A Lamborghini as Fast as the Man It’s Named For

This news was posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Lamborghini is releasing what has to be the umpteenth variation of the Gallardo, this one called the LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni.

The answer to the first part of your question — why LP 550-2? is easy.

The car sports 550 horsepower and two wheel drive. Answering the second part of your question — who the hell is Valentino Balboni? — will take a bit more. Normally, Lambo doesn’t name its cars after people.

It names them after bulls, and the special jobs get kind of dull names like...

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