Lamborghini Gallardo: every version, specs, values and buying guide

The Lamborghini Gallardo is the mid-engined V10 supercar that Automobili Lamborghini built at Sant'Agata Bolognese from 2003 to 2013, the first Lamborghini developed fully under Audi's ownership, Hagerty UK says. It sat below the V12 Murciélago and then the Aventador. The factory made 14,022 units in 32 versions, from the 500 hp coupé of 2003 to the 570 hp LP570-4 Squadra Corse, and when production ended the maker called it "by far the most-built Lamborghini".

On 28 October 2026 PistonHeads listed 21 Gallardos for sale in the UK, priced from £79,995 to £309,900. Early 5.0-litre cars sit at the bottom of that range and the lightweight and limited versions at the top. A manual gearbox adds about half as much again, on Hagerty's American values.

History of the Lamborghini Gallardo

Lamborghini had built smaller cars beside its V12 flagship before, the Urraco and its descendants the Silhouette and Jalpa; the Gallardo was the first to sell in large numbers. It was conceived after Audi bought the company, launched in 2003 and built for ten years.

The L140 project, the Calà and Audi

The idea of a smaller Lamborghini goes back to Ferruccio Lamborghini in the early 1970s, according to Lamborghini's 20th-anniversary article on the Gallardo (July 2023). In 1987 the company began the L140 project for a more compact car, and in 1998, the year Audi bought Lamborghini for the Volkswagen Group, it returned to the idea of a ten-cylinder engine. Development of the design began in 2000. The previous small Lamborghini, the V8 Jalpa, had sold about 400 cars between 1981 and 1988 before Chrysler, then the owner, dropped it, as PistonHeads recorded in November 2020.

The shape started from the Calà, a one-off concept car that Italdesign built for Lamborghini in 1995. The maker's own history credits the Calà concept to Giorgetto Giugiaro; the fan site LamboCARS names his son Fabrizio Giugiaro as the designer of the first sketches. Luc Donckerwolke, head of the new Lamborghini Centro Stile, gave the car its final form. Filippo Perini, who succeeded him, did the styling of the 2007 Superleggera and the 2008 facelift.

Launch at Geneva in 2003

The Gallardo made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2003, the company's 40th anniversary year. Classic Driver's launch report gave it a 5.0-litre V10 of 500 hp and 510 Nm, a six-speed gearbox and permanent four-wheel drive, in a two-seater 4,300 mm long. The name comes from an 18th-century Spanish breed of fighting bull.

Werner Mischke, then chairman, set one price across Europe for the first time in the company's history: €145,180. The company planned to build nearly 1,200 a year and to grow its dealer network from 50 to 80, and the first customer cars were due in September 2003, LamboCARS reported. In the UK, a new Gallardo cost about £117,000, according to Autocar's road test of December 2003, reprinted in its used buying guide of June 2010.

The 2008 facelift and the LP names

The second generation arrived at Geneva in March 2008 as the Gallardo LP560-4. By then, the maker said in its press release for the facelift, about 7,100 Gallardos had left Sant'Agata. The maker promised improvements in traction, handling and stability at high speed. The new car had a 5.2-litre V10 with direct injection, 560 hp, a new front and rear, and the model designation used on every later version: LP for longitudinale posteriore, the mid-mounted engine, then the output in metric horsepower, then the number of driven wheels.

The end of production in 2013

The last Gallardo, an LP570-4 Spyder Performante in Rosso Mars destined for a private collector, left the line at Sant'Agata on 25 November 2013. In its press release that day, carried in full by Jalopnik, the maker said it had built 14,022 Gallardos in 32 variants and sold them in more than 45 countries. In its first four decades the company had built an average of 250 cars a year; in the Gallardo's decade, about 2,000 a year. Almost half of the 30,000 Lamborghinis built since 1963 were Gallardos, and the release placed it "among the most successful super sports cars". The Huracán replaced it in 2014.

Design and engineering of the Lamborghini Gallardo

The Gallardo is a two-seat sports car, coupé or soft-top, with an aluminium spaceframe, a 90-degree V10 mounted lengthways behind the cabin, and permanent four-wheel drive on all but the LP550-2 versions. Its doors open conventionally; the upward-opening doors stayed on the V12 cars.

