Engine specification of LP560

Power is also relevant and the new engine develops 560PS, up by 40PS, while torque is up to 540Nm. The engine is ten kilos heavier though the new gearbox and a revised 4WD system shaves weight which makes the LP560 20kg lighter than the stripped out Superleggera and thus boasting a similar power to weight 397PS/ton. This is also the highest revving direct injection petrol engine in the world, the rev limiter cutting in at 8000rpm and at those revs the engine note really does shatter your eardrums, a proper supercar howl. This is Italy and they love supercars everywhere. And the LP560 is nothing if not noisy. A bit hard too.Hard not as in the Lambos of yore which needed body strength to shift gears and work the steering, immense leg muscles for the clutch and an ape like long armed short legged body structure to fit in. The Gallardo is civilised.