Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder with rear-wheel-drive

"With the Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder, we are expanding the Lamborghini line-up with a purist model that adds yet another dimension of driving fun," says Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Lamborghini, who adds, "This will appeal in particular to a very special group of customers that enjoy a spirited driving style and also like to experience the sheer pleasure of open-air driving."

The Gallardo LP 550-2 Spyder is powered by a 5.2-litre V10 engine that produces 550bhp, and this enables the car, which weighs in at 1,520kg, to go from 0-100km/h in 4.2 seconds, and reach a top speed of 319km/h.

Lamborghini says that its engineers have carried out extensive modifications to adapt the car to rear-wheel drive such as applying specific dampers settings and tweaking its aerodynamics to take into account the change in the distribution of forces.