Finding the Car You Need
Sometimes, this job can be cooler than cool. A call came in the other day: Can you find me a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera? Are you kidding me?
No, seriously, one of the guys whose car I tuned during my Doha, Qatar, engine-tuning tour liked what I did so much that he calls Motiva Performance Engineering in Albuquerque and says, I want you to locate one, tune it and ship it to me.
If you’re not into Lamborghinis, the Gallardo (Italian for bull) Superleggera (Italian for super light) started out as 5.0-liter, 523 hp sports car that cost $260,000 when it was unveiled in 2007. Only 172 were produced during a two-year run.
On the Lookout for a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
When the name Superleggera was reintroduced as the LP 570-4 in 2010, it was lighter thanks to more use of composites, and equipped with a 5.2-liter V10 capable of producing 570 hp. It could do 0 to 60 in under 3.4 seconds and topped out at 202 mph.
Motiva hadn’t been in the car locator business — until now. The idea of serving our clients with the addition of a specialty car locator service has a nice ring to it. The thought of scanning the globe looking for exactly the right car, tune it and ship it anywhere in the world for a client is pretty awesome.
The next call might be for a twin turbocharged 2010 Camaro or a 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0. What it better not be is a 1985 Yugo!
I can’t wait to find this client his Lamborghini and at a minimum, add a couple of air boxes to push the performance a little.