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The Lamborghini Gallardo (/ ɡ aɪ ˈ j ɑːr d oʊ /; Spanish: [ɡaˈʎaɾðo]) is a sports car built by the Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini from 2003 to 2013. It is Lamborghini's second car released under parent company Audi, and the best-selling model at the time with 14,022 built throughout its production run. [8]
The car's estimated fuel economy for the 6-speed manual variant is 8 miles per U.S. gallon (29 L/100 km; 9.6 mpg ‑imp) in the city and 13 miles per U.S. gallon (18 L/100 km; 16 mpg ‑imp) on the highway, making it the least efficient car in 2008 for city and highway driving, according to the EPA. [15]
The Gallardo and the first-generation Audi R8 used a mid-engine Graziano gearbox (manual or automated manual versions). The DCT gearbox used in the Audi R8 was developed in partnership with Graziano. It is built and pretested at Graziano's Luserna plant in Italy before shipment to Volkswagen's Kassel plant in Germany, where the clutch and ...
The transmission options are either a Lamborghini-sourced six-speed manual gearbox with metal gate for the shift lever, or an Audi-developed S or R Tronic [12] gearbox—which is an automated manual, without a traditional clutch pedal, and with an automatic gear shifting mode.
The Huracán retains the 5.2-litre naturally aspirated Audi/Lamborghini V10 engine of the facelifted Gallardo, tuned to generate a maximum power output of 449 kW (602 hp; 610 PS). [citation needed] To ensure its balance and performance, the car is mid-engined. The engine has both direct fuel injection and multi-point fuel injection.
Aimed to compete with cars like the Porsche 911 GT2 and the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera (superleggera meaning super light weight), it is lighter (by 100 kg (220 lb)) and more powerful (510 PS (375 kW; 503 hp) at 8,500 rpm and 471 N⋅m (347 lb⋅ft) of torque at 5,250 rpm) than the standard F430.
The Lamborghini V10 is a ninety degree (90°) V10 petrol engine which was developed for the Lamborghini Gallardo automobile, first sold in 2003.. Developed by Lamborghini, for use in the Gallardo, and the first engine developed for Lamborghini after they were acquired by Audi – part of the Volkswagen Group.
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually ...