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2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder Review
The Gallardo LP560-4 coupe starts at $201,000. The Spyder version commands a staggering $224,700—and that’s not counting the $10,000 eGear transmission option that now equips over 99 percent of all Gallardos, or goodies like the $26,000 matte paint and $16,450 eight-piston carbon-ceramic brakes. When brakes cost more than a Honda Fit and a paint job runs around the price of Mustang GT, it’s no surprise Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan...
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mike
2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Review
Introduction
Typically, it is only those exceptionally rare and desirable classic cars that can boast a value upwards of a million dollars. And it takes many decades for the value to grow that much, so only a truly special car can leave the dealership costing $1.7 million with its odometer reading zero. The 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is such a car: an engineering masterpiece that easily belongs in the car collection of any extremely wealthy automotive connoisseur.
2009...
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mike
2006 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Review
The guy behind the Starbuck’s counter on La Cienega noticed my Motor Trend cap: “Hey, you work there? Probably drivin’ a cool car tonight, right?” “A Kia minivan. But it’s pretty nice. DVD player in back for the kids.” He nodded silently and proceeded to make my green tea frappuccino. Worried that this guy’s image of the suave, bring-me-another-Ferrari automotive journalist was imploding like Ashley Simpson on “SNL,”...
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mike
2007 Lamborghini Reventon Review
The Lamborghini Reventón was entirely designed in Sant’Agata Bolognese, the original birthplace of the Lamborghini. The design drawn up in the Lamborghini’s Centro Stile (Style Center) with the collaboration with the Lamborghini Research and Development Department.
Lamborghini chosen the name Reventón based on one of the most famous fighting bull, owned by the Don Rodriguez family. Reventón is also known for killing the famed bullfighter, Felix Guzman in 1943.
There...
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August 4th, 2010 by :
mike
2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Review
Like its illustrious forefathers, such as the legendary Countach and Diablo, the 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 is poster-worthy material for the bedroom walls of teenagers everywhere. Unlike those classic models, however, the Gallardo is a supercar that you could actually live with every day. Well, make that most days. If you ever carry more than one passenger and a duffel bag, the Gallardo isn’t going to cut it as a daily driver. Yet Gallardo owners...
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