DC33 wrote

ever sence Winkleman took over and castrated Lamborghini and focused on e gear shit, launch control. perminant AWD, confort packages,a nd body kits and panint jobs as new or special cars this has been more than evidant. They want the poser with too much money to spend looking to buy a name, not a car. Over half of Lambos are now owned by douchbags, tools, and posers. Pretty soon they will give ferrari a run for its money, goodness help us if they get any "racing heritage" too

Well, according to on track comparisons, the Gallardo has steadily been faster than the F430; especially the Superleggera. All the weight reduction is pretty obvious. IMHO, the "kits" are tasteful in the SL, particularly the fact metal has been replaced with carbon fiber.
AWD is an unfortunate reality on lambo's with no real alternative. However, more than a few people have removed the said front diffs. The AWD grips amazingly well in corners on exit. Perhaps it takes away from those with real finesse.
I agree that it is very unfortunate that sportscars are loosing "proper equipment" by ditching the perfect Man-Machine interface of a Clutch, and gated transmission.
Thankfully there are still cars like the FGT/ ZR1/CGT that make up for it. Still, an Enzo is still pretty bad ass
