With well over 8,500 already sold, it's perhaps no surprise that theGallardo is already the most successful car ever made by the Italian firm - after all, it is the archetypal template for the modern supercar.Created back in 2003 under the sober supervision of its Germanic parent Audi, the Italian flamboyance was reigned in and instead of a spoiler'd seven-foot wide V12 dinosaur the Gallardo was a compact, sharp-suited supercar that had performance you could actually use.
For the 2009 LP560 Spyder it's business as usual, with Lamborghini refining rather than reinventing the winning formula.To help it stand apart from the regular Spyder the LP560-4 Gallardo gains new daytime running lights, rear LED lamps and a subtlety reshaped rear diffuser that hints at some significant retuned aerodynamics to improve high-speed stability.The new Spyder is also some 20kgs lighter than the standard roadster, while under the bonnet in comes a larger direct injection 5.2-litre V10 that boasts 552bhp and helps the small Lamborghini storm from standstill to 62mph in just 4.0s while topping out at 201mph.As well as the added performance the new engine is 18% less polluting, with a similar reduction in the Gallardo's fuel consumption, but when this is on a car that costs £149,500 we doubt the expected target audience will notice. Instead, they will be far too busy experiencing one of the most intoxicating automotive experiences money can buy.
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