With Automobili Lamborghini‘s founding in 1963, the marque became just another small-volume Italian car manufacturer, with a trickle of units coming off the production line. But Audi took over the reins in 1998, and with the introduction of the Gallardo in 2003, the Raging Bull entered an elite ring. The second Lamborghini released under Audi (the first was the 2001 Murciélago), the Gallardo was a smaller sibling powered by a V-10, and became a colossal success. When production finally ended in 2013, 14,022 examples had been built. As for its replacement, the Huracán, that success story is still being written. It was just a matter of time until Lamborghini, the “other” Italian super-marque, hit a commercial home run. The Gallardo was unlike previous models in that it was extreme but friendly, uncompromising but comfortable, and amazingly easy to pilot. There is no contradiction of terms here—the Gallardo blends seemingly disparate attributes and comes out on..
