Monday 27th September 2010

Revealed: Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Blancpain

Watchmaker teams up with car maker - special edition ensues

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Lamborghini and watchmaker Blancpain are celebrating the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo racing series with a new special edition: the Gallardo LP 570-4 Blancpain Edition.

The edition is based on the Superleggera, with a few bits from the race car tacked on - including that corker of a rear spoiler and an engine cover designed to optimise airflow. The car also comes with Skorpius wheels with yellow-painted brake calipers and discs made from carbon-ceramic composite. Carbonfibre also features on the wing mirror housings and other body addenda.

The entire interior is finished in black Alcantara with yellow accents and visible carbonfibre. You get Blancpain logos on the exterior, as well as in the cockpit in yellow stitching.

Propulsion for the Gallardo LP 570-4 Blancpain Edition comes courtesy of the 570 hp V10 power unit from the series production Superleggera - as is the case for the Super Trofeo race car. With a dry weight of no more than 1340 kilograms, it's the lightest road-going model in Lamborghini's range - hence a 0-62mph time of 3.4secs and a top speed that's said 'to exceed 199mph'. Whether that's supposed to mean it cracks 200mph, we're not entirely sure.

The cost? We're guessing they're saving that for the Paris motor show.

[Beefmeister]

Harry Metcalfe posted these on Twitter:






"Gallardo Blancpain will go on sale spring 2011. reason rear looks different is it has the same removable engine cover & spoiler as race car"

"Car will be a 25k euro premium over Superleggera so I reckon this makes it a £200k Gallardo!"

Edited by Beefmeister on Monday 27th September 10:02

[GingerWizard]

night rider gone italian.......

[thequietone]

...wonder if you get a Blancpain dash clock?

[ellesmereFNC]

Lamborghini seem to be producing more Gallardo special editions than Mazda with the MX 5

Does look nice though

[peteA]

ellesmereFNC said:

Lamborghini seem to be producing more Gallardo special editions than Mazda with the MX 5

Does look nice though

...or maybe even porsche with the 911....

[deccer]

Nice specs, but could I have one without the horrible advertisement? What's next, a Ferrari special edition with "Rolex" written all over it?

[Ginger goblin]

The front end of that looks very...er...plastic. Not good at all.

[Pozzy]

That's all well and good, but how can you name a car (or a watchmaker for that matter) "White bread"?!

[Skylinecrazy]

peteA said:

ellesmereFNC said:

Lamborghini seem to be producing more Gallardo special editions than Mazda with the MX 5

Does look nice though

...or maybe even porsche with the 911....

But unlike both they all look absolutley gorgeous.

The more Lambos on the road the better!

10/10

[BelperJim]

anonymous said:

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I know it's your opinion, but may I ask why you think it's naff? Honest question.

[Skylinecrazy]

BelperJim said:

anonymous said:

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I know it's your opinion, but may I ask why you think it's naff? Honest question.

He only likes German cars.....

[Kazlet]

Probably a great car, it just looks nothing in black.

[nsmith1180]

25k more, Id want the watch as well!

[Fetchez la vache]

I thought they had released a hardcore version called the Back Pain for a minute...

[BigI]

anonymous said:

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Totally agree, Not the car, the car is superb but the concept is totally naff. Obviously I am not the target market, but I fail to see why Lamborghini need to do special editions, where there is nothing special? just because a watch manufacturer has probably paid an extortionate amount of money to partner up with Lamborghini.

I think that they should just rename these models the: I have got more money than sense, I have even more money than sense, and the crème de la crème' I have so much money I really don't care.

[typezerora]

Actually this reminds me of the original old school Countach:


Certainly more than any other model 'new-age' lambo.

[BelperJim]

anonymous said:

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I'm not looking for an argument. Just interested in why you thought it was naff.

The way I saw it was as a special edition to celebrate a race series and also as the lightest car in the Lambo range and more than just a plastered advert special, each to their own and all that.

[Dick Seaman]

peteA said:

ellesmereFNC said:

Lamborghini seem to be producing more Gallardo special editions than Mazda with the MX 5

Does look nice though

...or maybe even porsche with the 911....

But certainly not Lotus and the Elise.

[Pothole]

Pozzy said:

That's all well and good, but how can you name a car (or a watchmaker for that matter) "White bread"?!

the same reason you can name it Ferrari or Lamborghini? It was named after its founder, just like them.

[vintageracer01]

typezerora said:

Actually this reminds me of the original old school Countach:


Certainly more than any other model 'new-age' lambo.

Yes, I agree, the current Gallardo (with or without Blancpain, who actually cares anyway) is a very worthy successor of the Countach LP500, carrying all the Lamborghini pedigree.