We at LIAS are super stoked to announce we’ll be picking up a Lamborghini Balboni — aka Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni edition — next week for an extended test drive. We greet this news with both obvious glee and yet great apprehension, as the limited edition Balboni has one qualitative difference from its Gallardo brethren: it’s only rear-wheel drive. Meaning, no all-wheel drive technology to keep the Bull in line. Gulp. With 550 hps to the rear wheels, we’re simultaneously salivating at the gums and strapping on our Depends. Yes, it has the same engine as the new Audi R8 5.2 v10 that we tested a couple months back (and notched another DMV point on our license with), but that was AWD — rear-wheel drive certainly adds a significant spin to things, no pun intended. Pray for us, Argentina…

…more to come next week!