Lamborghini Retires its Manual Transmissions
Going the way of the Porsche 911 GT3, Lamborghini will be retiring its manual gearboxes with them making one last appearance in a limited-run, rear-drive-only Gallardo. After this, expect the next generation of cars from the Sant’Agata Bolognese bullpen to be available only with automatics. As it is, there is already a waning market for stick shifters, with buyers preferring the paddle-shifters over the manuals by a ratio of 9:1. The present era where customers demand technology and products that adapt to them, and not the other way around (as required by Lamborghini’s challenging gated H-pattern shifter) explains the company’s decision.
The Gallardo is also likely to be reaching the end of its sales life because at nine model years old, the Gallardo faces stiff competition from newer rivals. It has been likened to a boxing champion, being the oldest supercar still standing. It has been able to turn heads and remain current because of Lamborghini’s mechanistic styling language. Compared to the organic forms chosen by the likes of Ferrari and other supercar makers, the overtly man-made lines of Lamborghinis since the superlative Countach have in-you-face staying power.
It seems that the replacement model could arrive by the end of 2013
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