LAMBORGHINI Gallardo LP560-4 Review

Let’s take a moment to think about the feeling you get you see a young lady of stunning beauty who walks alongside her mother and you have difficulties telling who is who in the first couple of seconds. It’s safe to say that this is the recipe the designers used when they penned the face-lifting lines for the 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo. The ten-year old supercar has borrowed some features from the freshly squeezed Aventador.

We’ve been staring at the front fascia of the car for almost five minutes now and the love is just as strong as it was when its aluminum-sculpted lines were uncovered at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show.

The front apron joyfully recites the Lamborghini poem: trapezoids and triangles. These are defined by diagonal elements finished in both body color and black.

We wouldn’t want to be bitten by a mouth like this. If you thought you’ll escape because you are too bony, think again. Ahead of the front wheels, sit two openings that we think are used specifically to evacuate bone fragments of overtaken drivers.

The Lamborghini Gallardo is just as addicted to shoes as your female friend, so it was fitted with a new design, called Apollo polished. The styling of the 19-inch rims plays on the hypnosis cards and looking at the Apollos while they’re spinning for too long can make you dizzy.

For the next change brought by the revamp, we’ll have to go all the way to the other end of the supercar. Last time the Gallardo received a facelift, rear fascia air outlet went from a three-zone to a single-area design. Now Lamborghini goes back to three distinct areas. The fascia opening has been enlarged for better engine cooling and it’s easy to guess what defines the return to three zones: trapezoids and triangles.

Our test car didn’t turn to one the psychedelic Lamborghini-specific colors. It came dressed in a rather tame Bianco Monocerus shade of white. But then again, as it was confirmed during the urban part of our drive, it doesn’t need a fancy dress to turn heads.

Lamborghini's surgery was successful, the Gallardo has lost a few years and it’s looking fresh. Nevertheless, we can’t help but think how it would’ve pleased the eye if it had also borrowed the engine glass cover design from the Aventador.