FYI they only made about 170 of these, it was authorized to 250 but didn't sell out. Manuals they only made about 9 worldwide, 6 went to the US and 3 to the rest. I owned a manual Balboni but sold it recently to a close friend of Mr. Balboni. Just though you wanted to know how special it was - I can share more about the history and production #'s if you DM me.
I live in sydney Australia and own a 2010 valentino balboni lp550 IN verde ithaca egear love this car. Has been signed under the front boot lid by balboni himself. Would love to know more about build numbers and if possible to find out number of my car love this channel.
I never was a fan of the Gallardo styling, but i have to admit it has aged well. Great in depth review of the car. I do think this car sounds better than the Huracán or Aventador product line.
well glad you made it back in 1 piece including the LP550...lol. On another note, you are probably the first few guys to ever say that the car does have good visibility, albeit I would never go for the RWD but the AWD instead. I love the fact that the steering wheel doesnt have loads of buttons on it unlike the 458 Italia, yes all controls on the switchboard are done by Audi but hey German engineering does work and yes if you want to listen to a tune or more, you don't need 36 sec to find a radio station. Barking Raging Bull vs singing Prancing Horse as DD, I would say both if you could afford them. At the end of the day, if you want to invest buy a painting, if you wanna drive buy a car. Life is short. Thx for the videos....
Love this car aswell i live in sydney Australia and own 2010 gallardo valentino balboni edition in verde ithaca love this channel keep up the awesome car reviews
Another brilliant video. All about cars and no poncing around. Funny and interesting. You guys are doing what all the supposed car UA-camrs should be doing. It’s all about the love of cars
Well done on making it to the end of the video and not ending up backwards in a hedge in a ball of fire ! 😉. I always thought the Gallardo was the car the new Lotus Esprit should of been. I’m guessing this is one that’s staying in the collection long term ?. Great video 👍
Again a brilliant video. Well done on reaching 20K subscribers well deserved. Can feel your passion coming across on these videos. Loved it ! Keep on driving 🚗
I've driven a couple of Gallardos on track and been a bit underwhelmed both times. Lack of steering feel and not as special as a V10 Lambo should be. I haven't tried an LP550-2 but it definitely seems better than the 4WD version based on your review and I love the fact they built it at all. Another great video.
@@atastefortheroad4475 And Lambos are not tested in the roads around Sta Agatha by men with balls of steel anymore. If this was mine i would wait for a Lamborghini meeting where Valentino will attend,ask him to sign the passenger air bag panel and keep it for life.
Best spec Balboni I’ve seen to date. Beautiful choice my friends! All of those quirks will make it very desirable in the future as they make the car and differentiate it from the 1000s of other first get cars.
Never liked the gallardo but damn has this vehicle grown on me! After seeing a couple awesome ones in Philadelphia doing some pretty hard accelerating my mind was changed. These are most def great tight cars
I've done a couple of track days in gallardo 's Damian, it's a fabulous car, the video really does not do it justice in both presence and performance , I much prefer these to the newer huracan. The ten year old Audi tech. I could live with no problem . The exorbitant service costs on any exotic are mostly labour and vat , oil and a few filters aren't relatively mega expensive , any mid engined car costs more in labour because everything is awkward to get to and you have to remove all sorts of components just to get to the bits you want , the balboni has that bit of added Kudos and x factor . 👍👍👏👏
Great vid guys .... as always. So ... which one 458 Aperta or Lambo Balboni ... and no fence sitting. Reckon you’d both go for the other (ie different cars) as I reckon Jason’s a bit more ‘hardcore’ than most 😱
So, you take a Balboni out in the wet, and in prepartation for the inevitable, hire a hearse - 13:39 ??? Nice car, proper car, and an old school "has a few faults" Lamborghini, which you can only love it more for. Nice video - Thanks Gents!
love your very honest reviews, very down to earth - and again, honest. Looking again to your watches - you should start something about watches, I wonder what are your views on your watch collections. Good taste for cars, nice cuts of car reviews - presuming, you "watch" reviews would be interesting.
Fab car and i love the Kermit Damian, ive just bought my first Rolex a one owner 2014 mint Deepsea with every bit of paper work and even the protective film that was removed.
