For the first time in over a decade the Italian sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has a second model line in the programme for 2003. The new Lamborghini model with the name Gallardo (pronounced ga:jàrdo) will be presented in March next year at the Geneva Motor Show.
The new Lamborghini owes its name to a famous race of fighting bull that was reared from the 18th century onwards by Francisco Gallardo and later by Don Antonio Miura.
The new Lamborghini Gallardo is fully in keeping with the Lamborghini tradition as a sports car with a mid engine and four-wheel drive. The car is driven by a completely new Lamborghini V10 engine with a displacement of five litres and producing an impressive 500 horsepower – figures that guarantee an exceptional performance.
The transfer of power takes place via a 6-speed gearbox with traditional gearshift lever or via the new sequential “e-gear” with shift paddles at the steering wheel.
Production of the new Lamborghini V10 engine has already begun on the newly built assembly line in Lamborghini’s own engine manufacturing plant at Sant’Agata Bolognese.
| General specifications | |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Year of introduction | 2003 |
| Numbers built | N/A |
| Weight | 3152.6 lbs |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine | 90º V10 |
| Engine location | Mid, longitudinally mounted |
| Displacement | 4.961 liter/302.7 cu in |
| Valvetrain | 4 valves/cylinder, DOHC |
| Fuel | feed Multipoint sequential Fuel injection |
| Aspiration | Naturally Aspirated |
| Gearbox | Paddle Operated 6 Speed Automatic |
| Drive | All wheel drive |
| Performance | |
| Power | 500 bhp / 373.0 kW @ 7800 rpm |
| BHP/Liter | 100.8 |
| Torque | 510 Nm / 376.2 ft lbs @ 4500 rpm |
| Power to weight ratio | 0.35 bhp/kg |
| Top Speed | 192.0 mph |
| 0-60 mph Acceleration | N/A |