Lamborghini, or Automobili Lamborghini SpA as it is officially called, produces some of the most exciting sports cars in the word. Some of the newer models, the Lamborghini Countach, the Diablo, Gallardo and Murcielago are.
Fact 1: Lamborghini, according to founder Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993) called. Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in 1963 when he was 47 years. The factory is located in a small Italian village called Sant’Agata Bolognese near Bologna.
Fact 2: Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer before he became interested in sports cars. His interest in sports cars made him buy many different high-performance cars, both Ferrari and Maserati, but was never really satisfied with them and then decided to build his personal perfect sports car
Fact 3: Lamborghini used to an independent company, but today is a subsidiary of the German manufacturer Audi AG. Audi AG became the owner of Lamborghini in 1998. Lamborghini went bankrupt in 1978 and Chrysler has already sold before Audi AG became the sole owner of the company.
Fact 4: The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model. It was reported that a top speed of 370 km / h. have the fastest street legal model of the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 is rated at a speed of 340 km / h. Both models have a V12 engine with more than 6000 cc.
Fact 5: Some of the newer models are equipped with Lamborghini doors on a rotating and relatives near the front of the door hinge. The Countach, Diablo and Murciélago not all doors, but the Gallardo. Both the Countach and Diablo are no longer produced, so the Murcielago is the only current model with hinged doors.
Fact 6: No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine. Most Lamborghini models in the history of the company have come up with the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the newest model, Gallardo, but a V10 engine. N. Lamborghini models with V8 engines were stopped production of the figure in 1989.
Taken 7: The first Lamborghini was the 350GTV 1963. It was fast for its time with a top speed of 280 km / h. In 1964 a smaller version of 350GTV appeared. The smaller version was called 350GT and had a top speed of 240 km / h. The Countach from 1974 was the first Lamborghini faster than 300 km / h go
Done 8: In 1975, Walter Wolf, a wealthy Canadian businessman and F1 team owner, persuade Lamborghini Countach super soldiers is to produce three models. The Wolf Countach had the same engine as the original Countach prototype and were able to get a top speed of 315 kmh