Aluminium spaceframe and body

The structure was made of aluminium extrusions welded to cast aluminium joints, with aluminium and thermoplastic body panels hung on it. Audi's aluminium centre at Neckarsulm, which built the A8's body, assembled the welded and riveted spaceframe, and an evolved version went under the Audi R8, Hagerty's 2025 Bull Market list records; a Hagerty caption calls it "an immensely competent, largely German sports car". LamboCARS put the finished body-in-white at about 250 kg.

The V10 engine

The original engine was a 4,961 cc V10 with a 90-degree vee, four overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder and dry-sump lubrication, which let it sit low in the chassis. It made 500 hp at 7,800 rpm and 510 Nm at 4,500 rpm, and LamboCARS reported that 80 per cent of the torque was there from 1,500 rpm. Hagerty says the engine came from Audi's plant at Győr in Hungary. Writing for PistonHeads, Mike Duff put the link with Audi's own V10 at "barely deeper than layout and capacity".

The 2008 engine grew to 5,204 cc and gained direct injection, which the factory called Iniezione Diretta Stratificata. It made 560 hp at 8,000 rpm and 540 Nm at 6,500 rpm, and the maker claimed 18 per cent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions than before. GoAuto's Geneva report added that the new block no longer needed cylinder liners. The exhaust system has internal valves that open at about 4,000 rpm to let out more noise, Hagerty UK notes.

Interior and equipment

The Gallardo's cabin used Audi switchgear, electrics and an optional sat-nav screen, and its leather and switches wear well, Hagerty UK says; only the steering wheel tends to go shiny. Autocar's 2003 road test found space for half a set of golf clubs behind the seats and a bag under the bonnet. Unlike earlier Lamborghinis, it had usable visibility to the sides and rear, and Hagerty UK credits its everyday usability: plenty of owners made a Gallardo their main transport. The 2007 Superleggera had clear carbon-fibre door panels and centre console, and the Super Trofeo Stradale had bucket seats made of carbon fibre.

Six-speed manual transmission or e-gear

Every Gallardo has a six-speed gearbox. Buyers could have it with a clutch pedal and an open metal gate, or as e-gear, the factory's automated single-clutch version with paddles behind the wheel. Hagerty notes that the manual transmission was about $10,000 cheaper new and that few buyers chose it. E-gear became the popular choice because it made the car easier in traffic, but it gained a reputation for wearing out clutches, Hagerty UK says. From 2005, e-gear cars had a "thrust mode" that optimised acceleration and gear changes from a standing start, Lamborghini's 2005 release says.

Four-wheel drive, and rear-drive LP550-2 cars

The four-wheel drive uses a viscous coupling. In normal driving about 70 per cent of the drive went to the rear wheels, and up to 50 per cent could go to the front when the rears lost grip, according to LamboCARS. The LP550-2 Valentino Balboni of 2009 removed the front drive altogether, and the LP550-2 that followed it made rear drive a regular choice.

Lamborghini Gallardo specs and performance

A Gallardo's power output is between 500 hp and 570 hp, and it reaches 100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.4 to 4.3 seconds depending on the version, and has a top speed of 309 km/h (192 mph) to 325 km/h (202 mph).

Sources: Lamborghini press releases for each version as carried by Classic Driver, Serious Wheels, AutoGuide, LamboCARS and Jalopnik; the 2008 car's dry weight from GoAuto (2010); Superleggera from LamboCARS (2007). Power is metric horsepower (CV); 500 hp is 493 bhp and 570 hp is 562 bhp.

How fast is a Lamborghini Gallardo?

The quickest Gallardos, the LP570-4 Superleggera, Super Trofeo Stradale and Squadra Corse, reach 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds on the maker's figures, and 200 km/h in 10.2 to 10.4 seconds. The fastest top speed, 325 km/h (202 mph), belongs to the 2008 coupé and the LP570-4 Superleggera. The slowest is the 2005 Spyder at 4.3 seconds.

How much horsepower does a Lamborghini Gallardo have?

Between 500 hp (493 bhp) for the 2003 car and 570 hp (562 bhp) for the LP570-4 versions. Each LP name gives the metric figure, so a car badged 550-2 has 550 hp.

