2006 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder First Drive

The antithesis of Italian ice

by Neil Dunlop


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TO THE POINT What’s New? Lamborghini takes the roof off the fantastic, faster-than-ever Gallardo to create an exotic roadster that everyone will want.
Selling Points: Supercar performance, but in a comfortable package that you’ll actually like to drive.
Deal Breakers: Priced out of reach for most of us, miniscule cargo space, limited availability.
Our Advice: If you have the means, buy the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, drive it every day, join a racing club, and pound it on the track every chance you get.

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MIAMI – We wouldn’t speed in the new Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. Yeah, we knew about its top speed of 195 mph and how it can rip from 0 to 62 mph in 4.3 seconds, but we still weren’t going to exceed the posted limit. Sure, we got looks; it’s not everyday the folks on Key Largo see an Italian supercar cruising the backroads, especially a mint-green convertible Lambo moving about as fast as a Crown Vic full of retirees. See, we’d heard that the police in the Florida Keys charge for every mile you exceed the speed limit and that they’re eager to do the math to work out your fine.

We figured a hot new foreign exotic in crème d’ menthe paint would only exacerbate the situation. Our wallets aren’t fat, but the Gallardo Spyder sure made it look like they are, so we decided to just idly cruise. Besides, we were on our way to the Homestead Miami Speedway where we’d be able to go as fast as we had the stomach for. We couldn’t afford a fine, but we could afford to be patient. And the Gallardo seemed quite content to loaf along with us, enough that we could see using it to commute – just not in this color.