@@TheCarGuysTV Well ive always loved Rolex after buying my date just in 1999 (sold it not long after) 4 years ago i wanted a GMT but after getting the money together and trying one on in my local Goldsmiths it looked to small on my wrist (in my eyes) so like a fool i went and bought a Omega planet ocean (the 45.5mm) 6 months later i went back to my local Rolex Goldsmiths who had a Deepsea (might have been a sea-dweller) in the window and after trying that watch on i fell in love but wasn't in a financial position to buy it. Just after that they where impossible to buy and every time a walked pass Goldsmiths they had noting in the window, a month ago i put my name down on a new Deepsea which as you'll now is something like a 4 year wait and as im impatient the hunt was on for a used one in mint condition and i also wanted to know the watches history so buying from its a original owner was paramount. Im a big guy, 6ft and 17 stone so the deepsea fits my wrist well. The watch ive bought is from a Rolex collector who is down sizing his collection and hasn't worn the watch very much and has kept everything, two independent valuations with the receipts and the purchase invoice. Sorry to waffle on but as you can tell im excited to collect it, going to drive from Essex to Doncaster next weekend.
Another great video guys, keep it up. Looks like a scary car to drive in the wet tbh! P.s, love the kermit. Man after my own heart with the watch/car choice today.
Another Excellent Video Fellas. Have you seen the current Modern Classics magazine this month. It's got a shootout of some previous 4 x 4 heroes of yesteryear! I won't spoil it for you. All I will say the winner is the car 🚗 I've been nagging you to get. So good I bought 2 of them and I never go back as a rule! It's that good. Buy buy buy. Promise you will love it.......... Keep up the good work. The attention to detail like showing us the little fancy machined release clip. That's the type of stuff I love.
TheCarGuys.TV honestly buddy I know I bang on about them but they really are that good. It's like a stake is driven through the middle of the car and it feels like it can rotate on it's axis! Other worldly to experience. They are tarmac spec rally cars for the road.
Thanks again Car Guys for another great episode and love the Balboni and what an example with a manual gearbox must be a definite future classic. I run a Audi 2009 R8 V10 Manual (alongside a Lotus 340R) and I just love the manual gearbox with the V10 in that badboy but it does have the safety of the 4WD system. Looking forward to the next vid so keep up the great work :-)
@@TheCarGuysTV Cheers, saw my old actual Esprit Sport 300 in a Vid last week, owned this bad boy from 2001 - 2011 very much regret selling it but at the time personal circumstances required I sold a car and it was this or the Lotus 340R. ua-cam.com/video/p9FyuZV3sZc/v-deo.html
I don’t like Lambos as a rule. Too ostentatious and flamboyant. I always thought they were best driven to Sinatra’s bar in Puerto Banus at about two miles an hour - acting like a dragnet trawler for easily impressed, under-dressed and over made up Eurotrash wannabes. But this little beauty might have tuned me. Thank you for another great video. A transformative experience. Ok, I’m off to buy some Gucci sunglasses.
Absolutely fantastic! You know your cars. The Balboni was the driver's choice. I might well be wrong but I thought they were all manual as that's what Balboni wanted?
I do hope one of my favourite channels stays away from the car of death featured through the front glass at 13:42...I say that as I had a risky moment in a 4 wheel drive variant let alone rear wheel drive ....
Always enjoy your dry sense of humour and was only in Kirdford last month so shame I missed the Balboni. How does the Balboni compare next to the R8 RWS and I wonder if dials ultimately won't date as badly as the subsequent virtual dash? Bit like the old UR Quattro's speaking dash, that seems a bit kitch these days.
How would you compare the driving experience of the Balboni to the GT3 Touring? Thinking about making a switch, and it's hard to find somebody who has driven both! Thanks in advance...
GT3 feels safer and more planted. Both can catch you out in the damp. Lambo feels way quicker. Lambo more of an event, more relaxed driving position, heavier steering. Porsche more of a stealth machine, very loud inside. Lambo more exciting but also more scary. Lambo servicing and parts way more expensive. Get comfort seats for the GT3
Feel like a right fanboy commenting on your videos so much but guys your videos are great! More classic one liners that perhaps “touching cloth” might go over some of your viewers heads. I’ve not heard that since school back in the 80s! So did you overtake the “hearse” and try to wake the dead with that v10😂😉 Watches = Rolex Hulk and an Accutron! Nice 😉
I am sorry but the 10 cylinder engine is a pure Lamborghini engine, also the 4wd system used in the r8 is not a quattro system its a Lamborghini system.
