{"id":357395,"date":"2010-02-24T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=51720"},"modified":"2010-02-24T08:00:55","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:00:55","slug":"video-balboni-interviewed-while-driving-the-lamborghini-gallardo-lp-550-2-valentino-balboni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/357395","title":{"rendered":"Video: Balboni interviewed while driving the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51722 aligncenter\" title=\"Valentino Balboni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/valentino_balboni_lamborghini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If there is one dream job (other than the one we have) we had to pick, it would be that of Valentino Balboni, a man who started his journey as a mechanic at Lamborghini. Shortly after his career started with the Italian supercar maker, Balboni was asked by the founder of Lamborghini to test-drive new models. Ever since, Balboni has reportedly driven 80 percent of all Lamborghini&#8217;s ever build.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Lamborghini\/model_vch\/Gallardo\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click here to get pricing on the 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Balboni now has his own special-edition model called the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni. The rear-wheel-drive model produces a whopping 550-hp and goes from 0-62 mph in 3.9 seconds with a top speed of 199 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Here is video of an interview with the lucky guy.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hit the jump for the video<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_002-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_003-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3675658157_6ca5378ed5_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-51721\" title=\"Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3675658157_6ca5378ed5_o-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lamborghini_gallardo_lp_550_2_vb_004-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"Lamborghini LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-51720\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aC0j17r2VPU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aC0j17r2VPU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Omar Rana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcarfans.com\/110022324713\/valentino-balboni-interviewed-while-driving-his-namesake?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+worldcarfans%2FJxfz+%28WorldCarFans.com%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">WCF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RjDw7WTBkgm00xGla5WsVqrcQbo\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RjDw7WTBkgm00xGla5WsVqrcQbo\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RjDw7WTBkgm00xGla5WsVqrcQbo\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/RjDw7WTBkgm00xGla5WsVqrcQbo\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=kjIO8zdwMGY:DYjBbwOMBAU:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is one dream job (other than the one we have) we had to pick, it would be that of Valentino Balboni, a man who started his journey as a mechanic at Lamborghini. 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