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Lamborghini Countach
One of the
most popular car companies out there are Lamborghini. On my
scale of expensive cars, Porshe comes out cheapest. Then come
Ferrari and Aston Martin which are in-between. But the mother
loads are Lamborghini and Vector. Anyway, one of my closest
friends has a father who is a major car collector. His
favorite cars are Ferraris and the Porshe 911 Turbo. He
himself is a car lover, and rants non-stop about Ferrari. So,
I was in his car garage which stored his cars, and he had very
many Ferraris, including the 348 which they don't make
anymore. He also had the much newer Ferrari 550 Marinella. He
was very proud of that car, but then I looked over, and I saw
that he had a couple of Lamborghinis. He did not have a Diablo
yet, but he did have the Countach and the Jalpa. I was very
impressed with the looks of the Countach. The car itself was a
1985 Lamborghini Countach with a 455HP V-12 engine, quite
massive, but very comparable to the cars from Ferrari.
Lamborghini is rated higher than Ferrari, but he and his
father still prefered Ferrari and even Porshe over
Lamborghini. So, he asked me if I wanted to take the Lambo
onto open roads in Indiana, and push it to the max. He and his
dad came, he in a Ferrari 348, and his dad took up his Lincoln
Navigator to watch the action.
-Fairly Poor
Handling On Normal Roads-
*I'm the SUV type, I like to
be in big cars that are high off the ground. The Countach
however is very low to the ground, just like the Diablo. Sure
it was uncomfortable, but many other sports cars were like
that. However, the Lambo was still TOO low. Well anyway, it
was early summer, and I ignited the engine. That huge V-12 was
right behind me, I said, "Wow" to myself. Then I looked back,
and my rear view was almost entirely blocked. So, pulling out
of parking spaces or tight areas must be one hell of a
terrible time with the Lamborghini Countach. My cousin bought
a damaged Porshe 928 and had a friend fix it. He doesn't drive
it much, but he added a nice large spoiler to it, and still I
was capable of seeing behind it when I drove it. It was
different with the Countach though... Well anyway, he lives in
suburbia on a quiet street, so I managed to pull out after he
did. Then I turned and decided to start driving, he was
already moving quite quickly with his Ferrari 348. Then I
thought, "This is a Lamborghini, I can smoke him easily." Well
not really, this may be a Lamborghini, but it still is a
pretty big car, it accelerated like the much cheaper $7,500
Porshe 928. Even my cousin's Ford Mustang GT could outperform
it on a normal road. The Countach was just too low to the
ground, and the steering and suspension felt incredibly stiff.
Well, I managed to drive. The seats were moreover
uncomfortable, and the A/C seemed very weak. It was in the mid
80s outside, so it got pretty hot in the cabin. I was behind
the Ferrari, and at that point I wished I was in the Ferrari.
Overall, if you're never gonna hit the open road and push this
thing, then it'll perform pretty bad on normal every-day
driving. It's a wide, heavy, low suspension car with a really
bad rear view.
Lamborghini Gallardo
SE
520-HP Gallardo needs only 4-Seconds to Reach 100
KM/H
The Gallardo has spent the past year and a
half atop the charts as one of the best selling Lamborghinis of all time.
Lamborghini is
putting its best foot forward for the Frankfurt Motor Show
this September with the Gallardo SE, a "Special Edition" of
the now popular mid-engine all-wheel drive supercar.
Having gained recognition for its advanced aluminum
space frame, overall refinement and general usability on a
24/7 basis, plus offering nine tenths of the Murcielago's
performance at two-thirds the price, the Gallardo has spent
the past year and a half atop the charts as one of the best
selling Lamborghinis of all time. The new SE model celebrates
this success, by serving up more of what enthusiasts want -
more power, and greater exclusivity.
Where most Lamborghinis have been fitted with a V12, the smaller
Gallardo makes use of a 5.0-litre, 500-horsepower V10; it's
the first non-V12 to be wedged between the tail lamps of a
'bull' since the last V8-powered Jalpa rolled off the
production line in 1988. In the SE model, Lamborghini has
tweaked the engine to increase power output to 520-horsepower.
In
The Gallardo SE takes just 4.0 seconds to reach
100 km/h, and has a top speed of 315 km/h. (Photo: Lamborghini
Canada)
total, the extra twenty ponies have made the
Gallardo SE a quicker, and faster beast. It takes just 4.0
seconds to reach 100 km/h, and has a top speed of 315 km/h,
figures that beat the standard model by some 0.2 seconds and 6
km/h respectively.
To go along with the more powerful
motor, the Sant'Agata firm's engineers went to work on the
car's ability to corner. The steering system has been looked
over with a fine toothed comb and tweaked to provide better
precision and greater feel, while the suspension has been
adjusted to increase grip and counter body roll. There's also
another addition to the Gallardo which helps it perform
best in a straight line; a new "Thrust Mode" button has been
fitted. When selected, it optimizes the power and stability
for pure, straight-line acceleration, similar to arch-rival
Ferrari's "Launch Mode".
The car features a
two-toned paint job that has gloss-black painted roof, engine
cover, front and rear spoilers and mirrors. (Photo:
Lamborghini Canada)
While most Special Editions make due
with a small badge mounted on the trunklid, a special colour,
or perhaps a splash of chrome trim, the Gallardo SE is
visually customized to stand out. As if the eye-catching shape
of a wedge-shaped Lamborghini wasn't enough, the car features
a two-toned paint job that includes a gloss-black painted
roof, engine cover, front and rear spoilers and mirrors. This
is offset by the fenders, doors and hood which are painted in
a choice of six colours including yellow, orange, green, white
and or silver. Tinted tail lamps and new 19-inch gray-painted
wheels are also on the bill. The final accents come in a
colour choice for the brake calipers; they can be ordered in
vivid yellow, or gray.
