There are cool jobs, and then there’s having ‘Lamborghini’s chief test driver’ on your business card. That was how Valentino Balboni earned his crust for nearly 40 years. He hung up his driving boots in October 2008 having drifted nearly 80 per cent of all Lambos ever produced.
However, he’s not spending his time as a retired gentleman doing Sudoku and feeding the ducks at the park. Instead, Balboni has entered the tuning market, setting up a parts company under his own brand, VB. They’re performance add-ons specifically for – you guessed it – Lamborghinis.
His first product is a trick titanium exhaust system for the Aventador SV. It weighs in at just 6.3kg, is cast from grade 2 titanium (including the mounts) and TIG welded by hand for 350 hours. There’s no word on whether it’ll help nudge the 552kW further skywards, but we’re sure it’ll make one hell of a noise.
Only 30 units will be made, so if you want one (it doesn’t say you need an Aventador, as you could theoretically put it on the bathroom wall) you better put your name down quick.
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