gallardo, the most unloved mid engined exotic of our time????

Excellent post - sadly someone will be along in a minute to tell us all that you are wrong, and that their 308/348/365 will make mincemeat of our puny cars.

 

Must have been a Rosso Red Camry surely ??? LOL

 

Coming back to the lap time by the Murcielago.

The times were achieved using race car drivers.

No less than 7 of Britains best drivers.

The Murcielago was voted best driver's car of 2002.

The table of times looked like this:

Murcielago 1.28.6
Westfield XTR2 1.29.08
Porsche 996 C2 130.31
Mercedes SL55 AMG 1.30.6
Ferrari 575M F1 1.30.8
TVR Tamora 1.31.50
Honda NSX 1.31.85
Ford Focus RS 1.33.89
Porsche Boxster 1.34.17
Lotus Elise 111s 1.35.73

Regards.

 

AJ, you just enlightened me about safety. My Diablo and Murcie are going up for sale as I did not consider safety!! I do not want to flip the car and not be able to get out. I thought I considered everything. What a bad choice I've made!!

 

Fine numbers by the L car. But, take a second look at the competition: Either grossly overweight GT cars, or pure sports cars with prices 1/3 or less of the Murci (and hp #s to match).

 

Glad some are seeing the light, better yet you can still keep the cars just don't wear your safety belt, who cares about safety it's overrated anyway, maybe you can get thrown clean of the car out one of the glass areas if hit hard enough and you roll while on your way to 7/11 , no need then to take the effort to kick out the front windshield

 

What a difference a line on a map makes...

Here in Canada (in Vancouver at least), the Gallardo is selling new or used for MSRP and all of them that come in are out the door in a matter of days. Same goes for Murcielago's.

What's the deal?

P.S. I guess that KDS's statement that in Canada, Lamborghini's are priced as if there was a kilo of crack in the trunk is true

 

As a new owner of the "most unloved exotic", I think the G car performs quite well thank you, and looks much more exciting than my (ex) 360 !

NRing (north loop) lap times

7:32 - Porsche Carrera GT (7:32.44)
7:44 - Zonda
7:46 - Porsche 996 GT2
7:47 - Porsche Gt3 RS (sport tyres)
7:50 - M3 CSL (sport tyres)
7:52 - GT3 (381hp)
7:52 - Lamborghini Gallardo
7:52 - Lamborghini Murcielago
7:52 - Mercedes SLR mclaren
7:56 - Porsche 996 Turbo
7:56 - Ferrari Challenge Stradale (sport tyres)
7:56 - NSX Type R
7:57 - Lotec Porsche 993 Turbo (600 HP, racing suspension)
8:07 - Ferrari 550
8:09 - Lamborghini Diablo SV
8:09 - Ferrari 360 Modena
8:10 - Chrysler Viper GTS
8:11 - Porsche Cayman S
8:12 - Porsche 993 Turbo (430 HP version)
8:15 - BMW Z8 400 HP
8:17 - Porsche 996 C2
8:18 - Ferrari F355
8:22 - BMW M Coupe 321 HP
8:25 - Audi RS4 375 HP
8:28 - Porsche 993 C2
8:28 - BMW M5 400 HP
8:32 - Porsche Boxster S
8:35 - BMW M3 Coupe 321 HP
8:37 - Mercedes C32 AMG
8:38 - Honda NSX
8:39 - Honda S2000
8:40 - Chevrolet Corvette
8:42 - Audi S4 265 HP
8:42 - Lotus Exige
8:49 - Jaguar XKR Coupe
8:52 - Mercedes CLK 430

 

I would love to see what the Murcielago could do with some sticky tyres, and of course the Gallardo.

Those times are very good.