Reiter Engineering has followed up its new street styling kit for the Murciélago, presented earlier this month, with the commercialisation of a comprehensive new bodykit for the Gallardo that is drawn from the aerodynamic package of its highly successful GT3 racer.

Reiter Engineering, run by highly experienced race engineer Hans Reiter, has made its name during the last half decade tuning and developing customer Lamborghini based racing cars, starting with the FIA GT1 class Murciélago R-GT in 2004, and continuing with a version of the Gallardo developed for the FIA GT3 category.

This latter racer has seen much success on racing circuits in championships worldwide, such as Germany, Italy, Brazil and the UK, as well as in the FIA GT3 Championship. Most recently driver Mark Eddy wrapped up the 2008 Australian GT Championship title at the wheel of a Reiter Engineering-built Gallardo GT3.

The German firm's bodykit for the Gallardo road car bears all the hallmarks of the racing car; it has been previewed previously but is now available for ordering. At the front of the Gallardo a thin horizontal lip spoiler is fitted around the base of the bumper section, an effect which is replicated with new side skirts along the car's flanks. On the wings in front of the front wheels new slots are cut to feed extra air to the brakes and this is funnelled away through a vertical vent behind the wheel arch. At the rear of the Reiter Gallardo a large racing-style carbon fibre rear wing completes the Gallardo's external effects which are complimented by new wheels and a lowered ride height, while inside, racing 'bucket' seats and multipoint harnesses features.