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Speedtacular outlook: 2009 Lamborghini LP560-4 joins Gallardo family with a furious frenzy


How often does a 41-year-old guy get the chance to wear leather pants and no one notice?

Drive up in a Lamborghini and it almost looks natural.

During four days of test driving the all-new 2009 Gallardo LP560-- 4, I could have been in a man-kini and no one would have cared. Everyone would still want to be my friend as long as I held the keys to this supercar. Some might have wanted to drive it, but most just wanted to sit in the other seat of this 560-horsepower machine and feel its high revving V-10 ignite.

Now I know that these are tough times and reviewing a supercar may not make a lot of sense. But then I drove it. And I shared the experience with more than two dozen people, trying to figure out different routes in downtown Detroit just in case the police were receiving calls that a rocket ship was flying down the Lodge. Even in tough times, this car makes sense.

A sleek machine and newest member to the Gallardo (pronounced guy-ar-doe) family, it does something to you. Maybe it's an escape, a fantasy, or just the only opportunity to drive an Italian work of art.

Its abilities are mind boggling: It can transfer power from any wheel to the another in milliseconds; launch from zero to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds; keep the gas mashed and in 11.8 seconds you will hit 124 mph. Physics kick in and limit its top speed to 202 mph.


Full Story: Detroit News - 2009 Lamborghini LP560-


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