Coys Auction - The Festival Auction
Brands Hatch Motor Racing Circuit
Fawkham, Longfield
Kent, DA3 8NG
Sunday 24th May 2009
Registration Number: MX56UXO Chassis Number: ZHWGE22T57LA04275
The Lamborghini Gallardo is named after a famous breed of fighting bull and designed as a direct competitor to the Ferrari 360 and F430. Designed by Luc Donckerwolke, who won the 2003 red dot design award for the design of both the 2004 Gallardo and 2002 Murciélago, it offers two choices of transmissions, a conventional six-speed manual transmission and an advanced six-speed electro-hydraulically controlled ‘semi-automatic single-clutch sequential manual‘, which Lamborghini abbreviates to "E-gear". The "E-gear" allows the driver to make shifts much faster than a manual transmission and shifts up and down via paddles behind the steering wheel. It also has a rear-biased all-wheel drive system which differentiates it from its rear-wheel drive competitors. Unlike the Countach, Diablo, and Murci