
Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Tricolore White Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Lamborghini
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 400103801
About the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Tricolore White Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Tricolore reproduces the 2011 rear-wheel-drive supercar in white, with a green-white-red livery marking Italy's 150th anniversary of unification. A sealed one-piece diecast built around a rare two-wheel-drive Gallardo variant aimed at purist drivers who wanted the V10 without the added weight of all-wheel drive.
Lamborghini brought rear-wheel drive back to the Gallardo line with the LP550-2, a lighter, purist-focused alternative to the standard all-wheel-drive car, continuing a tradition the brand had revived a few years earlier. This Tricolore edition wraps that mechanical story in Italy's national colors, timed to a milestone anniversary rather than a racing program or test-driver tribute.
Sealed Diecast Construction and the Tricolore Livery
A Fixed Body Carrying Three Stripes Cleanly
This LP550-2 is cast as a single, fixed body, with no doors or engine cover that open, the standard approach at 1:43 and one that keeps the tooling's attention on surfacing and livery rather than hinge mechanisms. The white base coat carries the green-white-red tricolore striping cleanly along the body's flat planes, with sharp separation between each color band rather than any bleed where they meet, a detail that is harder to execute convincingly in miniature than it looks.
A Lighter Stance for the Rear-Wheel-Drive Car
Minichamps builds its small-scale Lamborghinis to hold the sharp creases and flat surfacing that define Gallardo-era styling, and that precision matters even more on a livery car than on a single-color example, since any softness in the tooling would blur the stripe edges instead of just the body lines. The stance sits low, consistent with the rear-wheel-drive car's lighter curb weight relative to the standard all-wheel-drive Gallardo, and the wheel design and badging follow the specification of the two-wheel-drive variant rather than a generic Gallardo stand-in.
A Rear-Wheel-Drive Gallardo for a National Anniversary
Trading All-Wheel Grip for Balance
The LP550-2 designation marked Lamborghini's return to a rear-wheel-drive configuration within the Gallardo range, a deliberate departure from the all-wheel-drive system that had defined most of the model's production run and a nod to a more classically balanced, purist driving experience. Dropping the front driveline hardware cut weight and shifted the car's balance rearward, trading outright all-condition grip for a sharper, more old-school connection between driver and road.
A Livery Tied to Italy's 150th Anniversary
Lamborghini used the Tricolore livery to mark Italy's 150th anniversary of unification in 2011, drawing on the green, white, and red of the Italian flag at a moment when the brand, headquartered in Sant'Agata Bolognese, had every reason to lean into its national identity. Special editions tied to a specific anniversary occupy a narrower collecting lane than a mainline trim level. For a collector who already has a standard Gallardo, a rear-wheel-drive Tricolore adds both a mechanical variant and a livery story in a single model.
Where a Livery Special Fits in a Supercar Lineup
A Piece for the Established Gallardo Collector
At 1:43, this Gallardo sits comfortably among other modern Italian supercars on a shelf, and its compact footprint makes it practical for a collector tracking the Gallardo's full model-year and trim progression rather than one single hero piece. Because the car combines a mechanical story, rear-wheel drive over the more common all-wheel-drive layout, with a livery tied to a specific national anniversary, it rewards a buyer already familiar with the broader Gallardo lineup. Set next to a standard-liveried Gallardo, it demonstrates how much variation Lamborghini built into a single model.















