I've run Speedmonkey for just over 18 months now and driven all sorts of cars (you can see them all here), but never a Lamborghini.
And I still haven't. To be honest I'd not even seen one up close. But I was driving down the A340 in Pangbourne, Berkshire recently and saw that HR Owen had opened a Lamborghini dealership next door to the Bentley dealer that's been there for ages.
Last Saturday the sun was out so I decided to visit Lamborghini Pangbourne, which is only 4 miles from home.
The showroom had three Gallardos and an Aventador LP700-4. I took lots of photos of the Aventador, of course, and of a Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera, which had lots of carbon bits and pieces.
All the cars were in fairly low key colours which made me see them in a slightly different light to how they're normally presented - lairy and wild. They still weren't exactly subtle though with sharp, angular bodywork.
The carbon bedecked Gallardo Superleggera (a snip at £184k) has a carbon rear diff, boot and side skirts. Its interior is almost entirely Alcantara, which is a good thing.
What struck me about both models was how sensible some of the interior was. Sure there was some evidence of Lamborghini bonkersness but Audi sensibleness seems to have made them useable and almost sensible.
Mind you, the Aventador is pretty wide. Pangbourne is set amidst many small and winding country roads. It would be like threading a large rope through the eye of a needle driving it locally.
Lamborghini Pangbourne is worth a visit for any Berkshire based Speedmonkey readers. The young chap who showed me round is called Tom and Chris Brown (@TufferB) saw one of my photos on Twitter and told me to say hello to Craig, the manager. But he wasn't in.
Many thanks to Tom, and to HR Owen for letting me poke around their super-expensive stock. Maybe one day I'll get a test drive.
By Matt Hubbard