Every version of the Lamborghini Gallardo

The factory counted 32 variants of the Lamborghini Gallardo, many of them market-only special editions; the ones below are the production versions and the limited series sold widely.

Gallardo coupé 5.0 (2003)

The first car: 500 hp, four-wheel drive, a manual or e-gear gearbox and a rear spoiler that rose at 130 km/h and folded back below 80 km/h, as LamboCARS described it at launch. Early tests found the e-gear's changes rough; LamboCARS reported that shifts were not always as smooth as they should be, and Hagerty UK recalls owners complaining of jerky changes when the car was new.

Spyder, SE and the 2006 model year (2005)

The maker presented the Spyder at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2005 and called it "a completely new model" in its press release. Its fabric roof folds into the engine compartment in just over 20 seconds, the sills and windscreen pillars are reinforced, and two pop-up roll bars sit behind the seats. The same update applied to every Gallardo from the 2006 model year: 520 hp, with first gear 27 per cent lower and second 13 per cent lower, quicker steering and revised suspension. The Gallardo SE, a limited edition of 250 cars, had a black roof, engine cover and mirrors over one of six body colours.

Gallardo Superleggera (2007)

Shown at Geneva in March 2007, the Superleggera was a weight reduction special, about 100 kg lighter than the standard car, with carbon-fibre door panels, centre console, engine cover, mirrors and diffuser, a thinner windscreen and a carbon rear wing. A new exhaust and engine software raised output to 530 hp. It cost 20 per cent more than the standard Gallardo, according to LamboCARS, and GoAuto reported in 2010 that 618 were sold.

LP560-4 coupé and Spyder (2008)

The facelifted coupé had the 560 hp 5.2-litre engine, about 20 kg less weight and a power-to-weight ratio of 2.5 kg per hp. The open version followed at the Los Angeles show in November 2008, reaching 100 km/h in 4.0 seconds and 324 km/h, MotorTips reported. At the Paris Motor Show in September 2012 the coupé was restyled, with larger front air intakes, a larger rear air outlet and new 19-inch Apollo alloy wheels.

LP550-2 Valentino Balboni (2009) and LP550-2 (2010)

Named after the test driver Ferruccio Lamborghini hired in 1967, the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni was the only Lamborghini then on sale with rear-wheel drive. In its June 2009 press release the maker gave 550 hp, a dry weight of 1,380 kg, a 45 per cent limited-slip differential, an ESP setting that "permits greater drift angles", and a white and gold stripe over the car. It was limited to 250 cars, priced at €162,000, £137,900 or $219,800 before tax. evo gave its weight distribution as 43:57 front to rear.

It was the car Balboni himself wanted, Hagerty UK says. All 250 sold out quickly, Carscoops reported, and in 2010 the factory added a regular LP550-2 coupé, the cheapest Gallardo: A$399,000 in Australia against A$475,000 for the four-wheel-drive car, GoAuto reported in May 2010.

LP570-4 Superleggera and Spyder Performante (2010)

The second Superleggera, revealed at Geneva on 2 March 2010, saved most of its weight with carbon-fibre components inside and out. It weighed 1,340 kg dry, 70 kg less than the standard 5.2-litre coupé, with 570 hp and claimed times of 3.4 seconds to 100 km/h and 10.2 seconds to 200 km/h, according to GoAuto's Geneva report. E-gear was standard, with the manual a no-cost option in Europe. The open LP570-4 Spyder Performante, announced on 18 November 2010 at the Los Angeles show, was 65 kg lighter than the standard 5.2-litre Spyder at 1,485 kg dry (the press release, carried by AutoGuide).

LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale (2011)

Presented at the Frankfurt show in September 2011, the Super Trofeo Stradale was a road car built from the Super Trofeo racer, limited to 150 cars. The press release says its manually adjustable rear wing gives up to three times the downforce of the standard car, the engine cover has a quick-release catch, and the car weighs 1,340 kg dry. Its launch colour was Rosso Mars, with Grigio Telesto and Bianco Monocerus on request.

Edizione Tecnica (2012)

At the 2012 Paris show the LP570-4 Superleggera and Spyder Performante became available as Edizione Tecnica, with a fixed rear wing, carbon-ceramic brakes and three two-tone colour combinations: matt black or matt white with orange pillars and intakes, or orange with black (AutoGuide, September 2012).

