These are your favorite Lamborghinis – Jalopnik

I was at Sonoma Raceway in the usually beautiful Napa Valley, California yesterday to drive the new Lamborghini Temerario, the 907-horsepower plug-in hybrid replacement for the ultra-successful Huracán. I say mostly beautiful because Sonoma, like other parts of California, was hit by an atmospheric river yesterday, which put a damper on our track ambitions. You’ll have to wait until Monday to find out what I think of that new supercar, but you don’t have to wait to find out which Lamborghinis your fellow Jalops love the most.

On Wednesday I asked our audience to tell me about their favorite Lamborghinis, and I even decided to allow limited edition models and concepts, since Lamborghini hasn’t made that many cars in its 62 years of existence. Your answers ranged from the most bedroom poster-worthy supercars to some of the more obscure Lambos, which I always appreciate. Without further ado, these are my favorite answers to the question, “What is your favorite Lamborghini?”

The Miura. Why? One evening in 1970 I was walking with a French friend in a small town in France. We heard a car screaming approaching as it drove into town, flames shooting out of the exhaust with every press of the accelerator. We walked straight back into town and saw the car parked at a cafe. I don’t remember the color, but I definitely remember the make and model. After all these years, the Miura is still the most desirable Lamborghini for me. By far.

Lamborghini Miura. Because that is the story you want to tell your children. Three under-25-year-old engineers working in their spare time to create the fastest production car in the world, going against the original wishes of the company’s founder and ultimately convincing everyone that it was a worthwhile endeavor. It’s also a beautiful car. I can’t mistake it for anything else.

All the great looking modern Lambos only exist because of how good the Miura looked.

Submitted by: Don LeChat, jalopyJames, Dean Ferro

It should come as no surprise that many of you opted for the Miura, which has the distinction of being the first Real supercar.

The first car I ever saw and said, “Wow, that’s really cool,” was the Countach. Nothing has ever surprised me more, even 35 years later.

Child of the eighties, there is only one correct answer here and there. The one that hung on our wall and made us say to ourselves, “One day…” long before we fully realized the cost of a mortgage, medical bills, and a family! It’s loud. It’s rash. It’s flashy. It’s full of so much pointless and overblown nonsense that it took the original design and farted on it. But if there’s one vehicle that sums up the over-the-top excess, cocaine, big pants, shoulder pads, White Rain fluff, glam rock, Miami Vice days, it’s the 25th Anniversary Countach.

Submitted by: Give me tacos or give me death, Xavier96

It should also come as no surprise that many of you chose the Countach. Personally, I like the later ones with the wild body kits the most.

The only answer is Diablo 6.0 VT. It was the pinnacle of Diablo, and the golden yellow color it came in and was plastered in period magazines would look ridiculous on just about any other vehicle, but suited the design just fine.

The late 90’s Diablo VT Roadster is my only answer. I love the new bodies coming out, but that model put the brand in Celestial car territory during my childhood.

Submitted by: TschaaaRiiight, Jarrett Bartlett

That gold launch spec is iconic.

It’s the LM002. Come on, it’s the one and only Lambo SUV. It’s what happens when you make a hummer lambo

For me also the LM002. It’s not the best Lamborghini, and by today’s standards it’s not even a great super-SUV. But it’s REALLY crazy, like a Lamborghini should be. Lamborghini started making tractors and then added supercars. What do you get when you combine the peanut butter of tractors with the chocolate of supercars? The LM002, a V12-powered off-roader with a leather-lined cockpit.

Submitted by: Patrick Neff, stillnotatony

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like the LM002.

The purple SE30 Diablo from the Cosmic Girl music video is a highlight

Submitted by: Austin Erving

Correct.

Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni Edition. Rear wheel drive gate transmission with the V10. If I had stupid money, I’d try to track it down. Only 250 were made.

For the same reason, the Balboni is also my favorite Lamborghini. What I would realistically do, instead of trying to track down a Balboni, is just rip the front differential, driveshaft and half-shafts off a regular Gallardo. Gets you 99.9% of the way there. I don’t remember exactly, but I think the AWD system is completely mechanical so you don’t even have to mess with electronics.

Submitted by: Kevin Stough, MrMcGeeIn3D

“Gallardo Balboni” is also so fun to say.

I’m a fan of the forgotten eccentric players in their lineup. The Jarama is a particular favorite of mine.

Submitted by: Poorsche

The Jarama is perhaps the strangest looking production Lambo.

Jalpa forever…..

Submitted by: OldGuy55

The Jalpa is also one of my favorites.

Diablo SV… the extra aero parts were great, the black wheels with the machined lip looked incredible 15 years before black wheels came into vogue, and who knew the letters SV stuck on the side of a car could look so cool? Moreover, it had not 1 but 2 roof scoops. How cool for a kid.

Not to mention that as a child I had a scale model that was my favorite to play with, I may or may not constantly give that to my nephew to play with.

Special shout out to the Diablo GTR, which is about perfection.

Diablo SV, based almost entirely on the fact that Need For Speed ​​III was perhaps the first racing game I ever played and was incredibly formative.

Submitted by: cintocrunch1, Frosteeman

The Diablo SV has one of the best factory graphics packages of all time.

If I search my soul, I think it has to be the LP-670SV.

The latest and greatest iteration of the Murcielago. Back in the day, Lamborghini went WAY off the deep end with unnecessary scoops and angles. When a special edition meant something to Lamborghini, and not every car had a special name or a limited production run. Initially, only 350 cars were planned, but even that number was shortened as production of the Aventador was prioritized and the series was ended prematurely. So far only 261 cars are known.

I almost chose the Diablo GT, and the manual transmission, for similar reasons. But the murcielago just ages better than the diablo and I think the 670SV is my choice.

Submitted by: Atomic

My favorite SV, I think.

1972 Espada Series 3, because I’m a strange person and love the way it looks like an Italian version of a muscle car and a CRX mixed together.

Submitted by: bb1313

More cars should be shaped like this.

I’m probably in the minority here, but (one of) my favorites are the original 350/400GT, the cars that started it all. Listen to me…

Elegantly drawn, beautifully proportioned and powered by what I can only imagine was a howling small-displacement V-12, but my young brain couldn’t quite understand that shape at some point after growing up on images of Countach, Miura and other wedge-y Italian exotics. Now that I’m older, that achingly beautiful design speaks to me in a way that no modern Lambo does.

That said, I also love the Gallardo LP550-2 with the gated manual. Just so you don’t think I’m some modern car-hating caveman.

Submitted by: LarriveeC05

A truly beautiful vehicle.

The Miura is right at the top, but as I get older I’m leaning more towards something simple. Give me the Islero. It’s clean, elegant and still as fast as I’d ever want to go, with room for luggage.

Submitted by: Eric Stockton

Another great oddball.

I think the Asterion is one of the biggest what-ifs in automotive history. It was quite understated for a Lamborghini, which is why I loved it. But they didn’t build it and instead continued down the road of hyper-aggressive, hyper-angular design that did nothing to hold my interest.

Submitted by: HakosukaDreaming

This really was a great concept, but if I wanted one Lambo show car to be produced, it would be the Estoque.

The R8 270 DCR, this brought me more joy than any Lambo sports car combined… while watching TV…

Clarkson drove every model they make, but only bought one: the R8 270 DCR. I have to follow his expert recommendation.

Submitted by: towman, DTEL77

It makes me so happy that Lamborghini still makes tractors.