haven't set this beast on fire yet. Aren't they powered by old growth rain forest mulch and puppy souls? (thanks banditsc)

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3:20 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,701 views, 42 comments

Latest by n/a: $105k is a steal !! The good ones go for more than $200k these days [www.classicdriver.com] more »

sultan of brunei

A Garage Fit For a King: The Best Of The Sultan Of Brunei's Amazing Car Collection

Ferrari wagon-izations and hypercars bathed in magnetizing yellow are just a couple hints the Sultan of Brunei is perhaps the most Jalopnik head of state in the whole world. Like us, he seems to have a maddening obsession with odd cars. However, what sets him apart is his seemingly unending pot of money with which to manifest his wildest automotive fantasies. Although word on the streets of Bandar Seri Begawan is his fiscal fortunes have depleted as of late, before he sold off some of his assets, he and his family created what may be the most impressive car collection the world has ever seen. Although we already knew this, it wasn't until we were surfing the pages of our fave super car photo site that we realized the sheer height of awesome the collection truly achieved. Not only did they gather production cars, they commissioned the creation of entirely new models from manufacturers like Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Bentley. Hit the jump as we walk you through the crème de' le' crème of the massive collection of automotive exotica found in the garage of the Sultan of Brunei. More »

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12:30 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Mark Arnold
21,691 views, 92 comments

Latest by donkeyassman: The rolls has a backseat big enough to preform an abortion in more »

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Lamborghini Preparing Rear Wheel Drive Murciélago SV, Largest Wing Ever

The 2009 Lamborghini Murciélago SV will be a lightweight, high-power, rear wheel drive end-of-model-line runout special. Based on the LP640, power from the V12 engine is expected to increase to 680bhp while weight will drop up to 100kg from the LP640's 1660kg. More »

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2:30 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Wes Siler
3,983 views, 31 comments

Latest by my favorite car is a motorcycle: Lamborghini was never a company interested in subtlety.... Spasticteapot, almost every car traveling over 320 km/hr can be considered "twitchy". You may recall that both the Miura and the Countach exhibited front-end lift at speed. I think Lamborghini has gotten past more »

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