LP570-4 Squadra Corse (2013)

The last new version was shown at Frankfurt in September 2013 and named after Lamborghini's new motorsport department. GoAuto reported that it was based on the Gallardo racer from the Super Trofeo series; the maker gave it carbon-ceramic brakes and the same 1,340 kg dry weight, with 0-200 km/h in 10.4 seconds. Auto123 reported a run of 50 cars, 15 of them for North America at $259,100.

Other limited and market editions

Besides the versions above, the factory built special editions that mostly changed paint and trim, and in 2011 added a rear-drive Spyder to the range. The 2013 release on the last car also named editions for single markets, among them Singapore, Malaysia, China and India.

Sources: Car Enthusiast (Nera, September 2006); GTspirit (Bicolore, January 2011); Lamborghini's Tricolore page; evo (LP550-2 Spyder, 17 November 2011); GTspirit (50° Anniversario, 19 April 2013).

Polizia Gallardos

The factory built several Gallardos for Italy's Polizia Stradale (traffic police), with blue lights, special paintwork and dedicated equipment; two were in service with the State Police when production ended, the 2013 release said.

Racing the Lamborghini Gallardo

The Gallardo raced in the maker's own one-make championship, the Blancpain Super Trofeo, from 2009, and as a GT3 car, which the 2013 release said "has also celebrated numerous successes at sports car races around the globe".

Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

The series was announced in October 2008. In the announcement the race car was a lightened Lamborghini Gallardo with 570 hp, a dry weight of 1,300 kg with its safety cage, e-gear and four-wheel drive, which made it the only all-wheel-drive one-make series. The maker planned a 30-car grid of professional and amateur drivers and dealer teams, with one factory car for guest drivers, and sold the car and parts package for €200,000 plus tax. Each weekend had three 40-minute races, with no success ballast. The release's provisional calendar put the first round at Silverstone on 3 May 2009. By the end of 2013 there were also Asian and North American series, the release on the last Gallardo said.

The Sesto Elemento concept

The Sesto Elemento, a carbon-fibre concept shown at the Paris Motor Show in 2010, had a 570 hp V10 in a car weighing 999 kg (a 2012 SkiddMark report described it as the Gallardo's engine), for a claimed 2.5 seconds to 100 km/h. In September 2011 Stephan Winkelmann, Lamborghini's president and chief executive, announced that 20 would be built, for the track only, with deliveries from 2013, Diariomotor reported.

Twin-turbo Gallardos and the 1,500 hp dyno run

The Gallardo "has been the subject of tuning and modifying more than most supercars", Hagerty UK says. Underground Racing of North Carolina showed a matt black twin-turbo car at the SEMA show in November 2009, and AutoGuide reported that the firm built each kit to order with between 1,000 hp and 1,500 hp, rebuilding the engine with new cylinder heads, CP pistons and Carrillo billet connecting rods. On 24 November 2009 GTspirit published Underground Racing's dyno video of a customer's car making 1,500 hp at 30 psi of boost on VP C16 race fuel. The owner ran a quarter-mile in the nine-second range at more than 160 mph on street tyres, on his first runs in the car. SkiddMark reported the dyno run the same day.

The same guide notes that turbo kits of 1,000 bhp or more exist, but that the market now prefers standard cars and buyers should be wary of modifications such as non-original wheels or stick-on carbon fibre.

How many Lamborghini Gallardos were made?

Sant'Agata built 14,022 Lamborghini Gallardos between 2003 and November 2013. The Huracán, its successor, passed that total in October 2019 after five years, the maker said in a release on the milestone.

Seven years after its introduction, the 10,000th car was finished in yellow, Giallo Midas, for a customer in China, Autoblog reported on 25 June 2010. "The Lamborghini brand is extreme, uncompromising and Italian, and the Lamborghini Gallardo has played an exemplary role in defining and delivering our brand reputation into our worldwide markets," Winkelmann said, adding that the company now had more than 120 dealers in 45 countries.

How much is a Lamborghini Gallardo worth?

