About Lamborghini

Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993), an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963. His objective was to produce a refined grand touring car to compete with established marques such as Ferrari. The Lamborghini 350 GTV prototype was assembled in Lamborghini’s tractor factory, as the car factory in Sant’ Agata was still under construction. The first Lamborghini was first presented to the public at the Turin Auto Show in 1963 on a very small stand, which was visually enlarged by a mirror on the wall. The company's first model, the 350 GT was released in 1964. It’s successors the 400 GT and 400 GT 2+2 were presented at the 1966 Geneva Auto Show. The 400 GT was essentially the older 350 GT featuring an enlarged, 3,929 cc V12 engine, with a power output of 320 hp (235 kW). Twenty-three of these cars were built, with three featuring aluminium bodywork. The second 400 GT, commonly known as the 400 GT 2+2 had a different roofline with larger side windows and a smaller rear windshield, and subtle sheetmetal changes compared to the 350 GT and first 400 GT. The floorpan is slightly lower while the beltline is actually 66 mm (2.6 in) taller. The larger body shape enabled the +2 seating to be installed in the rear, where the 350 GT only had room for luggage or the rarely selected option of +1 seating. A total of 23 units of the 400 GT Interim and 224 units of the 400 GT 2+2 were built from 1966 to 1968, when it was replaced with the Islero.   Lamborghini became a serious competitor to Ferrari when the Miura sports coupé was introduced in 1966, It was one of the first production sports car that used a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. This layout has since become the standard for high-performance sports cars. When released, the Miura was the fastest production road car in the world. The Miura Roadster (we would call it a targa) was built by Bertone as a show car. Based on a P400, it was first shown at the 1968 Brussels Auto Show. A few other Miuras have had their tops removed, but this Bertone Miura Roadster was the only factory open-top Miura while it was in production. The Miura was originally conceived by Lamborghini's engineering team, which designed the car in its spare time against the wishes of company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, who preferred powerful yet sedate grand touring cars over the race car-derived machines produced by local rival Ferrari. However, when the development mule was revealed to Ferruccio, he approved for it to continue the development. The Espada was introduced at the 1968 Geneva Auto Show alongside the Islero. It was a four-seater GT and was initially sold together with the Islero and the mid-engine Miura. The Espada and the Islero both replaced the 400 GT 2+2 and had similar mechanical underpinnings, with the Espada a more visually daring alternative to the relatively conservative and discrete Islero. The Spanish name "Espada" means sword, referring to the sword that the torero uses to kill the bull. The first prototype of the Lamborghini Countach was the LP500, which was displayed at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show and later used for pre-production testing and development by the factory.The Countach was produced from 1974 until 1990. It is one of the many exotic designs developed by Italian design house Bertone, which pioneered and popularized the sharply angled "Italian Wedge" shape. The development of the Countach was initiated by Ferruccio Lamborghini with the goal of creating a successor to the Miura. The Miura was widely acclaimed after its introduction in 1966, but by 1970 new competitors including the Ferrari Daytona had been introduced to the market, and the Miura was showing its age. Stanzani and Ferruccio Lamborghini agreed that the Miura's successor required a mechanical design that enabled the greatest possible performance as well as a body that was both aerodynamically efficient and aesthetically daring. These principles had formed the Miura's development and enabled the commercial success of that model. Despite Mr. Lamborghini's preference for comfortable grand tourers, he recognized the commercial value of a more uncompromising sports car like the Miura and gave Stanzani's team permission to further push boundaries with the LP112 project. The resulting Countach incorporated successful aspects of the Miura, such as the rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive layout along with many new engineering and styling innovations. Lamborghini's engineering team addressed several flaws in the Miura design, improving high-speed stability and reducing lift-off oversteer as well as addressing the limited maintenance access, uneven weight distribution and cooling issues endemic to the Miura's transverse engine layout. Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first ten years, but sales fell in the wake of the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the oil crisis. Ferruccio Lamborghini sold the company to Georges-Henri Rossetti and René Leimer and retired in 1974. The company went bankrupt in 1978, and was placed in the receivership of brothers Jean-Claude and Patrick Mimran in 1980. The Mimrans purchased the company out of receivership by 1984 and invested heavily in its expansion. Under the Mimrans' management, Lamborghini's model line was expanded from the Countach to include the Jalpa sports car and the LM002 high-performance off-road vehicle. the Lamborghini Jalpa, produced from 1981 until 1988. It debuted at the 1981 Geneva Motor Show alongside the Lamborghini LM001 concept off-road vehicle. The Jalpa was the last Lamborghini to use a V8 engine until the Urus SUV in 2018. The Mimrans sold Lamborghini to the Chrysler Corporation in 1987. After replacing the Countach with the Diablo and discontinuing the Jalpa and the LM002, Chrysler sold Lamborghini to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994. In 1998, Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the Volkswagen Group where it was placed under the control of the group's Audi division. New products and model lines were introduced to the brand's portfolio and brought to the market and saw an increased productivity for the brand Lamborghini. In the late 2000s, during the worldwide financial crisis and the subsequent economic crisis, Lamborghini's sales saw a drop of nearly 50 per cent. Nowadays Lamborghini is stronger than ever and produces beautiful supercars such as the Aventador, Hurácan and of course the new Countach. The brand’s production has increased significantly, with over 10,000 cars sold in 2023