Automobili Lamborghini was presented with two important awards at the Essen Motor Show in Germany, both for its 10-cylinder 500bhp Gallardo sportscar.

Readers of the German magazine "Sport Auto“ voted the Lamborghini Gallardo as the "Sportiest Coupé over €90,000“ as part of the magazine’s "Sportiest Cars of 2004“ awards.

The Gallardo was voted into the top spot ahead of strong competition from the Aston Martin DB9, the Ferrari Challenge Stradale and 612 Scaglietti, and the Porsche 911 GT2. The "Sport Auto“ award was presented to Luc Donckerwolke, head of Lamborghini Design.
 

The Essen Motor Show also marked the occasion at which representatives from the German magazine "Auto Bild Test & Tuning“ presented Lamborghini with its award for the Gallardo.

The magazine named the Gallardo as "Supercar of the Month“ for the month of April 2004.

These are not the first awards that Lamborghini has won in Germany. Earlier this year, the Murciélago was voted "Imported Super Sports Car“ by the readers of "Auto Zeitung“ magazine in the "Auto Trophy 2004“.

The Lamborghini Gallardo has won awards throughout the world this year.

It was named as "Performance Car of the Year 2004“ by "Motor“ magazine in Australia, while the V10-engined sportscar also received a British "Design and Art Direction“ (D&AD) award for product design.

Finally, in Canada, the Gallardo recently won a "Golden Key Award" (Clé d'or) from the editors of the reference book "L'Annuel de l'automobile 2005".