One of the most exciting cars out there is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni. Basically Lamborghini took their most popular car and created a special edition that was even more exciting. The car was designed for the express purpose of making driving more fun by taking a lot of the excitement that has been removed in modern cars by things like all wheel drive and traction control and putting it back into the car. The result is a car that is loads of fun to drive.
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni is a special edition of the Gallardo that was designed to honor the retirement of their long time test driver. Valentino Balboni had been the test driver for Lamborghini for nearly thirty years, on his retirement the company chose to build a version of the car that was designed to his tastes. The Gallardo Balboni is a limited edition of which only two hundred and fifty will be available. The car features some changes over the regular model which most people think make it much more fun to drive.
The biggest change is that the Gallardo Balboni is a rear wheel drive car. All other versions of the Gallardo are all wheel drive. The reason for this is that Valentino Balboni didn't like driving all wheel drive cars. He believed that all wheel drive made the car too tame and too easy to drive. He also believed that it took a lot of the thrill out of driving the car. Apparently he is not the only one to think so since the Balboni has proven to be popular with reviewers in large part because of the added fun that having rear wheel drive adds to the car.
The other big change that the Balboni has over other Gallardo's is that it has a more powerful engine. Of course all Lamborghinis have powerful engines and the increase over the base model is not that great. Nevertheless it does give the car an extra kick. Especially when coupled with the rear wheel drive. This allows the car to drift a lot more than other Gallardo models do which is a big part of why people find it to be more fun than the standard version of the car.
While there are some important differences between the Balboni and other Gallardo models it does have a lot in common with them as well. Like all Lamborghinis it has a very light weight body and a very powerful engine. While there are some people who feel that maybe the Gallardo is not as refined as some other cars in its class there are an equal number of people who think that is a good thing. One of the big appeals of a Lamborghini is that it is just raw power. It may not have the best handling in the world but it can certainly move in a straight line.