Great video guys! Just have a question about Lambo engines. Audi obviously makes the v10 but do they also make the v12 and more specifically what company actually pours the aluminum for the v12 as I don’t believe Lamborghini has an on site foundry in Sant Agatha. Just curious can find an answer on the web.
Count-ash and mer-key-logo 😅😂 Great video great car! Been subscribed since the 458 vs 488.
Thanks, Ramin - glad to have you with us
These guys should make a podcast, that would be bloody brilliant.
FYI they only made about 170 of these, it was authorized to 250 but didn't sell out. Manuals they only made about 9 worldwide, 6 went to the US and 3 to the rest. I owned a manual Balboni but sold it recently to a close friend of Mr. Balboni. Just though you wanted to know how special it was - I can share more about the history and production #'s if you DM me.
Interesting, tell me know. I don't think you can DM on UA-cam
I live in sydney Australia and own a 2010 valentino balboni lp550 IN verde ithaca egear love this car. Has been signed under the front boot lid by balboni himself. Would love to know more about build numbers and if possible to find out number of my car love this channel.
Would love to know more Shawn
Nice. I have a RHD 2011 550-2 manual (non Balboni) arguably rarer! Love it.
Don’t let that go anytime soon!
One of the most beautiful car ever made
I never was a fan of the Gallardo styling, but i have to admit it has aged well. Great in depth review of the car. I do think this car sounds better than the Huracán or Aventador product line.
Thanks, Marcel
well glad you made it back in 1 piece including the LP550...lol. On another note, you are probably the first few guys to ever say that the car does have good visibility, albeit I would never go for the RWD but the AWD instead. I love the fact that the steering wheel doesnt have loads of buttons on it unlike the 458 Italia, yes all controls on the switchboard are done by Audi but hey German engineering does work and yes if you want to listen to a tune or more, you don't need 36 sec to find a radio station. Barking Raging Bull vs singing Prancing Horse as DD, I would say both if you could afford them. At the end of the day, if you want to invest buy a painting, if you wanna drive buy a car. Life is short. Thx for the videos....
Thanks, Dark
Big time future classic, this will be worth big money in 10 years time!
This is one of my favourite cars you own. I’ve always loved it since the first time it magically appeared in Wales 🤓
Congrats on 20k. Great fun video as usual, should have lots more subscribers.
Thanks
Wow the spec of this car plus
the cachet of the beloved Valentino B. makes this such a
special car.
Magnifico! ✌️
👍👍
Are you following the hearse to cut out the middleman!!?!😂
Ha ha ha ha
Love this car aswell i live in sydney Australia and own 2010 gallardo valentino balboni edition in verde ithaca love this channel keep up the awesome car reviews
Cheers, Daniel
Cheers, Daniel
Definitely future classic
Definitely
I just love them!..... it will be my first supercar when i sell the Cayman
This black gallardo reminds me Black list #6
Great honest video and funny too! Keep it up guys. ( but was secretly hoping we would see Jodie Kidd though 😕)
Sorry, Cris - she tends to hide in the cupboard when we're around :)
Wonderful. Thanks guys. Clackerty clack, rwd, can't beat it.
Love this review I watch it twice a month minimum 😂
Love these videos! Keep them coming lads 👍
Thanks, dude
Another brilliant video. All about cars and no poncing around. Funny and interesting. You guys are doing what all the supposed car UA-camrs should be doing. It’s all about the love of cars
Thanks, Rico. We're fighting a losing battle in terms of traffic, but it's fun at the moment
TheCarGuys.TV that’s crazy. Keep it. I’ll keep watching 👍
Well done on making it to the end of the video and not ending up backwards in a hedge in a ball of fire ! 😉. I always thought the Gallardo was the car the new Lotus Esprit should of been. I’m guessing this is one that’s staying in the collection long term ?.
Great video 👍
Thanks, Matty. Yes it's hopefully a keeper
I put on a belt for this episode!
Love both the car and the Kermit Damian!
