Lamborghini Gallardo up in flames

The supercar gods continue to be angry

By Michael Gauthier
July 8, 2009 6:06 PM
Filed Under: European, Lamborghini, Supercars, Weird

The supercar gods continue to be angry at the super rich, as yet another high-priced exotic has gone up in flames.

This 2005 Lamborghini Gallardo "burst" into flames on Friday, in the UK, shortly after eyewitnesses saw smoke billowing from the engine compartment. Although an investigation is currently underway, firemen reported the car burned more intensely because of the Gallardo's carbon fiber and alloy construction.

The £75,000 ($120,580 USD) Gallardo was a complete loss, but thankfully both occupants seem to have escaped uninjured.

As we have previously reported, this year has been bad for supercars as a Ferrari 430 burnt to the ground after an accident in Romania and a McLaren F1 spontaneously combusted in California.

Source: bbc.co.uk

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Tags: Supercar fires, fires, Lamborghini Gallardo

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Comments

N20_Purge

July 8, 2009 6:29 PM

Another one bites the dust.

Floppy

July 8, 2009 7:54 PM

lol, one more - stupid italiens. Get a german car ;)

alessandro

July 8, 2009 8:19 PM

Yes, buy an R8, it is bigger and burns longer.

Schizo0223

July 8, 2009 9:12 PM

The Gallardo is almost German isn't it?

Hardboy997

July 8, 2009 10:25 PM

2 Floppy: what a stupid comment. It´s not because the car is italian, or german, or american. It´s because of the people who drive it or the insufficient air for the engine.

Edited by user on July 8, 2009 at 10:26 PM

McNamara68

July 9, 2009 9:52 AM

Lambos are getting too German these days as it is . . . Never thought I'd see the day when a Lambo would come with 4WD (SUVs excepting).

djcocum

July 9, 2009 11:09 AM

Remember that before Audi took control of Lamborghini, there was already a 4WD Lambo, the Diablo VT ;)

kimbo

July 9, 2009 1:31 PM

exactly, Diablo VT had 4WD, so it's not Audi idea to put 4WD in Lambos

JamesAsh

July 16, 2009 1:28 PM

Am i the only one who got that??!! Haha

simalive

July 8, 2009 7:55 PM

What caused the fire? The engine overheating?

mmr66

July 8, 2009 7:56 PM

i have two freinds that used to have lp640's one died and the other had miner burns all beacuse of the car catching fire.

Shyne

July 8, 2009 7:59 PM

hot sh**! lol

sorry for being mischievous. :)

norther

July 8, 2009 8:25 PM

maybe this one was punished by the super car gods because it had the wheel on the wrong side... id be angr too :)))).

mmr66, sorry for your loss man. i have no rich friends. does this mean i should look on the bright side?

Paulds

July 8, 2009 9:50 PM

Any car is totally worthless compared with a human life... sorry for your lost mmr66

GONDOR

July 9, 2009 12:12 AM

i think it`s an electrical problem because we have a lot of supercars here in middle east and the weather is almost 60 degree all the summer and we never heard of a supercar catches fire after overheating problems

Edited by user on July 9, 2009 at 12:14 AM

alessandro

July 13, 2009 9:18 PM

Agree!

Anthropos

July 9, 2009 12:16 AM

Why do u assume he is telling the truth? Sorry, mmr66 can't believe u.

ShAwNeX

July 9, 2009 7:56 AM

That's not the Gallardo going up in flames...it's just the flames coming out of the exhaust.

LOL...

kimbo

July 9, 2009 1:32 PM

Quite big flames I have to admit :D

elsonlau

July 9, 2009 8:19 AM

This is the remake of Mission Impossible 3 scene which the Lambo blows up.

vertigobike

July 9, 2009 2:12 PM

Is it that hard to keep a Fire Extinguisher in your car?... don't tell me there's no room for it!? :-) Obrigado

Shark

July 9, 2009 8:04 PM

Seems like those mid/rear engine cars are over heating due to lack of air flow, and it doesn't help that the fuel tanks are near by if they do catch fire...

mr.z06

August 14, 2009 1:37 AM

hundreds of thousands of dollars burned in fire.... that's a huge waste, if you just rammed a Honda it's only a few thousands, don't worth it.... On youtube, a Z06 raced a Gallardo, and you can tell the Gallardo is putting all it's power in the race, but still lost, to a $80,000 Corvette Z06? that's my car right there. Too many European Cars broke down all these years, and the price never worth it...

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