Reiter Engineering has unveiled its new and much evolved 2011 GT3 category contender, now based on the Gallardo LP560-4, which the German concern hopes will follow in the footsteps of the highly successful outgoing racer.

Reiter's current Gallardo GT3 has proved to be a winner across the world in recent years taking outright honours in sports car championships in countries as far flung as Australia, Macau and Brazil. A Gallardo GT3 racer has also just made its way to the U.S. where a brand new team plans up update it and run in it the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series this year.

The new GT3 model, dubbed the Gallardo LP600+, due to its increase in horsepower, is an evolutionary design, making improvements to the outgoing model across the board, including a revised engine, new front aerodynamics and a new engine hood as well as a new exhaust which now exits through two high-level, trapeziod-shaped tail-pipes, while the paddle-shift transmission features new gear ratios.

The 5,211cc 90-degree V10 dry-sump-lubricated engine has been revised and features a new fully-programmable electronics management system, EFI Euro 12, with the standard unit's 560 CV raised to in excess of 600 CV. The engine also has a new air intake system, with sharp slots cut through out of the new aerodynamic-profiled engine hood. The cooling system has been improved with the three water radiators being now feeding into revised air exit ducts forward of front wheels to improve cooling efficiency while the gearbox oil cooling comes through heat exchanger system.

Significant improvements have been made to frontal aerodynamics with a new splitter with integral double under floor diffusers that covers the complete frontal under floor area. Under the body there is a flat floor culminating in a rear diffuser, while a large racing wing perches on the rear panel.

The car's double-wishbone suspension all round with anti-roll bar, anti-dive and anti squat is once again leveraged off its bigger sister, the Reiter-developed Murciélago R-GT, while there is a new AP Racing braking system. The LP600+ also features ABS which is permitted in the FIA GT3 class. Squeezed into the wheel arches are 11x18- and 12.5x18-inch magnesium wheels at the front and rear respectively. Tyres are GT3 regulation 300/650/18 at the front and 310/710/18 at the rear.

Inside the stripped-out cockpit there is a new switch panel, the door panels are in carbon-fibre, the door windows are made out of Makrolon polycarbonate, and a racing style data logger replaces the road car's instrument panel. The whole car will weigh in at 1190 kg.