RE: Lamborghini to recall 143 Gallardo models in the UK

[Guest]

Lamborghini is the latest car company to issue a recall this year – and follow the likes of Toyota and Kia.

But does it really matter to you? Is the media to blame for creating unnecessary fuss around recalls or do we help spread the word?

[James Baggott 227]

I don't know Batch, I think a recall on cars costing £150k ish is rather newsworthy. I think when people are spending so much on a car - be it a Kia or a Lamborghini - they expect it to be faultless. That's why these recalls worry people so much...

[Andy Entwistle 96]

143 recalled? That must be most of em in the country ?

[RacingPuma 2]

Cue all the jokes about Italian stainless steel corroding!

I always thought that stainless steel was supposed to be resistant to corrosion but I've learned something new today.

 

The Lamborghini problem is actually Stress Corrosion Cracking, and can happen to any stainless steel in a suitably bad environment

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_corrosion_cracking

http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/stress.pdf

 

For £150k, I'd want titanium!

[Lamborghini Palm Beach 0]

The Lamborghini Gallardo is an amazing vechile,