A 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo Lost to a V-8 Ford Focus in the Most MotorTrend Way Possible
Key takeaways
- A wild RS8, a six-figure Lambo, and a comparison that somehow made perfect sense
- [This story originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Motor Trend with the headline "Ford Racing Focus RS8 vs.
- So what we have here is a daydream brought to life.
Why this matters: an automotive development that could shape industry direction or buying decisions.
A wild RS8, a six-figure Lambo, and a comparison that somehow made perfect sense
[This story originally appeared in the August 2004 issue of Motor Trend with the headline "Ford Racing Focus RS8 vs. Lamborghini Gallardo."] We interrupt our usual carefully considered journalism to bring you this special report. For the next few pages, we shall depart from our regular format of informing car-savvy readers on how various vehicles rank against similarly priced and configured competition using meticulous scientific performance data backed by reasoned subjective impressions gleaned from 250-plus staff-years of sampling all things automotive. Frankly, after 250 years, we were ready for a vacation.
So what we have here is a daydream brought to life. It's everyone's happy-hour hallucination: What if you had a pile of money to blow on a go-fast four-wheeled toy? Damn the practical considerations, full dream ahead! Is it smarter to buy off the rack and write a single check for a ready-made supercar—the kind that swivels heads and gets parked right in front of the toniest trattorias? Or could it be more satisfying to express oneself and concoct a custom-tailored built-to-order monster capable of performing like a supercar without drawing as much attention and prompting passersby to whisper epithets about phallic compensation, gold-chain accessorizing, and Hair-Club-for-Men membership?