Lamborghini+Gallardo

__Lamborghini Gallardo __ By Marius Schneider  

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=__ Introduction __= Which popular **Italian** sports car got its name from a fighting bull? If you guessed the Lamborghini Gallardo, you guessed right! Popular with not only the rich but also the famous such as celebrities and sports stars. With its many advantages, you get what you pay for with the Lamborghini Gallardo. =__ History __= The **18th century** Francisco Gallardo was a fighting bull __**[|breeder]**__. One of his **bull breeds** he called Gallardo, after his last name. Finally in 1965, when Lamborghini got  invented by Mr. Lamborghini, the Gallardo became the name of this bull breed. This is how the famous Lamborghini Gallardo got its name (Gallardo in Spanish means “**__gallant__**.”). Now you know as well how the Lamborghini got his sign which is a golden **fighting bull**. However, the Lamborghini Gallardo is not the only Lamborghini that got invented, in addition there are also Lamborghinis called Reventon, Superleggera and Murcielago. To make it more complicated, there are even different types of the Gallardo!

=__ Popularity __= The Lamborghini Gallardo is a very popular car. A lot of people are big fans or even familiar with it. Even famous people like David Beckham are fans of Lamborghini and are used to have a **__garage__** with near 80 Lamborghinis. 

=__ Advantages & Disadvantages __= One big advantage of the Lamborghini Gallardo is that it offers a **__streamline shape__** with an awesome look, a lot of speed and luxury at the same time! It has two seats which are huge and comfortable. The dashboard offers a lot of great functions and all in all there is a lot of room inside the Lamborghini Gallardo though it is so flat. It is a very broad car with 1900mm. Amazing is that the car is broader than its height, though its height is 1665mm. The Gallardo hits a speed of <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 121%; text-align: left;">62 mph in a time of only 3.7 seconds and its maximum speed is 315 km/h. The bodywork is made of **__aluminum__**.

=__ Conclusion __= <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Everything has his price and the Lamborghini Gallardo can cost up to 300.000$. So our golden fighting bull slides through 45 years of Lamborghini history and appears almost 80 times in David Beckham’s garage!



=Performance of the Lamborghini Gallardo=
 * <span style="background-color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0 – 100 km/h (0 - 62 mp/h) || <span style="background-color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">3.7 seconds ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">0 – 200 km/h (0 – 120 mp/h) || <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">11.8 seconds ||
 * <span style="background-color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Top speed || <span style="background-color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 121%; text-align: center;">325 km/h (202 mp/h) ||

=__ Bibliography __= en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Gallardo [|www.leftlanenews.com/lamborghini-gallardo-lp560-4.html] [|wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_Lamborghini_invented] [|www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,415942,00.html]