dragvorl Report post Posted August 28, 2009 Yep, they rarely mention the weight difference. The VB edition is 120 kilos lighter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragvorl Report post Posted September 21, 2009 Hmmm, what about this: "If Gallardo were designed as rear-wheel drive from the outset, it could have been 50-100 kg lighter than today's. However, because the chassis of LP550-2 is taken straight from the 4-wheel drive model, what it can save are only the front differential and central viscous coupling - totaling 30 kilograms... Note that many magazines incorrectly reported that it undercut LP560-4 by 120 kilograms. They apparently made a wrong calculation by subtracting the 1380 kg dry weight of LP550-2 from the 1500 kg kerb weight of LP560-4. Because so many big magazines did the same mistake (CAR is the only one giving the correct figure, I think), I did some research and finally understand why. If you go to www.lamborghini.com, you will find even themselves misprinted the 1500 kg kerb weight of LP560-4 as dry weight. In fact, we always know the latter tips the scale at 1410 kg dry or 1500 kg wet. Guiding by my heart, I would have liked to believe the rear-drive model undercut the 4-wheel-drive model by 120 kilograms, but unfortunately this is not the fact." http://www.autozine.org/Archive/Lamborghin...ardo.html#LP550 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragvorl Report post Posted September 21, 2009 Hmmm, what about this: "If Gallardo were designed as rear-wheel drive from the outset, it could have been 50-100 kg lighter than today's. However, because the chassis of LP550-2 is taken straight from the 4-wheel drive model, what it can save are only the front differential and central viscous coupling - totaling 30 kilograms... Note that many magazines incorrectly reported that it undercut LP560-4 by 120 kilograms. They apparently made a wrong calculation by subtracting the 1380 kg dry weight of LP550-2 from the 1500 kg kerb weight of LP560-4. Because so many big magazines did the same mistake (CAR is the only one giving the correct figure, I think), I did some research and finally understand why. If you go to www.lamborghini.com, you will find even themselves misprinted the 1500 kg kerb weight of LP560-4 as dry weight. In fact, we always know the latter tips the scale at 1410 kg dry or 1500 kg wet. Guiding by my heart, I would have liked to believe the rear-drive model undercut the 4-wheel-drive model by 120 kilograms, but unfortunately this is not the fact." http://www.autozine.org/Archive/Lamborghin...ardo.html#LP550 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_B Report post Posted September 22, 2009 Cool that it's 6 speed. Are these only offered in manual? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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