Has anyone bought a Balboni?

[SpeedFreakDave]

Hi Guys,

Any ownership experiences? What would you think these are worth second hand and will they hold value? I am looking into buying one. The depreciation we are seeing on the super leggera is a bit worrying though.

I also heard that a lot of these have been exported to Europe?

Any comments would be great.

Cheers

Dave

[AndrewD]

I've not owned one but driven one and it is everything the Gallardo should have been IMO. Great to drive, really nice front end.

I suspect the residuals won't be that strong. There are quite a few for sale certainly in Europe and they have been sitting around. Not confirmed but I have heard good rumours that Lamborghini will introduce 2WD into their range as an option on the Gallardo later in 2010 (with a 2WD SV).

[SpeedFreakDave]

Thanks for that. I have heard eveything that you mentioned too. Any ideas where I can find a website to view the prices of these cars in Europe to give me an idea of how much to pay for a UK one?

Thanks!

[AndrewD]

mobile.de

I use autoscout24.ch for Switzerland (my dealer has two cars one white, one green, had my eye on them until I got a GT3)

[AL001]

Edinburgh dealership had a yellow "Balboni" in the showroom yesterday.

[SpeedFreakDave]

AL001 said:

Edinburgh dealership had a yellow "Balboni" in the showroom yesterday.

Thanks, I will call them. Didn't see that on their website!

[munch997]

Lambo london have a couple in stock.
Black one for £165k (600miles) Grey one for £155 (5,500)

[CIE560]

Drooling through the window of Lambo Manchester, there's 3 for sale I think. White, grey and black.

[XXVIII]

I bought Valentino Balboni (and others at our table) a pot of good tea and some excellent scones a few years back.

He liked to really load the cream on and balance the strawberry jam to the point where it was a bit hit-and-miss whether everything would make his mouth or hit the floor first...

He never spilled any though - being VB, how could he?


Is that what the OP meant??

[AndrewD]

When I had lunch with him last month he preferred salad, and shunned the cream deserts

[15HN]

munch997 said:

Lambo london have a couple in stock.
Black one for £165k (600miles) Grey one for £155 (5,500)

why such a high price tag for what is a 2wd gallardo with a stripe and the old superleggera wheels. i thought this was supposed to be the £135k lambo?

[SonnyM]

AndrewD said:

When I had lunch with him last month he preferred salad, and shunned the cream deserts

Maybe someone else ate all the dessert...

[SpeedFreakDave]

Thanks guys. I didn't know Manchester had 3. Ideally I would like a manual so if anyone knows someone with one for sale let me know. I have driven the one in London. It is hard to gauge value on these. Looking at the Super Leggera the Balboni prices seem quite high. I mean, you can get an 09 SL probably for under 115k. I'll call Manchester tomorrow. Edinburgh have 2, Seven Oaks one, all e gear. A second hand one could be good.

[jerwatt]

munch997 said:

Lambo london have a couple in stock.
Black one for £165k (600miles) Grey one for £155 (5,500)

There was an orange one in the showroom recently, think it might still be there. Black one too, although the grey one seems to have moved.

[munch997]

jerwatt said:

munch997 said:

Lambo london have a couple in stock.
Black one for £165k (600miles) Grey one for £155 (5,500)

There was an orange one in the showroom recently, think it might still be there. Black one too, although the grey one seems to have moved.

I was wondering if thegrey one was the UK press car as it has 5,500 miles.
Orange sounds good i liked the black one we saw at the open day

[andrew.]

SpeedFreakDave said:

Thanks guys. I didn't know Manchester had 3. Ideally I would like a manual so if anyone knows someone with one for sale let me know. I have driven the one in London. It is hard to gauge value on these. Looking at the Super Leggera the Balboni prices seem quite high. I mean, you can get an 09 SL probably for under 115k. I'll call Manchester tomorrow. Edinburgh have 2, Seven Oaks one, all e gear. A second hand one could be good.

you could always remove the front drive shafts from an sl, paint some funny stripes on, et voila !

[GALLARDOGUY]

SpeedFreakDave said:

Thanks guys. I didn't know Manchester had 3. Ideally I would like a manual so if anyone knows someone with one for sale let me know. I have driven the one in London. It is hard to gauge value on these. Looking at the Super Leggera the Balboni prices seem quite high. I mean, you can get an 09 SL probably for under 115k. I'll call Manchester tomorrow. Edinburgh have 2, Seven Oaks one, all e gear. A second hand one could be good.

i thought they were all manual...

[SpeedFreakDave]

GALLARDOGUY said:

SpeedFreakDave said:

Thanks guys. I didn't know Manchester had 3. Ideally I would like a manual so if anyone knows someone with one for sale let me know. I have driven the one in London. It is hard to gauge value on these. Looking at the Super Leggera the Balboni prices seem quite high. I mean, you can get an 09 SL probably for under 115k. I'll call Manchester tomorrow. Edinburgh have 2, Seven Oaks one, all e gear. A second hand one could be good.

i thought they were all manual...

nope, that should be the way but people are ordering them with e gear.

[Wanta996Gotta]

I think they are over-priced, they should have been the budget 2wd Manual Gallardo at the £135k that was first mentioned. 5 sitting about UK showrooms maybe tells you how wrong Lambo got it with there pricing as rumours of the car being sold out were obviously spin.

Also note that the few circuit tests i have read show it to be a good bit slower than the 4WD LP560. And i know its not all about circuit times before someone posts a snide post but i was under the impression that it would have been quicker.

[birdcage]

I too was pretty sure they are all manual cars? SL isn't but Balboni is?