The Lamborghini Gallardo was in production from 2003 to2013. The 570-4 Superleggera was announced in 2010 which has significant upgrades over the vanilla Gallardo. 570-4 refers to the 570 PS of available power from the 5.2L V10 being channelled to all 4 wheels. Superleggera literally means super lightweight and this car weighs in at 1,340 kg and was touted as Lamborghini’s lightest road-going car in the range. Performance figures are what you would expect from a supercar of this status with 0-100 km/h at 3.2 seconds and a 329 km/h top speed.
So, did Hot Wheels do justice to the baby Lambo?
In a word, yes. Yes, it did.
It was introduced as a new model in 2011 coming out in green and metal flake yellow colours. Compared to the Lamborghini Gallardo 560-4 that Hot Wheels released in 2010, the Superleggera offered significant changes. The New Model 560-4 came out in a brilliant matte black colour. It had printed on headlights, taillights, a Lamborghini logo on the front, and the Lamborghini signature on the back. A beautiful rendition of the car. The Superleggera, on the other hand, trades those tail light details for the wing and engine cover. It also gets side tampos and a re-designed front air dam/splitter. It certainly adds to the flair of it being the Superleggera, but those tail lights on the 560-4 would surely be missed.
The best version of the 570-4 Superleggera thus far though, is the Fast and the Furious version. It comes back with the metal flake yellow paint job. This coming from the Premium series, it comes with the log printed on the front, the signature on the rear, the headlights, the taillights, and the side tampo. Additionally, it sports Real Rider RR10SPs in black. And while I’m still disappointed that they did not give the Fast and Furious Fast Imports set a better choice of car for the series, I am happy that this Lambo turned out just fine.