Lamborghini Gallardo

Production year 2004.This yellow monster is powered by 500hp,5.0-liter V10 engine.
It is capable to reach 192 mph top speed.From 0-60 mph needs only 4 seconds.

Engine

TYPE                           5.0 liter gas
DRIVETRAIN            Mid-engine\AWD
CYLINDERS               10
DISPLACEMENT      4.961 ccm
HORSEPOWER(HP) 500 @ 7800 RPM
TORQUE                     376 @ 4500 RPM
REDLINE                    8000 RPM


Fuel consumption:Urban  29.1l/100km
                                Combined:19.5l/100km

Overview
The Gallardo was designed as a competitor to Ferrari's 360 Modena, and now competes with its replacement, the F430. The car is named after a famous breed of fighting bull and is pronounced roughly "guy-ar-do". Gallardo is also Spanish for the word gallant. Although performance is lower than the Murcielago, it is still very high, and the Gallardo has much better rearward visibility and, according to reviewers, is more maneuverable as well as more tractable in low-speed traffic, making the Gallardo a much more practical car to drive. It is also much more practical to use in bad weather than many other supercars, thanks to rear-biased all-wheel drive. Although corporate owner Audi[2] is renowned for its Quattro AWD system, Lamborghini uses a system of its own.

The Gallardo was designed by Belgian, Luc Donckerwolk, who now works for Fiat.

At current U.S. prices, a base Gallardo costs about US$175,000.

The Gallardo uses a V10 engine based on Audi's old straight-5 design. The engine was split again to become the straight-5 engine found in the new Volkswagen Jetta. The 5.0 L engine is a current Audi 4.2 L V8 (featured in Audi's S4, A6, A8, and Q7 models) with two extra cylinders added and a slightly smaller bore diameter.

The Gallardo offers two choices of transmissions, a conventional six-speed manual transmission, and an advanced six-speed electro-hydraulically controlled auto-clutch manual, or, as Lamborghini abbreviates it to, "E-gear". The latter allows the driver to make shifts much faster than an automatic transmission would, with the control that a manual offers. The driver shifts up and down via paddles behind the steering wheel, and does not need to manually actuate the clutch.

Audi, offers its own sports car based on the Gallardo called the Audi R8, which will be available in spring 2007. It will use a V8 in place of the Gallardo's V10 to avoid competing directly with the Gallardo.

For the 2008 model year, the Gallardo will receive a slight facelift with a new front air dam, larger air intakes, dual squared of exhausts (similar to the Murciélago LP640) and new vents behind the front wheel. The Gallardo will also receive new rear suspension as well as a few other, unspecified components from the Audi R8[3]. To the disappointment of many, the Gallardo does not have "scissor doors".