In the UK an early Gallardo costs from about £50,000 for one needing work and £60,000 for a smart one, a good 5.2-litre car £80,000 to £100,000, and the rarest versions up to about £300,000. On 28 October 2026 PistonHeads listed 21 Gallardos from trade sellers. The cheapest was a 2009 Spyder with 48,100 miles at £79,995; a 2008 5.2-litre coupé with 23,520 miles was £104,995; a 2013 LP560-2 50° Anniversario Spyder was £179,950; and three LP570-4 Spyder Performantes were between £274,995 and £299,900. Autotrader had 26 on the same day.

Source: Hagerty UK, Lamborghini Gallardo buyer's guide, 6 February 2026. Hagerty advises starting at £50,000 unless you want a project.

Manual transmission Gallardos cost more

Hagerty's American valuers put the Gallardo in their 2025 Bull Market list of cars expected to rise, with values of $206,400 for a concours car, $157,700 excellent, $119,000 good and $94,200 fair, and say manual cars are rare and carry a 50 per cent premium. Not every special sells: a yellow LP550-2 Valentino Balboni with e-gear and about 22,500 miles failed to reach its reserve on Cars & Bids in April 2025 at $119,452, Carscoops reported.

How Gallardo prices have moved

Early Gallardos fell to about half their new price, around £60,000, by 2010 (Autocar) and then stopped falling. Mike Duff of PistonHeads wrote in 2020 that early cars had reached the low £60,000s around 2012 "and then just stayed there". Hagerty UK's 2026 figures are the same for a presentable early car.

Is the Lamborghini Gallardo reliable? Faults and costs

The Gallardo's V10 has a good record if it has been serviced; most of the cost of a Gallardo is in clutches, tyres, brakes and suspension joints, and early cars have a power steering recall.

Clutch and e-gear

The clutch is the largest regular bill. Autocar put a replacement at £3,000 in 2010 and Hagerty UK at about £2,500 in 2026. On a manual you can judge the clutch by pedal feel; on an e-gear car a dealer or specialist reads the remaining clutch life electronically, which Hagerty suggests using to negotiate. With the software updates, Hagerty says an e-gear clutch can last as long as 20,000 miles. Autocar listed clutch trouble on 2004 cars and lumpy changes on pre-2006 e-gear cars, either from the clutch or a failing pump actuator.

Engine

Autocar called the V10 "a fabulously reliable unit" if serviced, at £1,200 a year with a larger £2,500 service every two years (2010 prices). PistonHeads lists oil pump problems on early 5.0-litre engines, sticking throttle bodies and electronic faults. Hagerty notes that sticky throttle bodies show as an uneven idle on cars used in town or left standing, and are cleaned easily. PistonHeads also warns that Gallardo odometers are easy to clock, so wear should match the mileage.

Power steering recall

In September 2012 the maker recalled model-year 2004 to 2006 Gallardo coupés and Spyders because the high-pressure power steering pipes near the pump could leak, and the fluid could catch fire. NHTSA campaign 12V430000 covered 1,491 cars in the US; dealers updated the system free of charge.

Suspension, tyres and brakes

Creaking ball joints are common and cost about £500 a side (Autocar, 2010). Tyres are about £1,000 a set and last up to 8,000 miles, Hagerty says, and Autocar advised Pirelli P Zero Rossos, since P Zero Corsas affect the traction control. Autocar advised checking the brake discs for scoring or warping. Steel brakes last well on the road; carbon-ceramics are dear to replace but wear mostly on track. The handbrake is weak on every Gallardo. The optional front lift raises the nose 30 mm for ramps and speed humps.

Lamborghini Gallardo rivals, the Audi R8 and the Huracán

Hagerty UK lists the Gallardo's rivals when new as the Porsche 911, the Ferrari 360 and then the F430, the Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. PistonHeads adds the Ferrari 458 Italia, which overlapped its last years. In the range it sat below the V12 models, the Murciélago and then the Aventador.

The Audi R8 used an evolved version of the Gallardo's spaceframe, and the R8 V10 shared its engine. PistonHeads put the link at "the shared powertrain" with almost everything else different, and noted that the second-generation R8 and the Huracán were much closer. The Huracán LP610-4 replaced the Gallardo in 2014 with a 610 hp V10, a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox and a carbon and aluminium chassis, according to Lamborghini's milestones page.