Then you have great taste, Adrian
Again a brilliant video. Well done on reaching 20K subscribers well deserved. Can feel your passion coming across on these videos. Loved it ! Keep on driving 🚗
Cheers, mate
I've driven a couple of Gallardos on track and been a bit underwhelmed both times. Lack of steering feel and not as special as a V10 Lambo should be. I haven't tried an LP550-2 but it definitely seems better than the 4WD version based on your review and I love the fact they built it at all. Another great video.
For my money(?) the ultimate Lamborghini.
Magnificent spec' and excellent video.
Well done guys! You've made my week.
Thanks, Duncan, glad you liked it. It makes the many hours it took worthwhile
just imported one of these from Dubai, can't wait till it arrives.
Lucky you
a keeper!
gated manual,balboni edition ,RWD.
Agreed. They'll never make stuff like this again.
@@atastefortheroad4475 And Lambos are not tested in the roads around Sta Agatha by men with balls of steel anymore.
If this was mine i would wait for a Lamborghini meeting where Valentino will attend,ask him to sign the passenger air bag panel and keep it for life.
I think it's still one of the most beautiful cars ever, love it ,great vid
You have great taste
What a great looking and sounding car, as always gents you totally entertained. Looking forward to seeing what comes next..
Cheers, Mark
Great Videos Gents. A true view of this Balboni Masterpiece !!
Thanks. We're surprised how few views this episode has got - we thought it would be MUCH more popular.
itd pretty cool if you guys line up perf and 550 for a drag race video. this episode was awesome too! really enjoyed it
Great video! Again, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching, KPN
Best spec Balboni I’ve seen to date. Beautiful choice my friends! All of those quirks will make it very desirable in the future as they make the car and differentiate it from the 1000s of other first get cars.
I understood all of your Italian. Perfetto!
piece of art
"Murky Larga" wha?
😂😂😂😂😂
Sounds like a dodgy lager beverage.
Jabber 1974 Bingo
LOL !!! love that new name Murky Laga
Loved the review have a 550 2 arriving this coming week with only 11k miles on it here in Australia
Nice
Never liked the gallardo but damn has this vehicle grown on me! After seeing a couple awesome ones in Philadelphia doing some pretty hard accelerating my mind was changed. These are most def great tight cars
Great videos keep it up
Thanks
Would love to see some 675lt and watch content.
Another Great Vid and well done on 20k subscribers!👍🍾🥂
Thanks, Kev
Brilliant video. So accurate & informative
Thanks 👍
I've done a couple of track days in gallardo 's Damian, it's a fabulous car, the video really does not do it justice in both presence and performance , I much prefer these to the newer huracan. The ten year old Audi tech. I could live with no problem . The exorbitant service costs on any exotic are mostly labour and vat , oil and a few filters aren't relatively mega expensive , any mid engined car costs more in labour because everything is awkward to get to and you have to remove all sorts of components just to get to the bits you want , the balboni has that bit of added Kudos and x factor . 👍👍👏👏
Awesome car. What a twitchy RWD beast. The Grim Reaper’s choice of wheels. 👍👍😎😎
You should do a watch collection review, Love the sub 👌👍
Maybe we will
Great vid guys .... as always. So ... which one 458 Aperta or Lambo Balboni ... and no fence sitting. Reckon you’d both go for the other (ie different cars) as I reckon Jason’s a bit more ‘hardcore’ than most 😱
Aperta for me
Couldn't help but think that perhaps the hearse in front was a subtle reminder from above
So, you take a Balboni out in the wet, and in prepartation for the inevitable, hire a hearse - 13:39 ??? Nice car, proper car, and an old school "has a few faults" Lamborghini, which you can only love it more for. Nice video - Thanks Gents!
Glad you enjoyed it, Ian
Great video, as always.
Thanks
Great video as always gents!! @ 9.27 😂🤣😂😂😂
Thanks, Snoopy
At 13:41 that looks like a herse In front of you?
I know you said the drive could end badly,but damn that's some forward planning😀
Bryan you beat me to it... Thinking the same thing!!!!!
@@simonmark9387 Damn me too!!
Ditto.
LOL - it was a nightmare trying to keep them ahead of us at 60mph!
love your very honest reviews, very down to earth - and again, honest. Looking again to your watches - you should start something about watches, I wonder what are your views on your watch collections. Good taste for cars, nice cuts of car reviews - presuming, you "watch" reviews would be interesting.
