Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
Our first operational XtremeX supercar — a 2007 Gallardo Spyder with a naturally aspirated 5.0-litre V10, E-Gear transmission and a place in the history of XtremeX that no later car could ever replace.
This was the Lamborghini that turned XtremeX from an idea into something real.
After the original plan to launch with a Maserati GranTurismo S ran into compliance problems, we had a choice: stop before we had really started, or find another way forward. We chose the latter.
In May 2018 we bought this 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder directly from Lamborghini Auckland. By June, it was carrying the first XtremeX customers.
It was loud, dramatic, unmistakably Lamborghini and exactly the kind of car that made people stop and look. More importantly, it became the car around which we learned how to build a supercar passenger-experience business from the ground up.
It Had To Feel Special
XtremeX was brand new. We had no long history, no thousands of rides behind us and no reputation to rely on. The Gallardo did a lot of the talking for us. The shape, the V10, the roof-down theatre and the Lamborghini badge made the experience feel special before the car had even moved.
Building The Experience Around The Customer
Our earliest rides were long, highly personalised and almost door-to-door. We were constantly reflecting on what worked, what did not, what customers enjoyed most and how to make the whole operation better. The shorter, more focused XtremeX experiences that followed were shaped by what we learned with this car.
The first Gallardo chapter — where XtremeX learned, adapted and started building the experience customers know today.
The Car That Started The Gallardo Story
This was our first Gallardo, but it would not be our last. Later in the XtremeX story another Gallardo would arrive from the newer LP560 generation, giving us two very different chapters from one of Lamborghini's most important modern supercars.
The first-generation car will always be the one that matters most from a history point of view. It carried the first customers, helped us earn trust when XtremeX was completely unknown and gave us our first real experience of what it takes to keep a supercar-based business moving.
There have been faster, newer and more technologically advanced cars since, but none of them can be the first one again.
Stories From The Gen 1 Gallardo Years
The specification only tells part of the story. The moments around this car — the good, the funny and the slightly painful — are what really made the first XtremeX chapter memorable.
Where It All Started
A family holiday, a serious motorcycle accident, a Lamborghini idea, a Maserati compliance problem and the moment XtremeX finally made it onto the road.
READ WHERE IT ALL STARTED →I Accidentally Bought The Red One
A white Gallardo, a red Gallardo, one very excited phone call and the moment I discovered I had apparently bought a different colour from the one I thought I had.
Our First Ever XtremeX Ride
The first customer, the first proper passenger experience and the moment XtremeX stopped being something we were planning and became something we were actually doing.
Our First Supercar Breakdown
The glamour of owning a Lamborghini met the reality of operating one commercially — and it did not take particularly long.
Launching In A Wellington Storm
Two fully booked weekends, long days, awful weather and customers who were still determined to get in the Lamborghini and experience it.