Reviews of the Lamborghini Gallardo

Autocar's road test of December 2003, reprinted in its 2010 used guide, found that the Gallardo outpunched a 911 Turbo and a 360 Modena on paper. "Body control is the Gallardo's ace, loving British roads," it wrote, and traction and grip were "well beyond the domain of the public road". It found "just a little too much understeer for perfection", and said the V10 "will pull from idle and rip to the 8200rpm limiter". The testers disliked the driving position for a short driver with the manual, whose clutch needed a stretch. Jeremy Clarkson tested the Spyder on Top Gear in series 8 and went on to buy one, Top Gear recalled in 2013.

Reviewers rarely preferred it to the contemporary Ferraris, Duff wrote for PistonHeads, because the four-wheel drive was set up for security, and when the grip ran out "the transition to slip was sudden and could be snappy". He recalled the Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato spinning a Superleggera at Bruntingthorpe in 2008, during an Autocar test, before getting it into long drifts. The 2013 release said that in comparison tests by Quattroruote, CAR and Sport Auto the Gallardo set a best-in-class lap at Hockenheim and record laps at Balocco and Vairano. Hagerty's Aaron Robinson, driving a manual car for the 2025 list, wrote: "We had forgotten what a good car the Gallardo is."

Questions

Is the Lamborghini Gallardo an Audi?

No. It is a Lamborghini, designed and built at Sant'Agata Bolognese, but it was the first Lamborghini developed fully under Audi's ownership, Hagerty UK says. Its spaceframe was assembled at Audi's Neckarsulm plant, its V10 came from Audi's Győr factory, and the Audi R8 used an evolved version of the same structure.

What does Gallardo mean?

Gallardo is the name of an 18th-century breed of Spanish fighting bull, bred by Francisco Gallardo. The 2013 release on the last car said the name followed Lamborghini's tradition of taking names from bullfighting.

Does the Lamborghini Gallardo have scissor doors?

No. Every Gallardo has conventional front-hinged doors. Lamborghini kept the upward-opening doors for its V12 cars, the Murciélago and Aventador.

What does LP560-4 mean?

LP stands for longitudinale posteriore, the engine mounted lengthways behind the cabin. The number is the output in metric horsepower and the last digit the number of driven wheels, so an LP560-4 has 560 hp and four-wheel drive and an LP550-2 has 550 hp and rear-wheel drive.

Is a manual Gallardo rare?

Yes. Most buyers chose the e-gear automated gearbox, and Hagerty says manual cars are rare and now sell for about 50 per cent more than e-gear cars.

How much does a Gallardo clutch cost?

About £2,500 at a specialist according to Hagerty UK in 2026; Autocar put it at £3,000 in 2010. On an e-gear car a dealer or specialist can read how much clutch life is left before you buy.

What is the cheapest Lamborghini Gallardo?

The early 5.0-litre coupés and Spyders of 2003 to 2008 are the cheapest, from about £50,000 for one needing work in Hagerty UK's 2026 guide. The cheapest Gallardo on PistonHeads on 28 October 2026 was a 2009 Spyder at £79,995.

What replaced the Lamborghini Gallardo?

The Huracán LP610-4, launched in 2014 with a 610 hp V10 and a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. It passed the Gallardo's total of 14,022 cars in October 2019.

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• Autocar, "Lambo Gallardo: used buying guide", James Ruppert, 21 June 2010, which reprints Autocar's road test of December 2003: autocar.co.uk (faults and costs from 2010; new price, luggage space, rivals and driving verdict from the 2003 road test).
• PistonHeads, "Lamborghini Gallardo: The Brave Pill", Mike Duff, 7 November 2020: pistonheads.com (history, faults, values, R8).
• Hagerty UK, "Lamborghini Gallardo buyer's guide", 6 February 2026: hagerty.co.uk (rivals, values, faults, costs).
• Hagerty, "2025 Bull Market List": hagerty.com (US values for the Gallardo, manual premium, Neckarsulm and Győr).
• PistonHeads classifieds, used Lamborghini Gallardo, read 28 October 2026: pistonheads.com; Autotrader UK, same day (26 cars).
• Carscoops, "No one was willing to pay enough for the finest of all Lamborghini Gallardos", 30 April 2025: carscoops.com.
• Top Gear, "Last ever Lambo Gallardo", November 2013: topgear.com (Clarkson's Spyder).