Lamborghini Gallardo Valentino Balboni

FRAME
Structural aluminium space frame, based on aluminium extruded parts welded to cast aluminium joint elements

BODY
Aluminium with thermoplastic “hang-on” parts


MIRRORS
External mirror with electrical folding system

ESP
Full ESP system with ABS, ASR and ABD

REAR SPOILER
Electronically controlled

SUSPENSION
Double-wishbone front and rear suspension system, anti-roll bar, anti-dive and anti-squat

AIRBAGS
Front “dual-stage” driver and passenger airbags, side “head-thorax” airbags

TIRES (front-rear)
Pirelli P ZERO 235/35 ZR 19 – 295/30 ZR 19

WHEELS
Aluminium alloy: 8.5" x Ø 19" – 11" x Ø 19"

STEERING
Power-assisted rack and pinion

KERB-TO-KERB TURNING CIRCLE
11.5 m

BRAKES
Power vacuum, aluminium alloy callipers:
8-cylinder front callipers and 4-cylinder rear callipers
Ventilated discs (front-rear)
Ø 365 x 34 mm – Ø 356 x 32 mm

TYPE
10 cylinders V 90°, DOHC 4 valves, common-pin crankshaft

DISPLACEMENT
5204 cc

BORE AND STROKE
Ø 84.5 mm x 92.8 mm

VALVE GEAR
Chain-driven, intake and exhaust continuously variable valve timing, electronically controlled

COMPRESSION RATIO
12,5:1

MAXIMUM POWER
405 kW (550 CV**) at 8000 rpm

MAXIMUM TORQUE
540 Nm at 6500 rpm

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Bosch MED 9

COOLING SYSTEM
Two water radiators + oil-to-water cooler, engine and gearbox radiator

EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM
Catalytic converters with lambda sensors

LUBRIFICATION SYSTEM
Dry sump


** = The horse power (hp) can be calculated as follows: 1 kW = 1.34 hp

TYPE OF TRANSMISSION
Rear wheel drive with limited slip differential

GEARBOX
6-speed + reverse
Optional: robotised sequential e gear system with actuation by paddles on the steering column

CLUTCH
Double plate, Ø 215 mm

TOP SPEED
320 Km/h

ACCELERATION 0-100 km/h

WHEELBASE
2560 mm

OVERALL LENGTH
4345 mm

OVERALL WIDTH
1900 mm

OVERALL HEIGHT
1165 mm

TRACK (front-rear)
1632 mm - 1597 mm

DRY WEIGHT
1380 kg

WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION (front-rear)
43% - 57%

FUEL TANK
90 liters

ENGINE OIL
10 liters

ENGINE COOLANT
20 liters

Consumption with E-Gear *
URBAN CYCLE 20,1 l/100 km
EXTRA URBAN CYCLE 9,2 l/100 km
COMBINED 13,3 l/100 km
CO2 EMISSIONS 315 g/km

Consumption with manual transmission *
URBAN CYCLE 22 l/100 km
EXTRA URBAN CYCLE 9,9 l/100 km
COMBINED 14,4 l/100 km
CO2 EMISSIONS 341 g/km

* In accordance with Dir. EC/1999/100

BMW GINA concept exclusive (Now BMW Makes Cloth Cars)

This is the GINA Light Visionary Model, BMW’s new research vehicle, and the fruit of a project that has been shaping the brand in terms of design, research and development, and manufacturing for nearly a decade.

On the surface it looks like a modern day BMW sports car, all sculpted taut muscles, displaying an interactive flow of concave and convex surfaces that has become the brand’s signature form language. GINA, however, may look like a typical car, but is in fact made of cloth. The virtually seamless polyethylene-coated Lycra stretch fabric is secured on a meshwork formed from metal wires.

Individual elements of the aluminium substructure are movable. Electro-hydraulically controlled, they change their position to help the flexible fabric skin take on new shapes for a high degree of personalisation.

For instance the driver can activate a sensor to lift the beltline slightly to form a more aggressive stance. Another slowly opens the door triggering almost shark-like creases across the profile. On entering the stark cloth cabin, GINA awakens; the centre console and instrument panel swivel to almost cocoon the driver whilst invisible headrests rise from the minimalist seats.

The car is based on the Z8 chassis, BMW’s first aluminium space frame roadster where the frame carries the crash and structural load so that the rest of the car can have its own purposes. GINA was conceptualised in California at the think-tank studio Designworks, and later made into a full-scale sculpture by head of exterior design Anders Warming in Munich.