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According to a recent report, Lamborghini is working on something special to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Nothing is official, but speculation runs the gambit from a special edition to a whole new model. If the latter scenario pans out, we could see a production version of the Sesto Elemento concept. Of course, if it’s just a limited edition, we wouldn’t be surprised if the anniversary model was based on the soon to be revealed Lamborghini LP700-4 / Aventador.

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German tuning firm Hamann decided it was time to update its Victory performance and styling package for the Lamborghini Gallardo and adapt it to the newer version of the Italian supercar, the LP560-4. The Victory II adds a flamboyant paint job along with a wide body kit and the not-so necessary, but apparently welcome by buyers, power upgrades.

On the styling side, Hamann‘s designers developed a new body kit with front and rear fender extensions, matching side skirts, a roof scoop channelling air to the engine compartment, a front apron and a rear apron housing a new diffuser and exhaust tail pipes. There’s also an available rear wing made of fibre glass or carbon fiber, while the bonnet can also receive the carbon fiber treatment.

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Anderson Germany’s latest creation, the Lamborghini Gallardo White Edition, is, well, white. What we’re trying to say is that the discrete exterior modifications implemented by the Düsseldorf-based tuner got lost in all that snowy paintjob. Otherwise, the 20-inch alloys with shiny black spokes do stand out and 600 ponies sound nice – just as long as you know how to control your hands and feet once you get behind the steering wheel.

According to the tuning firm, the exterior upgrades include tinted windows and tail-lights, carbon trim and a wide bodykit. The latter is comprised of a new front apron, lowered side skirts, diffuser and rear spoiler. There are also LED lights on the sides of the Gallardo and red brake calipers, which may have looked better in white.

The cabin is generously clad in -you guessed it- white carbon trim, while the seats boast a two-tone finish, achieved by combining black Alcantara with white leather.

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Last September I had the chance to sample three prototypes of the long-awaited replacement for Lamborghini‘s raging wild Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce that has yet to be named, but is bullishly expected to go by Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. The prototypes represented three different stages of development, and the drive was on Italy’s famous Nardó proving ground, which includes some lovely handling courses and a 7.5-mile circular high-speed track that is one of the few places on earth where speeds of 200 mph or more can safely be probed.

Few spy shots are worth more than those of an uncamouflaged future Lamborghini flagship, but the various bras, diapers, and other paparazzi countermeasures deployed on such vehicles during early development obscure the aerodynamic surfaces, rendering them useless at the speeds they were designed for, so our prototypes ran sans camo — in the black of night. Yes, our first experience at the wheel of the “83X” prototypes was a banzai run in the dark, following a Gallardo Supertrofeo pace car.

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The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sports car built by Lamborghini. The Gallardo is Lamborghini’s most-produced model to date, with over 10,000 built in its first seven years of production. The car is named after a famous breed of fighting bull. The Spanish word gallardo translates into “gallant”.

The Gallardo offers two choices of transmissions, a conventional (H-Box) six-speed manual transmission, and an advanced six-speed electro-hydraulically controlled semi-automatic robotized manual, which Lamborghini abbreviates to “E-gear”. The “E-gear” allows the driver to make shifts much faster than a manual transmission would. The driver shifts up and down via paddles behind the steering wheel, but also has an automatic mode.

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