The Gazette (Montreal) (Enlarge photo)

27/06/2008 08:44. Las Vegas. Bling capital of the known world. Cruising the Strip in Lamborghini's latest edition of their best-selling "Crumpet catcher"--as Sir Stirling Moss once said of a similar machine from 40 years ago. The Gallardo is a radical form, perfectly matched with the memorable styles of Vegas after dark.

In daylight, the Strip is full of family-friendly rental cars, but after dark even the rental fleet changes to match the ebb and flow of bling bunnies (crumpet) in search of bling resources. Attention is the game. Wild-eyed performance is the myth. Except in the puritanical white coup with the world's greatest neon flowing all over the flanks of a Lamborghini LP560-4. All eyes feed the dream. Behind the tiny windows it is real.

Once over the shock of the Gallardo's swing-out door (why not... // The Gazette (Montreal)