Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder unveiled

Lamborghini LP560-4 Spyder for sale! Yes, we can now say that. About time too.

The Lamborghini Gallardo has been Lamborghini’s most successful car ever, and rightly so. Since its launch in 2003, more than 8,500 Gallardos have found homes worldwide, an unthinkable number for any Lamborghini of old. But that’s down to parent company Audi – they know how to build a good car, and market it.

The coupe version of the LP560 first saw light at the beginning of 2008, with an official launch in the spring. And it was an immediate success. Power increases, good styling modifications and better handling all added to the already excellent Gallardo package. And these same improvements carry over to the new LP560 Spyder, making the car look better, drive better and handle better.

The engine in the new LP56o-4 Spyder has a 40bhp advantage over the outgoing model, making the 0-60 dash in under 4 seconds, and a top speed of over 200mph. Add to this an all new chassis, greatly improved gearbox (with 40% quicker shifts and smoother than before) and suspension mods, and you have a car that takes the fight to the F430 with a vengeance.

In these somewhat difficult times (!) a car like this might seem hard to justify. But no matter how hard the times are, there are people who can still afford, and still justify, buying a car like this. Look at the 1970s. They were about the toughest times we’ve had in recent years, what with power cuts and three day weeks. But look at the classic supercars that were built then by Lamborghini – Countach, Espada, Urraco and Jarama. More models than we have now!

So the LP560-4 will sell. Maybe not in the numbers it has in the past, at least for a while, but we should be pleased that cars like this exist, and hope that they continue to flourish.

The world would be a duller place without Lamborghini.