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Pulling Away From A Lambo In A Ferrari 458
by Gunnar Heinrich ::: YouTube ::: Ferrari 458 Italia v. Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggra
AS super-legal road races go, dropping the hammer on the Ferrari 458 Italia against the F430′s raging nemesis – the Lamborghini Gallardo (in Superleggra) has to be a thrill. Not that this thrill always translates well to camera, but in this video the shooters and editor have done a good enough job for YouTube standards. Needless to say, the 458 armed with the latest arsenal in Ferrari engineering and technology pulls briskly away from Gallardo on multiple tries. The bull is left merely to rage in the 458′s dust.
GarageCurrent’s Ye Olde Candy Shoppe
Garage Current’s showroom fresh 500SL Benz.
By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG GarageCurrent.com
WHAT’S the Japanese for “Yum” anyway?
I can’t help but want everything in Garage Current’s showroom. The Yokohama based car dealer specializes in selling previously enjoyed -* MINT * – Teutonic (mostly) grand tourers turned recent classics. Each car is presented in immaculate form with a full history for the connoisseur.
Drool with me over the following:
Grey over black 1992 500E with 5,100 km and …
Flawless interior.
Charcoal over black 1990 560SEL with …gulp… 4,700km plus…
5540cc V8.
1992 Porsche 911 in electric blue on black with 87,900 km.
Behold the metallic might of Porsche brakes!
2005 G55 AMG in white over charcoal with 31,500 km.
And COMAND-ing view.
And for good measure – 2005 Lamborghini Gallardo in shock therapy blue over…
midlife crisis blue/yellow.
Yum! Like I said, I take the whole showroom. Thanks.
Lamborghini & Ferrari
By Gunnar Heinrich
GRANTED there are plenty of well healed AMEX holders who don’t have to choose just one.
But there really seems to be two distinct camps of driver. And two distinct kinds of car.
The Ferrari driver and the Lamborghini driver are every bit as unique a species of motoring animal as, say, the world’s BMW and Jaguar drivers. The differences are hard to pinpoint, exactly.
So, it’s best to look at it from the perspective of the product.
I read a quote some time back in one of the US rags that described Lamborghini and Ferrari (the cars) as women.
Warning: shameless chauvinism to follow.
The Ferrari, the owner said, was the woman you brought home to your parents. The Lamborghini was the slut that you- well – you get the idea.
As uncharitable as that comparison may seem for Lambo; there is a grain of truth to that.
Lamborghini is about image – first and foremost. Synonymous with the label “supercar,” the car’s visceral sex appeal is in its hot lines and hotter performance.
Ferrari’s prancing horses, on the other hand, are much more refined machines that sport a racing pedigree that extends back to the days when founder Enzo was driving Alfas around Italian courses. The sex is still there just packaged behind a more sophisticated veneer.
She’s great in bed and can hold a conversation over dinner.
The Lambo just wants to order room service with plenty of champagne….
