Comments on: 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Review

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:18:26 +0000

Jonny
Outstanding review. Having just driven a Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and a Lamborghini Murcielago (about 20 min in each car along with 3 others, through Gotham Dream Cars, http://www.gothamdreamcars.com)I can sort of understand what you have experienced.
Jay (Justin’s father)

By: Martin Schwoerer

Martin Schwoerer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:43:57 +0000

Spot the Spinal Tap reference!

By: Automoblog.net

Automoblog.net — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:05 +0000

Looks awesome. We will be attending and reviewing the World Class Driving event at the end of November, and the LP560 will be one of the cars there. I’m really excited to drive it. Sadly, I don’t think I’ll have the chance to open it up like you, but it will be fun nonetheless.

By: Sajeev Mehta

Sajeev Mehta — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:56:12 +0000

Thinx: the days of overproducing Gallardos brought out by the upturn in sweetheart lease deals is numbered…if not dead. I expect the overcompensating fashionistas (or insert other negative conotation here) will no longer be able to leverage their way into these cars. Lamborghini’s standing won’t be tarnished by some of it’s owner base for much longer.

Great review, JL. And this time I’m not saying that because you are a LeMons judge.

By: murphysamber

murphysamber — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:57:01 +0000

Johnny:

Let me edit that comment. Audi hardware purposely designed to make your ass pucker…?

By: Thinx

Thinx — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:45:08 +0000

His biggest beef with the newest Lamborghini is that in America, people look and assume you’re a cock.

I happen to know two gents who own Lamborghinis – one (’00 Diablo) was indicted for fraud but escaped with a fine; the other (’05 Gallardo) beat his pregnant girlfriend and had to pay her off to drop charges when she left him.

There are other Lambo owners that I know (especially the older classics – Miura, Espada, Countach) who are real gentlemen. So the stereotype is very unfortunate – it may be that the demographic has recently moved so far upmarket that it is difficult for most people to relate to. When your local doctor drove a Ferrari 328 on the weekend, it was an entirely different thing from where things are now.

By: klossfam

klossfam — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:55:23 +0000

Are they going to come out with a hybrid version?

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:08:35 +0000

Jonny,

You really do have the best job in the world.

Thanks for letting us ride shotgun. By the way, should you ever just happen to have one of these out for a spin and you just happen to be in The Valley, FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE LET ME KNOW.

Closest I came to driving an exotic was back in 2000, when a buddy of mine took his uncle’s 360 Modena out for a spin. He let me drive it… in first gear. Bastard. Still, the sound of that engine is something I still think about.

By: Robert Farago

Robert Farago — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:45:47 +0000

ChrisHaak :

Perhaps not the first to notice, but the first who cared enough to let us know.

Thanks!

Ahem. As you’re so good at spotting typos, factual inaccuracies and such, can I ask you to please send them to robert.farago@thetruthaboutcars.com? Oh wait, I just did.

By: Chris Haak

Chris Haak — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:40:25 +0000

Great review. Sounds like an incredible experience.

You have the redline listed as 8,5000 RPMs (one too many zeros). Am I the first of 3,050 pageviews to notice it, or the first who’s anal retentive enough to notice it?

By: psarhjinian

psarhjinian — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:47:17 +0000

If cleanliness is next to Godliness, the LP560-4 makes the single filthiest noise I’ve ever heard.

I love that line. I’d never have described an engine as “filthy” sounding, but it works.

I’ve very, very little experience with this class of car–my time with a Lambo came to a stop when I tried to rent one (expensive, but I was treating myself) and found I couldn’t effectively fit in the damn thing.

My wife did comment on the gated manual shifter: as in “Why don’t normal cars have these?”, which I thought was a valid question, as it would have saved many a frustrating hour of “What gear am I in?” whens he was first learning.

By: BEAT

BEAT — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:56:34 +0000

onerareviper… I feel like I was drifting while munching a kit kat when I read your post.

Indeed there is no replacement for a stick.

By: jerseydevil

jerseydevil — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:42:21 +0000

there’s a few in philly, i like that you can hear the low menacing throb before you see it come around the corner at low revs. Not the cheesy broken tailpipe annoyance of a harley poseur blasting his impotence at s stoplight, but more like the pound of the t-rex in Jurassic parka as it chases you.

mmmmmmm

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:38:09 +0000

murphysamber: Not always…

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2008-audi-a5-review/

By: sean362880

sean362880 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:28:15 +0000

Another excellent review. Personally, I’ll wait for the Spyder version, which really turns it up to 11. Oh, and I’ll have to wait til I get out of grad school into an 8% unemployment market and make my millions flipping burgers.

By: Wulv

Wulv — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:44:49 +0000

Another Review that gets a permanent bookmark, along with the RS4 JL did. Bravo sir Bravo

By: murphysamber

murphysamber — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:26:44 +0000

your most entertaining review since the RS4, Lieberman. Audi hardware seems to make you happy.

By: galaxygreymx5

galaxygreymx5 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:07:27 +0000

This has got to be the single best review on TTAC, ever. Can we have an annual contest for prose?

Certainly right about the cock thing; I don’t have enough appendages to count the number of tools I’ve seen in these things cruising down Melrose or Sunset at about 7,000 RPM.

God I just read it again. Beautiful.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:24:35 +0000

As cool as the Lambo sounds, I still couldn’t see EVER purchasing a paddle shift. No matter how much money I had. In ANY car. This means you Enzo! (BTW – I know you can get a Gallardo in a stick). I know, I know… The best one’s can shift faster than any human, they perfectly match revs on a downshift, F1 uses them (so they must be good), some say you can concentrate more on hitting an apex (don’t agree), etc… I’ve heard all the arguments. But they are BOOOOORRRRRRING. Talk about taking away from the driving experience. I believe ’shifting a shifter’, ‘pushing a clutch’, ’steering a wheel’, ‘pushing a brake pedal’, ‘heel/toe downshifting’, and ’slamming an accelerator’ are all equally thrilling. Take one away, and it becomes less of an experience. Take two away, even less. And so on… In the future, even more of these will be removed. Hey, some people may prefer a less interactive driving experience. And that is fine. But pass me a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder or a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO please… NOW THAT’S AN EXPERIENCE!

By: baaron

baaron — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:36:50 +0000

This is the best supercar review I’ve read in a long time. For five minutes I was a passenger being hurled across the country at obscene speeds in one of the yummiest interiors imaginable.

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:49:26 +0000

Wolven: Thanks!

By: Wolven

Wolven — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:17:03 +0000

Hey Jonny,

That was the best written review\editorial\whatever I’ve read here for quite some time. GREAT JOB!

By: ambulancechaser

ambulancechaser — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:19:10 +0000

Best. Looking. Car. Ever.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:05:55 +0000

Perception may not be reality, but the consequences surely are.

Amen to that…

By: Jordan Tenenbaum

Jordan Tenenbaum — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:44:11 +0000

Perception may not be reality, but the consequences surely are.