We're considering this. If we can do a good job and something different, then it gets the green light
Nice Sub, I don’t like the names Hulk or Kermit. Bought mine when they were deemed ugly. I’ve always had a soft spot for that watch.
Gary Smith me too!!!
Entertaining. As ever
Thanks
Great video guys 👌🏼
Cheers, Davon
Fab car and i love the Kermit Damian, ive just bought my first Rolex a one owner 2014 mint Deepsea with every bit of paper work and even the protective film that was removed.
Congrats that sounds like a great watch - what made you choose it?
@@TheCarGuysTV Well ive always loved Rolex after buying my date just in 1999 (sold it not long after) 4 years ago i wanted a GMT but after getting the money together and trying one on in my local Goldsmiths it looked to small on my wrist (in my eyes) so like a fool i went and bought a Omega planet ocean (the 45.5mm) 6 months later i went back to my local Rolex Goldsmiths who had a Deepsea (might have been a sea-dweller) in the window and after trying that watch on i fell in love but wasn't in a financial position to buy it.
Just after that they where impossible to buy and every time a walked pass Goldsmiths they had noting in the window, a month ago i put my name down on a new Deepsea which as you'll now is something like a 4 year wait and as im impatient the hunt was on for a used one in mint condition and i also wanted to know the watches history so buying from its a original owner was paramount.
Im a big guy, 6ft and 17 stone so the deepsea fits my wrist well. The watch ive bought is from a Rolex collector who is down sizing his collection and hasn't worn the watch very much and has kept everything, two independent valuations with the receipts and the purchase invoice. Sorry to waffle on but as you can tell im excited to collect it, going to drive from Essex to Doncaster next weekend.
I think the pedal box problem is only for the RHD cars. Bear in mind that RHD is always an afterthought when it comes to Lambos.
You may be right, we've not sat in a LHD Gallardo
@@TheCarGuysTV It'll be interesting to see the comparison
Great video again
Cheers, Stuart
Fab to see, cheers
Great video guys,, lovely car
Thanks, Tony
Another great video guys, keep it up. Looks like a scary car to drive in the wet tbh!
P.s, love the kermit. Man after my own heart with the watch/car choice today.
Thanks, Jack, glad you enjoyed it
Another Excellent Video Fellas.
Have you seen the current Modern Classics magazine this month.
It's got a shootout of some previous 4 x 4 heroes of yesteryear!
I won't spoil it for you. All I will say the winner is the car 🚗 I've been nagging you to get. So good I bought 2 of them and I never go back as a rule!
It's that good. Buy buy buy. Promise you will love it..........
Keep up the good work. The attention to detail like showing us the little fancy machined release clip. That's the type of stuff I love.
Thanks, Martin. I do love a bit of Modern Classics, so I will have to check it out.
TheCarGuys.TV honestly buddy I know I bang on about them but they really are that good.
It's like a stake is driven through the middle of the car and it feels like it can rotate on it's axis!
Other worldly to experience.
They are tarmac spec rally cars for the road.
That’s why racing shoes exist.
Duh
Great video cars should be without all those controls. Will make the driver responsible “hopefully “
Murky-lager?..is that what you brew in the shed?..loving the cars guys
It actually is
Love that Car very good video 👍👍👍👍
Thank you, Michael
❤👀dream car and working towards getting one
The Gallardo always had the 3 pedal manual option from its introduction in 2004
Thanks again Car Guys for another great episode and love the Balboni and what an example with a manual gearbox must be a definite future classic. I run a Audi 2009 R8 V10 Manual (alongside a Lotus 340R) and I just love the manual gearbox with the V10 in that badboy but it does have the safety of the 4WD system. Looking forward to the next vid so keep up the great work :-)
You have two classic cars, there dude.
@@TheCarGuysTV Cheers, saw my old actual Esprit Sport 300 in a Vid last week, owned this bad boy from 2001 - 2011 very much regret selling it but at the time personal circumstances required I sold a car and it was this or the Lotus 340R.
ua-cam.com/video/p9FyuZV3sZc/v-deo.html
And again gents, superb. Surely the very point of a super car is it's ability to kill you should it feel like it?
