Gallardo

The Lamborghini Gallardo project was based on Fabrizio Giugiaro's Calà concept car from 1995 and expressed through its bodywork the extreme performance declared by the Sant'Agata Bolognese factory (a maximum speed of 309 kph).

The designers' task, challenging but at the same time fascinating, was to identify Lamborghini's formal attributes and combine them into a totally individual whole.

Compared to the Murciélago, the Gallardo is a more maneuverable car with greater visibility, especially at the rear. The car stands as a sports car that can be driven more easily in city traffic and, in general, is easier to drive than the top cars.

The Gallardo's size and performance goals give the car an athletic compactness. The length of the wheelbase and reduced overhangs make its appearance more dynamic. The bonnet - short and steeply sloping - featured an inclination that was continued in the windscreen, while the elongated form of the roof integrated with the buttresses tapering to the sharply truncated tail panel. All this has been molded into a single volume, respecting typical and unique proportions, the hallmark of a stylistic tradition.

Together with the subsequent Spyder version, it remained in production from 2003 to 2013 (more than 14 thousand were sold). It is fitted with a V10, 500 HP engine increased to 520 with the introduction on the market of the Spyder. Permanent four-wheel drive with central viscous coupling.

Two examples were donated by Lamborghini to the State Police in 2004, equipped with a semiautomatic defibrillator and refrigerated container for organ transport.