I know most of you would love to think that Valentino Balboni drives something like a Gallardo 550-2 every day, but if you think about it, the Audi A4 makes much more sense.

I got a note the other day that Valentino Balboni would be in town this week for an annual Lamborghini rally with Gotham Dream Cars. The note also asked if I'd like to meet Valentino.

For all of its bucket-list conceit, the act of driving a Lamborghini in Italy is the kind of thing I'd expect to go horribly wrong. It's far too loaded an event to meet expectations — like New Year's Eve in Sydney. But what do I know? I'm a cynic.

A spy photographer for the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport recently caught the topless version of Lamborghini's LP550-2 Valentino Balboni tear-assing around the Nürburgring. It sounds great. Too bad it doesn't make any sense.

This video of a Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Balboni driven by its test-driver namesake Valentino Balboni shows him mercilessly drifting through the rubber and sparking up the metal reinforcing plies. Mr. Balboni finishes the tires off in a lovely donut. Epic.

In this week's episode of Top Gear, James explores a new way to get a caravan to its destination and Richard drives the new Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni. Bitorrent not done yet? Hit the jump below.

Here's the first live shot of the mohawk-equipped Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni stretching its long Italian name out at a Zurich dealership. [via Autogespot]

The newest bull in the pen's officially named after the most legendary test driver to ever tame a rambunctious Italian beast. Meet the 550 HP, RWD Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, a bull with a Mohawk.