how many lp640 with manual gearbox

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From my records

2007 USA 7 cars

2008 USA cars 6

2009 USA cars 2

2010 USA cars (Lp640 1 Lp670 3)

 

Wow, I didn't know my 2007 LP640 manual was that rare.

 

I only re-call 3 Lp640 Roadster cars with the 6 speed gear box...

I do know of a 2005 Murcie Roadster coming on the market shortly with a 6 speed gear box.

 

I know of two of them (gray at Newport (now sold), gold in Florida) so there must be more

 

Agh I hate it when people go and say that. It's not the 1940s any more and cars come with syncromesh gearboxes...There's really no need for double clutching anymore. IMO the only people that keep on saying it's oh so important and if you can't do it you should buy an automatic only say so because they want to seem superior to others with pointless skills.

Heel & toeing is a much more applicable method of performance driving, and fairly easily practiced.

Good luck with your search, do yourself a favour and find a manual; They're not making them anymore!

 

I never knew they were so scarce.

I assume just like the F cars, they (manual boxes) will actually command a premium on the second hand market.

 

The Gold one is in my count..was not aware of the Grey one..so up it by 1 at least

 

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i find the clutch to be easy. almost too easy, if there is such a thing. anyone worrying about whether you need to double clutch should get their head checked. or, maybe ego checked too.

 

Car is silly simple to drive!

 

From years of keeping my eyes open for one, there are certainly more than that out there, but not much.
Lamborghini report that "about 5%" were order as manuals.

I know for 100% fact theres more manual roadsters than that too

Its a sad time for lamborghini, posers who can't drive and need egear and want comfort packages and cup holders have over ran the brand. Lamborghini is dead to me now. After I find a manual lp640 I like, I won't have any further interest in them at all :-(

 

899 roadsters produced (580 and 640). 5% of that would be 45 cars. Sounds about right with the numbers I've seen (4) in the past 8 months.

 

Yes, but the lazy automatic driver trend is hitting everybody. Ferrari is gone, Lambo MAY be gone depending on what they do with the next gen Gallardo, Porsche just announced the new GT3 is lazy tranny only.

So we may be back to Corvettes and Vipers as the only hardcore choices

 

What are you looking to get dollar-wise these days?

 

More like the only antiques left. Like it or not, the paddle transmissions are better performers in every way. It only makes sense to equip a high performance car with a matching high performance transmission. The true manual fills a very narrow gap between 'poser that can't drive a stick properly' and hardcore drivers that care about lap times. The market is apparently hardcore drivers that contrarily don't care about lap times, because if one is a serious driver that does not care about how fast they go, why does one buy a 600-700hp car in the first place? Hence the 5% (and dwindling) take up rate.

 

Certainly not in terms of reliability, cost of parts, or life of consumables......and most importantly not better in terms of fun. They shift fast and are boring.

I don't care if a machine can shift at 30 ms, versus my 200 ms.

That level of difference means nothing on the street, where 99.999% of miles are put on accross all brands.

The ONLY justifiable reason I've heard to support them is they allow you to stay on boost between shifts.....thats it.

 

My 2005 6.2 roadster is RHD manual.

 

that is one of the dumbest things I have ever read

 

exactly!
I wouldnt mind being the slowest guy out there, cause I would be the one out there having the most fun ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CAR, rather than a computer drive me.

 

If you're concerned with reliability and cost of parts, I don't think you should consider a lamborghini.

I agree manuals are more fun. I did not consider an f1 equipped f355 when I bought mine. But, I was not buying the latest and greatest performance car - if I were, I would not consider a traditional manual as I would want to get all of the performance the car was intended to have.

If more people felt like you, there would have been more than a 5% take up rate on manual transmissions. To chalk that up completely to posers is, imo, wrong. Who is more of a poser, the guy who buys a 700hp lambo for the occasional backroad blast and doesn't care about shift speed or the guy who runs track days and time trials and wants that extra 1-1.5 seconds a lap?

Besides, complaining about posers in lambos seems awfully, well, contradictory.

 

Do you have a better idea on why only 5% ordered a manual transmission or do you just say that about anything that doesn't fit your worldview?