Less is more when it comes to the latest iteration of the Lamborghini Gallardo. That would be less weight (about 150 pounds) and more horsepower (10 more ponies) to take about .2 of a second less time blasting from 0 to 62 mph (3.8 versus 4.0 seconds). Top speed of 197 mph stays the same, but a carbon fiber rear wing is said to add more stability. Oh yeah, Lamborghini charges you more money, base price is $220,300, for a car that will be built in less numbers than other Gallardos although no set limit has been announced.

Superleggera is Italian for super lightweight and harkens back to the days when Italian automakers would put lightweight, usually aluminum, bodies on their road cars to turn them into more competitive road racers for customers to run in events like the Mille Miglia or Targa Florio. Carbon fiber is the material of choice Lamborghini uses in the form of interior door panels and transmission tunnel, engine cover, rear diffuser, exterior mirror housings, and the flat panels that covers the underside of the car. Polycarbonate replaces the glass display window in the engine cover. The window glass is thinner in U.S. bound cars while customers in other parts of the world can order polycarbonate replacements to shave off a few more pounds. There is also less insulation but, oddly enough, weighty creature comforts such as air conditioning and power windows remain as part of the standard equipment.

Borealis Orange car we drove was fitted with lightweight carbon-fiber race seats trimmed in black Alcantara suede with orange accents that mimicked the pattern of the headliner and interior stitching. A four-point racing harness and rollbar completed the racecar like decor of the interior. Unfortunately, although they were the handsomest and most comfortable race buckets we have ever had cosseting our body, U.S. cars will come with the side airbag mounted seats fitted to the standard Gallardo.