Lamborghini Gallardo production ends on No. 14,022Filed under: Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Lamborghini, Luxury, Racing
The
Lamborghini Gallardo made its debut at the
Geneva Motor Show in 2003, after Volkswagen Group's
Audi bought the Italian automaker. With a V10 engine, all-wheel drive and relatively high production numbers for a
Lamborghini (about 2,000 per year), it easily became the the company's best-selling car. Ten years later, Gallardo production has ended to make room for a
new super sportscar that has been seen testing and is widely referred to as the
Cabrera (Lamborghini hasn't officially said what it will be called).
The last Gallardo to roll off the assembly line was a LP 570-4 Spyder Performante in Rosso Mars (Mars Red). It's No. 14,022 and will be going to a private collector. In the first four decades of Lamborghini's existence, before the Gallardo was released the year of the company's 40th anniversary, the automaker built an average of 250 cars per year. Do the math and you'll realize that almost half of the roughly 30,000 Lamborghinis built since 1963 are Gallardos.
The Gallardo was continually improved over the years, resulting in ever higher horsepower, direct-injected engines, rear-wheel-drive models and the open-top Spyder, such as the
Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder we tested in 2012.
Ten years is quite a long production run nowadays, but fortunately the Gallardo aged gracefully. It will be missed. Check out the press release
below for some more Lamborghini and Gallardo history.
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