Sometimes life gives you lemons. Today it doled out a lime — a $251,000 lime (the color is Verde Ithaca, to be precise) that stimulates the optic nerve better than a squirt of acidic juice to the cornea. There are expectations to be upheld in the world, and Lamborghini hasn't let us down with this newest iteration of the Gallardo. In our Ultimate Track Test, it ranked first in an unexpected upset over the Dodge Viper ACR. The baby Lamborghini is stepping out from the shadows of the bigger, yet less capable, Murciélago, and showing that it's more than just flashy paint.

The designation LP560-4 harkens back through Lamborghini's 46-year history to a naming scheme that has come and gone through the years. The most notorious of models, the Countach, was an LP400 or 500, depending on which piece of history you remember. The Italian initials LP translate to longitudinal mid-engine. In the past, the number following LP was displacement; the current number is roughly the engine's power output — while the "4" represents all-wheel drive. From now on, the LP560-4 will simply be known as the 2009 Gallardo.

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We want the Spyder...
We want the Spyder,

We want the Spyder...
We want the Spyder,

I WANT THE SPYDER VERSION NOW!

Damn how fast is it?

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST
ENOUGH

Dammm such a perfect car in such a perfect colour

It's astonishing what a teriffic job Lamborghini's design department have done in facelifting their cars in a way that makes them just a desirable as when they were launched.