Oh and Bat man for me today .
A beautiful car indeed and I love the white stripe.👍🏻 You guys do a fabulous job on your awesome videos and I really look forward to seeing them.😉
Love the watch.
Another Superb one from the car guys. Excellence.
Thanks, Mr
I don’t like Lambos as a rule. Too ostentatious and flamboyant. I always thought they were best driven to Sinatra’s bar in Puerto Banus at about two miles an hour - acting like a dragnet trawler for easily impressed, under-dressed and over made up Eurotrash wannabes. But this little beauty might have tuned me. Thank you for another great video. A transformative experience.
Ok, I’m off to buy some Gucci sunglasses.
Nice, one, Shaughn - glad we changed your mind
Oh my!
Great stuff! Would love to be filming with you guys
Absolutely fantastic! You know your cars. The Balboni was the driver's choice. I might well be wrong but I thought they were all manual as that's what Balboni wanted?
Thanks. No, many of the Balbonis were e-gear, sadly
@@TheCarGuysTV Interesting. Well that's makes your car even more valuable!
17:10 You most have some proper strange horses in the UK then
You carguys are great!
Thanks, Andy
Am I mistaken or is Jason wearing a Bulova Accutron Spaceview? Pretty cool. Looks like you could both do a watch collection vid!
You are correct, Sir
Can I be your Matt LeBlanc? I'm American, middle-aged, and willing to relocate.
And then you'll just do 2 series and decide to go back to the US - I know you're game, MS
@@TheCarGuysTV
Great response! 🤣🤣🤣✌️
What a beautiful looking car. Wow.
Yes it is - you should drive it :)
@@TheCarGuysTV deal.
Created specifically for those “kissing cotton” moments in your life !! Thanks gentlemen, another exceptional video.
Cheers for your support, Geof
I do hope one of my favourite channels stays away from the car of death featured through the front glass at 13:42...I say that as I had a risky moment in a 4 wheel drive variant let alone rear wheel drive ....
do a vid on the bulova
So that's 1 vote
Beautiful machine. What will it be worth in 2029? 500k ? I look forward to hearing a summer blast in this
Who knows? Depends how cars like this are treated once the vast majority of people are in electric or hydrogen cars.
Great video greta car
Always enjoy your dry sense of humour and was only in Kirdford last month so shame I missed the Balboni. How does the Balboni compare next to the R8 RWS and I wonder if dials ultimately won't date as badly as the subsequent virtual dash? Bit like the old UR Quattro's speaking dash, that seems a bit kitch these days.
R8 RWS has more compliant suspension, and feels like a bigger car overall. Engine doesn't sound half as good too.
nice sub!
Thanks - I thought that one would be a hit
Gorgeous looking car. Submariner looks good on you.
Thanks, Vincent
The gee ardo
10:18 what an appropriately named place!
I know, right?
72 DB stands for Damian Butt, year of birth 1972?
How would you compare the driving experience of the Balboni to the GT3 Touring? Thinking about making a switch, and it's hard to find somebody who has driven both! Thanks in advance...
GT3 feels safer and more planted. Both can catch you out in the damp. Lambo feels way quicker. Lambo more of an event, more relaxed driving position, heavier steering. Porsche more of a stealth machine, very loud inside. Lambo more exciting but also more scary. Lambo servicing and parts way more expensive. Get comfort seats for the GT3
Feel like a right fanboy commenting on your videos so much but guys your videos are great!
More classic one liners that perhaps “touching cloth” might go over some of your viewers heads. I’ve not heard that since school back in the 80s!
So did you overtake the “hearse” and try to wake the dead with that v10😂😉
Watches = Rolex Hulk and an Accutron! Nice 😉
Have no fear, we did not overtake the Hearse. Watches = Kermit and Accutron
Sounds the dogs minge. Love it
I am sorry but the 10 cylinder engine is a pure Lamborghini engine, also the 4wd system used in the r8 is not a quattro system its a Lamborghini system.
Great video guys! Just have a question about Lambo engines. Audi obviously makes the v10 but do they also make the v12 and more specifically what company actually pours the aluminum for the v12 as I don’t believe Lamborghini has an on site foundry in Sant Agatha. Just curious can find an answer on the web.