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What is more
pleasurable:
a Lamborghini
Gallardo on
the racetrack or
on a snowy
mountain pass?
A question the
owner of the
LP 570-4 Super
Trofeo Stradale
no longer asks –
he has a car
that masters
both challenges
successfully.
As impressive as the acceleration
may be – for Super Trofeo drivers,
it’s the complete package that
makes the diff erence: performance,
transmission, stiff ness, handling,
braking, downforce. And it is the art
of the engineers to transform the
extreme demands required here into
a coherent, reliable, attractive car
that can live up to this high standard
365 days a year.
On the outside, this is most
evident by the large rear spoiler.
The manually adjustable rear wing
is an exact replica of the race car
and provides, depending on the
setting, one to three times as much
downforce as the Gallardo LP 560-4.
Another element taken directly
from the race car is the removable
engine hood with quick-assembly
system, which, like the rear spoiler,
is made of carbon-fi ber composite
material. Everywhere you look, you
see this very light, yet highly durable
material. The side sills, outside
mirrors and the bold rear diff user
are made of it.
Of course, the Super Trofeo
Stradale also sports a new color,
developed exclusively for this
coupe: Rosso Mars – a tone that
is Italy’s traditional racing color
and emphasizes the innate Italian
character of Lamborghini. But
if you should opt for the colors
Grigio Telesto or Bianco Monocerus
instead, you can also have the
roof painted in resplendent black.
In commemoration of the 150th
anniversary of the founding of the
Italian Republic last year, the num-
ber of Super Trofeo Stradale units to
be built was limited to precisely
150 – after this, there will be no
more. Black and red are the dominant
colors in the purist interior. At
Lamborghini, supercar and everyday
suitability are not a contradiction
in terms, and this is one of the
long-recognized strengths of the
brand from Sant’Agata. Thus the
fascinating pictures of the red Super
Trofeo Stradale on snowy Romanian
mountain passes demonstrate just
what cutting-edge technology can
do: perfect mastery of a 419 kW
(570 hp) coupe in almost all road and
weather conditions. This spectacular
dance of a red Lamborghini against
a white background takes a little
practice, there’s no question about
that. But the select few who have had
the privilege of piloting this dream in
Rosso Mars declare unanimously that
the car handles easily and without
complication. A declaration that will
have to be accepted at face value,
because it takes a skilled hand indeed
to master 570 cavalli on the fi rst
few miles, regardless of the surface
beneath.
O
Athlete on the rocks: the Gallardo
LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale on
ice and snow.
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