Lamborghini Confirms 20 Sesto Elementos to be Built.

According to GTSpirit, Lamborghini’s Stephen Winkelmann confirmed that a limited run of twenty Gallardo-based Sesto Elementos would be produced next year. Expect the same 570bhp V10 from the LP570-4 to propel the ultra-light to 60 in 2.5 seconds thanks to its 2193.5 lb curb weight.

The Sesto Elemento, along with the just-revealed LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale, are helping the Gallardo make one helluva statement before the new model arrives.

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Revealed: Lamborghini LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale.

From Lamborghini:

“Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., is presenting at the Volkswagen Group Night in Frankfurt the most extreme Gallardo ever: the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Automobili Lamborghini is bringing motor racing excitement directly to the road. This new and most extreme top model in the Gallardo lineup is based on the successful race car from the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, the world’s fastest singlemake series.

The car will be produced in a limited run of 150 numbered units. The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo championship brings professional racers and gentlemen drivers face-to-face in fiercely fought battles on Europe’s most challenging racetracks such as Monza, Silverstone and Hockenheim. There are many similarities between the racing and road versions of this super sports car. For example, they both share the same V10 powerplant, which is used in the racing version with no modifications.

The Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale boasts a maximum dry weight of 1340 kilograms. It beats the already lean Gallardo LP 560-4 by 70 kilograms, which gives the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale a stunning power-toweight ratio of 2.35 kilograms per HP for breathtaking performance. It sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in a mere 3.4 seconds and reaches 200 km/h just 10.4 seconds later. Its forward thrust finally tops out at 320 Km/h.

Like the Super Trofeo competition version, the new Super Trofeo Stradale is based on the Gallardo Superleggera technical approach. The V10 powerplant generates 570 HP, equivalent to 419 kW, which is fully available at 8000 RPM. The maximum torque is equally impressive, with the torque curve peaking at 540 Nm at 6500 RPM. The V10’s unique firing order delivers the striking sound you hear in motor racing.”

It’s no Sesto Elemento, but what’d you expect?

Check here for more Frankfurt Motor Show reveals.

An Aventador nears the final inspection stage.

Wired’s Autopia takes us for a look inside the Sant’Agata Bolognese factory that builds the world’s most iconic bulls: the Lamborghini Gallardo and the new Aventador. In a modern steel and glass building set next to Ferruccio Lamborghin’s original white stucco and Spanish tile roofed office, the world’s gnarliest supercars are assembled by extremely skilled craftsmen and women.

Lamborghini pieces together 3.5 Aventadors each day, each consisting of nearly 2,000 parts, sourced from roughly 500 companies across 30 different countries. For example, a single headlight unit contains 84 unique components from 14 suppliers, and 20 different soft-touch materials are used in the interior—each of which need to match perfectly.

See the full process, from start to finish, over at Autopia.

A stunning Gallardo painted in the Reventon’s matte grey, equipped with a Heffner twin-turbo package (650awhp), updated with LP560-4 Superleggera pretty parts, and rolling on beautiful center lock HRE P435 CLs.

Yes, please.

(via Teamspeed.com)

The great beyond.

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Italians, meet the Swiss. Swiss, meet the Italians.